Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stripe in advanced talks to raise $4 billion from investors - sources
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Digital payments processor Stripe Inc is close to raising $4 billion in fresh capital at a valuation of about $55 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The latest ca...
Feb 24, 2023
Exclusive-Events software vendor Cvent rebuffs $3.9 billion Blackstone bid-sources
By Milana Vinn (Reuters) - Cvent Holding Corp, a U.S. software provider that facilitates in-person and virtual meetings, has rejected a $3.9 billion acquisition offer from buyout firm Blackstone Inc, ...
Feb 24, 2023
Blinken will try to show U.S. is a reliable partner on visit to Central Asia - official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attempt to show that Washington can be a reliable partner to countries in Central Asia on a visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan next w...
Feb 24, 2023
Analysis-Investors wary of Chinese assets as political risk ramps up
By Carolina Mandl, Davide Barbuscia and Tom Westbrook NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Many large money managers are steering clear of Chinese assets, missing out on the nation's post-COVID stock market...
Feb 24, 2023
Zelenskiy: Ukraine should boost diplomacy in Africa, Latin America
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, seeking to strengthen Kyiv's diplomatic efforts following Russia's invasion, called on Friday for a summit with Latin American leaders and sai...
Feb 24, 2023
U.S. warns U.N. not to be fooled by calls for unconditional truce in Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols and Simon Lewis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it should not be fooled by calls for a t...
Feb 24, 2023
Tesla can't build in northern Mexico if water is scarce, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tesla Inc. would be denied permits to build a plant in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, where it has eyed investing, if water is scarce, Mexican President Andres Manue...
Feb 24, 2023
Brawling with elite, Russian mercenary boss wishes politician shot
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the shaven-headed former convict and catering magnate who runs Russia's Wagner mercenary army on the Ukraine frontline, said on Friday that a pol...
Feb 24, 2023
Blizzard warnings extend into Southern California as snowflakes brush Hollywood sign
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday, triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los Angeles area since 1989 and creating the extraordi...
Feb 24, 2023
Ukraine welcomes some Chinese ceasefire 'thoughts', insists on Russian withdrawal
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday welcomed some elements of a Chinese proposal for a ceasefire in Russia's war on Ukraine, but said only the country where a war is being fought s...
Feb 24, 2023
