Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MetLife to buy PE-backed Versant Health for $1.68 billion
(Reuters) - Insurer MetLife Inc said on Thursday it will buy vision-care benefits company Versant Health for $1.68 billion from an investor group led by Centerbridge Partners and FFL Partners, to stre...
Sep 17, 2020
Spain’s third-quarter growth to exceed 10%, minister says
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish economy will expand at a pace above 10% in the third quarter, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Thursday, without giving projections for the full year. The minister...
Sep 17, 2020
LNG-related solutions provider Hygo looks to raise $485 million in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Liquefied natural gas solutions firm Hygo Energy Transition Ltd, which is owned by Golar LNG , is looking to raise up to $485 million in its initial public offering, according to a regulat...
Sep 17, 2020
Moderna to develop seasonal flu vaccine
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it will develop a seasonal flu vaccine as part of its increased investment in vaccines. The company also said it was actively preparing for a commercial launch...
Sep 17, 2020
Credit Suisse teams up with Qatar fund on multi-billion credit business
DUBAI (Reuters) - Swiss bank Credit Suisse and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) said on Thursday they were jointly setting up a multi-billion dollar direct private credit business. QIA, which is Q...
Sep 17, 2020
Facebook chief scientist says ‘true AR glasses’ at least five years away
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is about five to 10 years away from being able to bring to market "true" augmented reality glasses, its chief scientist told Reuters, as the compan...
Sep 17, 2020
ByteDance rival Kuaishou aims to raise up to $5 billion in Hong Kong IPO: sources
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese online short video start-up Kuaishou aims to raise up to $5 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) as early as January, people with...
Sep 17, 2020
Bank of England makes no changes to stimulus push
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.1% and it left unchanged the size of its bond-buying programme at 745 billion pounds ($966 billi...
Sep 17, 2020
Moderna would seek limited emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine based on early data
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - If Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine proves to be at least 70 percent effective, the company plans to seek emergency authorization for its use in high-risk groups...
Sep 17, 2020
Coca-Cola bottlers are feeling flat, even as U.S. grocery sales sparkle
By Richa Naidu and Martinne Geller CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Martin Williams' great-grandfather founded their Coca-Cola distribution business in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1907, just a handful of years...
Sep 17, 2020
