Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday called for cooperation from all sides in the formation of a new government and for efforts to secure the immediate success of a French i...
Sep 21, 2020
EU antitrust regulators to decide by October 26 on LVMH, Tiffany deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 26 whether to clear French luxury goods giant LVMH's $16 billion acquisition of U.S. jeweler Tiffany , according to a European Commissi...
Sep 21, 2020
Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review threatened sites, Aboriginal group says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Mining giant Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review the terms of an iron ore mine development that would let it destroy 124 culturally significant sites, a group represen...
Sep 21, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. app maker Blix in letter to EU’s Vestager says Apple not playing fair
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. app maker Blix on Monday took its fight against Apple to Europe as it laid out its grievances against the iPhone maker to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestage...
Sep 21, 2020
S&P Global warns of new European sovereign-bank ‘doom loop’
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe could be facing a new sovereign-bank "doom loop" if a coronavirus crisis surge in government bond buying by banks in those same countries persists, rating agency S&P Global h...
Sep 21, 2020
UAE, Israeli film bodies sign agreement, plan regional film festival
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Abu Dhabi Film Commission, the Israel Film Fund and the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School have signed a cooperation agreement for training and production, a joint ...
Sep 21, 2020
Unilever NV shareholders vote overwhelmingly for unification
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Unilever NV shareholders in the Netherlands have approved a plan to end its dual-headed corporate structure and form a single London-based entity, the Anglo-Dutch company said. T...
Sep 21, 2020
Near normal Christmas depends on controlling COVID now, UK health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to control the coronavirus now in order for Christmas to be as normal as possible, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday. "The more we can control the virus now ...
Sep 21, 2020
UK can keep schools open, health secretary says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday that he wanted schools to remain open and avoid a return to mass home schooling, as the government was considering new measures ...
Sep 21, 2020
Shares in Italy’s CNH down 6.2% after Nikola founder steps down
MILANO (Reuters) - Italy's CNH was one of the top losers on Milan's bourse on Monday, its shares down over 6% in early trade, after the founder of U.S. electric truck maker Nikola Corp's stepped down ...
Sep 21, 2020
