Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's Wesfarmers flags lower first-half profit hurt by coronavirus curbs
(Reuters) - Australian retail conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd on Monday said it expects to report first-half net profit after tax between A$1.18 billion ($851.72 million) and A$1.24 billion, a drop from l...
Jan 16, 2022
BBVA to pay more than 7 billion euros to shareholders in 2021, 2022, chairman says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA expects to distribute more than 7 billion euros ($8 billion) to shareholders in 2021 and 2022, around a fifth of its current market capitalization, chairman Carlos Torr...
Jan 16, 2022
Ahead of election, Macron banks on rosy French economy, new jobs
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday tout 21 new foreign investment projects in France and a booming economy as proof his economic reforms have been bearing fruit less than three...
Jan 16, 2022
Soccer-Holders Algeria beaten on day of shocks
By Mark Gleeson (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea led a string of upsets at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday when they beat holders Algeria, while Ivory Coast and Mali were both held by unfancied oppon...
Jan 16, 2022
UK's Johnson plans to scrap COVID-19 self-isolation law - The Telegraph
(Reuters) - The United Kingdom is drawing up plans under which people will not be legally bound to self-isolate after catching COVID-19, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
Jan 16, 2022
Impact assessment, aid efforts underway as world responds to Tonga tsunami
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Pacific nations and aid agencies began coordinating relief efforts in Tonga on Monday after a tsunami triggered by a massive volcanic eruption rocked the tiny i...
Jan 16, 2022
Biden, Japan PM Kishida to hold bilateral talks on Friday-White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet virtually on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discuss the two nations' economies, security matters, climate change and other ...
Jan 16, 2022
Pioneering Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Retired Brigadier General Charles McGee, part of the pioneering all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War Two and one of its most decorated pilots, died on Sunday at the...
Jan 16, 2022
Two killed in Niger uranium mine collapse, company says
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's COMINAK uranium mine in Niger, COMINAK said in a statement on Sunday. The cause of Sat...
Jan 16, 2022
Unilever to weigh raising offer for Glaxo Consumer unit - Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Unilever Plc has held talks with banks about additional financing for a potential sweetened offer for GlaxoSmithKline Plc's consumer products division, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing...
Jan 16, 2022
