Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's Crown spurns $6.5 billion Blackstone bid, says it undervalues firm
(Reuters) - Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd on Monday said U.S. private equity giant Blackstone Group Inc's buyout offer undervalued its assets and would not be in the best interest of it...
May 16, 2021
Asia shares cautious ahead of China data test
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares edged cautiously higher on Monday catching the tailwind from a bounce on Wall Street and ahead of what are expected to be upbeat readings on the Chinese e...
May 16, 2021
Free at last to hug and party: UK reopens for business
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday giving 65 million people a measure of freedom af...
May 16, 2021
Japan April wholesale prices jump on rising material costs
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale prices jumped 3.6% in April from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Monday, a sign rising energy and commodities costs were weighing on cor...
May 16, 2021
Long working hours are a killer, WHO study shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Or...
May 16, 2021
G7 urged to donate 'emergency' supplies to vaccine-sharing scheme
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of UNICEF on Monday asked G7 countries to donate supplies to the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme as an emergency measure to address a severe shortfall caused by ...
May 16, 2021
The Hall calls: Wright, Wallace, Griffith among 2021 class
By Tim Reynolds SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yola...
May 16, 2021
Sam Houston wins FCS title with late TD over South Dakota State
FRISCO, Texas - Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns, including a 10-yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its f...
May 16, 2021
JD Logistics launches Hong Kong IPO to raise up to $3.4 billion: filings
(Reuters) - JD Logistics will price its shares between $HK39.36 and $HK43.36 each as the company aims to raise up to $3.4 billion, according to the company's filings. The logistics business, the offsh...
May 16, 2021
London office market undergoes makeover to woo post-pandemic workforce: Deloitte
(Reuters) - Developers in London are revamping office spaces to suit the post-pandemic workforce, a survey showed on Monday, as weakening demand for workspaces poses a major concern in one of the worl...
May 16, 2021
