Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Credit Suisse, UBS held tie-up talks backed by both chairmen: Bilanz
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chairmen of UBS and Credit Suisse supported a merger of equals between Switzerland's two largest banks during discussions earlier this year, Swiss magazine Bilanz reported on We...
Sep 23, 2020
Roche, AC Immune anti-Tau Alzheimer’s drug fails trial
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche and partner AC Immune said their experimental anti-Tau Alzheimer's disease drug semorinemab failed to slow cognitive decline in a trial, a fresh blow to effort...
Sep 23, 2020
Hong Kong government ends Disney’s option for expanding theme park
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will lose its option to buy a plot of land next to its Hong Kong theme park that was to allow for future expansion after the city's government said on Wednesday it...
Sep 23, 2020
China will allow more foreign investors to invest in listed firms: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet said on Wednesday it will allow more qualified foreign investors to make strategic investment in Chinese listed companies, state television reported. China will ste...
Sep 23, 2020
Players union worried about South American qualifiers during COVID-19 crisis
By Brian Homewood BERN (Reuters) - The global players union FIFPRO has multiple concerns about next month's World Cup qualifiers in South America, including the high incidence of COVID-19 in the regio...
Sep 23, 2020
France supports idea by Lebanese politician to end cabinet logjam
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - France backed on Wednesday a proposal made by Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician to end a deadlock preventing the formation of a cabinet to lead the nation out of its w...
Sep 23, 2020
Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ drives reality check for recent share surge
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc faced a stock market reality check on Wednesday after a much hyped "Battery Day" event which Wall Street analysts judged chiefly for its omissions and hazy delivery deadlines. In...
Sep 23, 2020
UAE registers new daily coronavirus high amid increased testing
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic at 1,083 new cases. The Gulf Arab state has seen cas...
Sep 23, 2020
SEB money-laundering problems ‘not new’, says Swedish FSA
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that it was well known that lender SEB had past deficiencies regarding money-laundering in the Baltics after Swedish Television (SVT...
Sep 23, 2020
Dawn patrol: Parisians queue in dark for COVID tests
PARIS (Reuters) - While most of the French capital was still asleep, Emilie Rabaron was sitting on the front step of a clinic, in the pre-dawn darkness, trying to beat the queues for a COVID-19 test. ...
Sep 23, 2020
