Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AMD to buy chip peer Xilinx for $35 billion in data center push
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx Inc in a $35 billion all-stock deal, intensifying its battle with Intel Corp i...
Oct 27, 2020
Iliad wins EU antitrust okay for $4 billion Polish telecoms deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Iliad on Tuesday won EU antitrust clearance for its 3.5-billion-euro ($4.14 billion)acquisition of Polish mobile group Play as it stepped up its overseas ...
Oct 27, 2020
NorthStar and Thales Alenia Space begin work on satellites to combat space collisions
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's NorthStar Earth & Space and Thales Alenia Space said on Tuesday they will begin work on a commercial satellite system to combat the threat of collisions in space. NorthSt...
Oct 27, 2020
Spared early on, ‘Trump country’ now leads in coronavirus cases, deaths
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - In the early days of what became a historic public health crisis, the novel coronavirus was, in the lexicon of U.S. politics, a "blue state" problem - centered in East ...
Oct 27, 2020
Germany’s Scholz calls for targeted, temporary curbs to slow coronavirus spread
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the jump in coronavirus infections over the past few days was "very worrying" and authorities had to quickly implement decis...
Oct 27, 2020
Chairman Plattner buys nearly $300 million in SAP stock
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hasso Plattner, chairman and co-founder of SAP, bought shares worth nearly $300 million in the German software company on Monday after a once-in-a-generation price slide triggered w...
Oct 27, 2020
Malaysia reports 835 new coronavirus cases, two deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 835 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, raising the total to 28,640 infections. The Southeast Asian country also recorded two new deaths, tak...
Oct 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat ...
Oct 27, 2020
Tigers look at Yankees candidates as possible next manager
DETROIT, MI (WTVB) – The Detroit Tigers are doing their due diligence on the New York Yankees’ coaching staff as they look for a new manager. MLB.com reports Detroit has interviewed Yankee...
Oct 27, 2020
Huawei CFO’s lawyers set to grill witnesses as U.S. extradition case resumes
By Tessa Vikander and Moira Warburton VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - The second day of witness testimony in the extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States will...
Oct 27, 2020
