Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's Couche-Tard drops Carrefour takeover plan, companies say
(Reuters) - Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and European retailer Carrefour SA, have decided to extend their discussions to examine opportunities for operational partnerships, after Couche-Tard drop...
Jan 16, 2021
FCS schedules nearly set with season starting in February
By: Eric Olson One college football season just ended, and another one starts in just over a month. All but a few teams in the Football Championship Subdivision shut down in the fall because of the CO...
Jan 16, 2021
More NBA games off, as league continues struggles with virus
By: Tim Reynolds Another three NBA games were postponed Friday, including one in Minnesota only a couple hours before game time, as the league's struggle with increasing coronavirus numbers continued....
Jan 16, 2021
Bowl games look to future after weathering challenging year
By: Joe Reedy LOS ANGELES - Even after canceling the Tournament of Roses parade during the summer and scaling back the pregame festivities normally associated with the Rose Bowl, David Eads and his st...
Jan 16, 2021
Libya talks make progress towards new temporary government, U.N. says
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Libyan political dialogue arranged by the United Nations has made progress towards agreeing a new transitional government to oversee the run-up to elections in December, the U.N. s...
Jan 16, 2021
Couche-Tard and Carrefour seek cooperation after takeover scrapped: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and French retailer Carrefour SA plan to discuss industrial and operational partnerships, BFM TV reported on Saturday, after the firms this week dro...
Jan 16, 2021
Biden eyes ex-Obama staff to tackle Big Tech and other antitrust issues
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the U.S. Department of Justice under the incoming administra...
Jan 16, 2021
Italy public debt to hit new post-war record in 2021 at 158.5% of GDP - source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy forecasts its debt to soar to a new post-war record level of 158.5% of gross domestic output (GDP) this year, surpassing the 155.6% goal it set in September, a government source...
Jan 16, 2021
Urban Legend or Myth? Jaguars about to find out
What's not to like about Urban Meyer? The appointed savior of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team won more than 85 percent of his games during an illustrious 17-year college-coaching career. He was...
Jan 16, 2021
Venezuela slams U.S. court approval of Citgo parent sale as 'fraudulent'
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Saturday criticized a U.S. court ruling authorizing a sale of the shares in the parent company of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp, ca...
Jan 16, 2021
