Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alitalia close to open tenders for units as Rome revises relaunch plan
ROME (Reuters) - Alitalia is close to launching open tenders to sell off its handling and maintenance businesses as the government is negotiating and revising the new carrier's industrial plan with Br...
Mar 17, 2021
Six EU countries raise concerns over COVID jabs distribution: official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovenia raised concerns over COVID-19 vaccine distribution in a call with the head of the European Council on Wednesday...
Mar 17, 2021
Vodafone seen reaping 2.13 billion eur from Frankfurt IPO: bookrunners
By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Vodafone is expected to price shares in infrastructure unit Vantage Towers at 24 euros ($28.60) each, valuing the firm at 12 billion euros in one of Europe's lar...
Mar 17, 2021
Activist Cevian Capital trims Ericsson stake below 5%
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Activist investor Cevian Capital has cut its holding in Ericsson to 4.81% of the telecom equipment maker's share capital, according to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority...
Mar 17, 2021
Thai sniffer dogs can detect COVID-19 in sweat, project shows
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai sniffer dogs trained to detect COVID-19 in human sweat proved nearly 95% accurate during training and could be used to identify coronavirus infections a...
Mar 17, 2021
Futures muted as Fed takes center stage
By Shashank Nayar and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Dow were subdued on Wednesday as investors held their breath ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement which cou...
Mar 17, 2021
Russia could invest $13.7 billion from 'rainy day fund' on infrastructure by 2023: finance minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia could invest 1 trillion roubles ($13.7 billion) from its National Wealth Fund on infrastructure projects between 2021 and 2023, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednes...
Mar 17, 2021
Exclusive: Venezuelan ministers were informed of deal 'Citgo Six' were jailed for, documents show
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo have been jailed in Caracas on graft charges since 2017, but court documents seen by Reuters show that top Venezuelan officials were made ...
Mar 17, 2021
Syria says Assad and wife are recovering from COVID-19
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his wife Asma are recovering from COVID-19 and will soon resume their full duties after ending a period of isolation at home, the president's off...
Mar 17, 2021
G7 agrees to boost IMF reserves by $650 billion to fund pandemic relief: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - G7 advanced economies have agreed to boost International Monetary Fund reserves by around $650 billion through a new allocation of the fund's special drawing rights, Japan's Kyodo ne...
Mar 17, 2021
