Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman go on trial over TV rights
By Brian Homewood BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, went on trial in Switzerl...
Sep 14, 2020
SoftBank sets price in telco stake sale worth $11.7 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it set the offering price for the sale of shares in wireless carrier SoftBank Corp at 1,204.50 yen per share, giving the sale a value of 1.24 trill...
Sep 14, 2020
Happiness, controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen
By Crispian Balmer and Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the governme...
Sep 14, 2020
McDonald’s to open restaurants in Russia’s far east in expansion drive
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global fast food giant McDonald's Corp. plans to expand in Russia's far east in December, opening restaurants in cities such as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok for the first time, the co...
Sep 14, 2020
CREST problems force Bank of England to delay gilt buy-back
LONDON (Reuters) - The CREST financial markets settlement system, which sits at the heart of more than 1 trillion pounds' ($1.29 trillion) worth of daily share and bond trades, suffered more technical...
Sep 14, 2020
European healthcare stocks hit by Trump drug order
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) - Stocks in the European healthcare sector underperformed the broader market in early trading on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to l...
Sep 14, 2020
Deutsche Telekom joins France’s OVHcloud to take on U.S. cloud computing giants
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom and France's OVHcloud plan to build a new cloud computing offer for European companies and public sector entities deemed of strategic importance,...
Sep 14, 2020
More talks on Lebanese cabinet as deadline in doubt
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said on Monday he had met Lebanon's president for more consultations, raising doubts about whether he would be able to form his government by ...
Sep 14, 2020
Not many issues remain to secure ‘thin’ EU-UK trade deal: Irish foreign minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - There are not that many outstanding issues in the way of securing a "thin" free-trade deal between the European Union and Britain, which is the best-case scenario at this stage, Iri...
Sep 14, 2020
Indian funds seek to calm investors after rule change affects $20 billion in equity assets
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian fund managers on Monday sought to assuage investor concerns that a regulatory change affecting portfolio structures of some equity funds which manage assets wo...
Sep 14, 2020
