Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Starboard acquires stake worth $800 million in GoDaddy - WSJ
(Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value LP has purchased a 6.5% stake in web services firm GoDaddy Inc worth about $800 million, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familia...
Dec 27, 2021
China's Kintor says Phase III COVID-19 treatment trial misses statistical criteria
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Kintor Pharmaceutical Ltd said data from a Phase III clinical trial for its potential COVID-19 treatment proxalutamide in non-hospitalised patients did not meet statistical...
Dec 27, 2021
Turkey probes Istanbul municipality staff over alleged militant ties
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has launched an investigation into hundreds of staff at the opposition-run Istanbul municipality accused of links to militant groups, drawing fierce criticism ...
Dec 27, 2021
Iran to announce new ambassador in Yemen after predecessor's death
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran plans to announce the appointment of a new ambassador in Yemen after the death of previous envoy Hasan Irlu, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday....
Dec 27, 2021
Alpine skiing-Shiffrin tests positive for COVID-19, to miss Lienz
(Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week's World Cup races in Lienz, Austria, she said on Monday. American Shiffrin, the over...
Dec 27, 2021
Megacap tech stocks lift futures; Omicron risks linger
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Monday, boosted by megacap companies, while hundreds of Omicron-driven flight cancellations kept investors on edge at the start of ...
Dec 27, 2021
'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58
(Reuters) - Jean-Marc Valle, a Canadian best known for directing the Oscar-nominated film "Dallas Buyers Club" and Emmy-winning HBO series "Big Little Lies," died suddenly at his cabin outside Quebec ...
Dec 27, 2021
Iraqi court rejects appeal by Iran-backed parties against vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Supreme Court rejected appeals lodged by Iran-backed Shi'ite factions against the results of a parliamentary election on Monday, the chief judge said, derailing their attemp...
Dec 27, 2021
Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday added two more years to a 13-year jail sentence for historian Yuri Dmitriev, in a sex abuse case that his supporters say was trumped up to punish him for u...
Dec 27, 2021
Ethiopian Airlines says to resume using Boeing 737 Max planes in Feb
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines plans to resume flying Boeing 737 Max planes on its fleet in Feb 2022, saying it was satisfied with their safety, its chief executive officer said on Monday....
Dec 27, 2021
