Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Activist investors post strong returns with board campaigns in first quarter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investors have been outperforming their peers and the broader market this year by pushing for board-room changes rather than dramatic business overha...
Apr 29, 2021
British regulator cites 41 more blood clot reports following AstraZeneca shots
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's medicine regulator on Thursday said there had been a further 41 reports of rare blood clots after doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, but that the benefits of the sho...
Apr 29, 2021
Goldman shareholders nearly approve proposal requiring mandatory arbitration report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc shareholders nearly voted to approve a proposal that would require the bank to conduct a report on its use of mandatory arbitration, according to a prelimi...
Apr 29, 2021
More EU member states join forces to support local chip production: Breton
BERLIN (Reuters) - European industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday there are now 22 EU member states joining forces in a new alliance to support the local production and development of semicon...
Apr 29, 2021
France to relax nightly curfew on May 19, to scrap it on June 30 – source
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will begin relaxing its COVID-19 curfew from May 19, a source familiar with the plan said on Thursday ahead of an expected announcement by President Emmanuel Ma...
Apr 29, 2021
New York mayor says city will ‘fully reopen’ on July 1
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday that officials plan to "fully reopen" the city on July 1 after more than a year of coronavirus-induced closures and low-intensity op...
Apr 29, 2021
Trump says probe of his ex-attorney Giuliani ‘very unfair’
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the federal investigation into Rudy Giuliani and said he had no idea what U.S. agents were looking for when they searched his form...
Apr 29, 2021
The four-decade decline in global corporate tax rates
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's plans to raise taxes on corporate America could put an end to a four-decade global drop in corporate taxation levels. Governments worldwide...
Apr 29, 2021
Vietnam reports first local COVID-19 cases in 35 days
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam said on Thursday it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus in 35 days, as authorities ordered tighter surveillance to prevent a new outbreak. Fou...
Apr 29, 2021
Vodafone joins forces with Qualcomm on Open-RAN development
LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodafone and chipmaker Qualcomm said they would join forces to develop a technical blueprint for telecoms equipment suppliers to use Open RAN (radio access network) ...
Apr 29, 2021
