Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Signature Aviation dog fight ends as GIP bids with Blackstone and Cascade
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - A bidding war for Signature Aviation took a new twist on Friday as former Gatwick owner GIP joined forces with Blackstone and Bill Gates' investment vehicle on an offer...
Feb 05, 2021
Performance of funds invested in GameStop in past two weeks
(Reuters) - The Morgan Stanley Institutional Small Co. Inception Portfolio fund was among the top gainers among mutual funds over the past two weeks having exposure to videogame retailer GameStop, dat...
Feb 05, 2021
Dollar on course for best week in three months
By Ritvik Carvalho and Kevin Buckland LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar headed for its best weekly gain in three months on Friday, lifted by growing confidence that the U.S. economic recovery will outpace...
Feb 05, 2021
GameStop, Clover Health rise in early U.S. pre-market trading
(Reuters) - Shares of videogame retailer GameStop Corp and insurance company Clover Health rose 3.5% and 4.1%, respectively, in early U.S. pre-market trading on Friday. Clover Health had slumped 12% o...
Feb 05, 2021
"We don't want this military coup": Myanmar teachers join protests
(Reuters) - Teachers in Myanmar on Friday became the latest group to join a civil disobedience campaign with some lecturers refusing to work or cooperate with authorities in protest against the milita...
Feb 05, 2021
French health experts stress need for new COVID measures
By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) - Two leading French health officials called for new restrictive measures to rein in the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, taking the opposite view of the governm...
Feb 05, 2021
All-Star Game proposal a 'slap in the face': Lakers' James
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said the NBA's bid to stage an All-Star Game amid the COVID-19 pandemic was like a "slap in the face". U.S. media reported that the league and its p...
Feb 05, 2021
Big Wall Street investors chased tech during GameStop retail frenzy: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Deep-pocketed investors pumped a record $4.2 billion into big technology stocks last week, BofA's flow data showed on Friday, taking advantage of the slight pullback on Wall Street ...
Feb 05, 2021
Analysis: Out in the cold: how Japan's electricity grid came close to blackouts
By Aaron Sheldrick and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's worst electricity crunch since the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis has exposed vulnerabilities in the country's recently liberalised po...
Feb 05, 2021
Hong Kong democracy activists appear in court over banned Tiananmen vigil
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Twenty-four activists appeared in a Hong Kong court on Friday on charges related to a June 4 vigil last year marking the anniversary of China's military crackdown ...
Feb 05, 2021
