Author Archives: Syndicated Content
KKR's doubts complicate TIM's single-network talks with CDP, sources say
By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - KKR has expressed reservations about a plan by Telecom Italia (TIM) to merge its network, which is partly owned by the U.S. fund, with that of st...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
In Venezuela, inflation and dollarization deepen schism between private and state employees
By Mayela Armas and Anggy Polanco CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL (Reuters) - Venezuela's gradual shift to the U.S. dollar is widening inequality between its public and private sector workers, as those paid in ...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry
By Luis Jaime Acosta TUMACO/NORTE DE SANTANDER, Colombia (Reuters) - Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advan...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Exclusive-Carlyle to acquire NSM Insurance from White Mountains in $1.78 billion deal
(Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc told Reuters on Monday it has agreed to acquire U.S. specialty insurance provider NSM Insurance Group from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd for $1....
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Exclusive-U.N. climate czar Carney in new bid to get private equity onboard - sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Simon Jessop NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations climate envoy Mark Carney plans to meet with major private equity firms in London on Wednesday, courting a corner of the financ...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Ivory Coast aims to raise $1.5 billion to restore forests, land
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast aims to raise $1.5 billion for a five-year land restoration programme to bring back forest and increase food production, President Alassanne Oua...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
We're basically sold out of electric cars, Mercedes-Benz boss says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz is virtually sold out of electric cars as supply chain tightness makes it tough for the luxury carmaker to keep up with rising demand, its chief executive said on M...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Italy's Draghi to meet Biden as coalition frets over arms to Ukraine
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi heads to Washington on Tuesday to meet U.S. President Joe Biden against an awkward domestic backdrop, with coalition leaders voicing...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
Athletics-Diamond League finals to alternate between Brussels and Zurich from 2024
(Reuters) - The two-day season finale of the Diamond League will be held in Brussels in 2024 and 2026 and in Zurich in 2025 and 2027, World Athletics said on Monday. The two cities previously hosted t...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
French court shortens jail term for former PM Fillon - media
PARIS (Reuters) - A French appeals court on Monday upheld former Prime Minister Francois Fillon's conviction for embezzling public funds, but cut a year off his prison term, media reported. Fillon was...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2022
