Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Activist hedge fund Starboard hires analyst from BlackRock's stewardship team
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value LP poached an analyst from asset manager BlackRock's investment stewardship team, which exerts great influence on issues suc...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Water baby Hugh Jackman get soaking in sci-fi thriller 'Reminiscence'
(Reuters) - Hugh Jackman calls himself a water baby, but he's never spent as much time getting wet as in his latest movie, "Reminiscence." "I'm Australian born and bred so I love the water. I go into ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Facebook calls U.S. FTC's refiled antitrust case 'meritless'
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's refiled antitrust case against the company was "meritless" in a statement on Thursday, saying the FTC's claims were an effort to rewri...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Western Union suspends services in Afghanistan
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Western Union Co, the world's largest money transfer firm, has suspended services in Afghanistan, but is committed to resuming operations once conditions permit, it sa...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
U.S. second-quarter growth likely to be revised higher after slew of strong data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth for the second quarter is likely to be revised higher following a recent raft of stronger than initially thought data covering that period, which reflected ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
ValueAct takes $1.2 billion position in fintech firm Fiserv - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Investment firm ValueAct has taken a $1.2 billion stake in financial tech and payments company Fiserv Inc, a Bloomberg News reporter tweeted on Thursday. (https://bit.ly/3D0DmPE) Fiserv sh...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Actions or words? Afghan journalists question Taliban's free press pledge
(Reuters) - Beaten, homes raided, turned away from work for being a woman: the complaints made by some Afghan journalists in recent days are sowing doubt about assurances made by their new Taliban rul...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Germany to designate parts of Greece COVID-19 high-risk area - Funke
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government plans to designate parts of Greece and some areas of Ireland as high-risk areas, meaning unvaccinated travellers from those regions would need to go into quara...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
Israel approves Qatari aid to Gaza after May conflict, defence minister says
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it agreed with Qatar and the United Nations on a mechanism to transfer aid from the Gulf State to Gaza, boosting prospects for relief in the ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
EU ready to impose new sanctions on Belarus, if situation deteriorates - PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) - The EU is ready to bring new sanctions against Belarus if the situation in the country - which the bloc accuses of pushing asylum seekers across its borders - continues to deteriora...
Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2021
