Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Private equity firm Siris tables $864.6 million bid for UK's Equiniti
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Siris Capital has submitted a non-binding proposal to buy British outsourcer Equiniti for 624.3 million pounds ($864.6 million) in cash, the U.S. equity firm said on M...
Apr 19, 2021
Thailand's Gulf Energy plans $5.4 billion bid for control of nation's biggest mobile operator
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Gulf Energy Development Pcl is planning a $5.4 billion buyout of Intouch Holdings which controls the country's biggest mobile operator Advance...
Apr 19, 2021
Baerbock to run as German Greens chancellor candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) - Annalena Baerbock, co-leader of Germany's Greens, will run as the ecologists' candidate for chancellor at federal elections in September when the party is aiming to win the chancell...
Apr 19, 2021
Australia looks to speed up COVID-19 vaccine rollout to over-50s
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia plans to accelerate the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to people over 50 after advising under-50s not to get the AstraZeneca jab due to blood clot concerns...
Apr 19, 2021
ECB finds top euro zone banks underreport risk
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Large euro zone banks have been underreporting their risky assets by 275 billion euros by using their own models to quantify potential losses, the European Central Bank said on M...
Apr 19, 2021
Russia's VTB more than doubles first quarter net profit on lower provisions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest bank VTB more than doubled its net profit in the first quarter compared with a year ago as it cut provisions against non-performing loans, the state-run lend...
Apr 19, 2021
'I don't want that' - France struggles to pitch AstraZeneca vaccine
By Tangi Salan and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) - Tasked with persuading shoppers at an outdoor market to consider taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Paris city hall employee Leo Martin was fin...
Apr 19, 2021
Firefighters battle to contain blaze on S.Africa's Table Mountain
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city as a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn ou...
Apr 19, 2021
UK PM Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus worries
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India, Johnson's off...
Apr 19, 2021
Exclusive: Britain's Kantar nears $1.5 billion deal to buy Vista-backed Numerator, says source
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - British market research firm Kantar is in final talks to buy U.S. rival Numerator from Vista Equity Partners in a deal worth about $1.5 billion, a source with kn...
Apr 19, 2021
