Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Future Group creditors scramble to recover $2.5 billion loans amid Reliance deal woes: bankers
By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) - Future Group's creditors are exploring options to recover more than $2.5 billion in loans, amid worries the Indian retailer's planned sale of assets to Reliance Indus...
Feb 16, 2021
UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will provide vaccine COVID-19 certificates for its residents if they are required by other countries, although it is not planning to introduce them for use at home, vaccines...
Feb 16, 2021
UK retail must stay open when third lockdown ends: Ocado chairman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's retail sector must stay open when it emerges from the latest coronavirus lockdown, sector veteran Stuart Rose said on Tuesday. "The short term need is for us to have some ...
Feb 16, 2021
Spanish police storm university, arrest rapper convicted in free speech case
LLEIDA, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of Spanish police stormed a university on Tuesday and arrested a rapper who had barricaded himself inside after being sentenced to jail on charges of glorifying terror...
Feb 16, 2021
Indian tribunal blocks regulator's order on Future chief, company says
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian tribunal has blocked a regulatory order that this month barred Future Group Chief Executive Kishore Biyani from the securities markets for a year, over accusations of insi...
Feb 16, 2021
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny back in court for slander trial
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny returned to court on Tuesday for a trial on slander changes he calls politically motivated. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic, ...
Feb 16, 2021
Bangladesh sentences five to death for killing U.S. blogger
DHAKA (Reuters) - A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago. Avijit Roy, a...
Feb 16, 2021
UK competition regulator concerned over $9.2 billion eBay-Adevinta deal
OSLO (Reuters) - The British competition authority (CMA) has expressed concerns about the planned acquisition by Norway's Adevinta of eBay's classified ads business, Adevinta said on Tuesday. The deal...
Feb 16, 2021
NBA roundup: Jazz topple 76ers for eighth straight win
Jordan Clarkson helped the Utah Jazz overcome big nights by Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris while leading the NBA's hottest team to a 134-123 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Salt Lake City on Monday ...
Feb 16, 2021
Swiss competition agency opens probe of Mastercard
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation of Mastercard Inc into possible obstruction of SIX's National Cash Scheme (NCS), a set of rules for withdrawals ...
Feb 16, 2021
