Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: French IT firm Atos makes $10 billion takeover approach for DXC - sources
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - French IT consulting group Atos SE has made a takeover approach to buy U.S. rival DXC Technology and values the NYSE-listed business at more than $10 billion, tw...
Jan 07, 2021
IBM taps Martin Schroeter to lead new IT infrastructure services company
(Reuters) - International Business Machines on Thursday named former financial lead Martin Schroeter as chief executive officer of the new public company to be created by spinning off its infrastructu...
Jan 07, 2021
Protests over killing of Hazara spread to Karachi, other cities in Pakistan
By Gul Yousafzai and Syed Raza Hassan QUETTA/KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Protests over the killing of 11 Shi'ite Hazara minority coal miners by Islamic State militants on Sunday have spread to other...
Jan 07, 2021
Canada M&A seen picking up after hitting 9-year low in 2020
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell to a nine-year low in 2020 as the pandemic put brakes on companies' growth strategies, but bankers expect the pickup in...
Jan 07, 2021
Hungary could receive first shipment of Moderna's vaccine next week -Surgeon General
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary could receive the first shipment of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine next week, Surgeon General Cecilia Muller told an online briefing on Thursday. Muller said Hungary would rec...
Jan 07, 2021
Huawei appeals Swedish court decision over 5G network exclusion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Huawei has appealed a court decision which allowed Swedish telecoms regulator PTS to resume 5G spectrum auctions, while planning to exclude the Chinese telecom equipment maker fr...
Jan 07, 2021
Hungary proposes to extend remote learning for secondary schools -state sec
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is proposing to extend remote learning for secondary schools beyond next Monday due to high coronavirus infections and uncertainties over a new variant of the virus that f...
Jan 07, 2021
Exclusive: As Olympics loom, Japanese approval of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine unlikely till May
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is unlikely to win approval in Japan until May due to requirements for local clinical trials, the distributor said, casting doubt over a...
Jan 07, 2021
China's Shijiazhuang city bans all residents from leaving
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shijiazhuang, the capital of China's Hebei province, has banned all residents from leaving the city as part of COVID-related curbs, a city official said on Thursday. China on Thurs...
Jan 07, 2021
S.Africa says to get 1.5 million vaccines from Serum Institute of India
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's health ministry said on Thursday that the country would get 1.5 million vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII), with a million coming in January and t...
Jan 07, 2021
