Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Telecom Italia to cut 1,300 jobs this year - sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) plans to cut its workforce by 3% this year, two union sources said on Monday, as Italy's biggest phone group aims to revamp its business amid the COVID-19 crisis...
Mar 08, 2021
Pope defends Iraqi trip despite COVID-19 risk, says God will provide
By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday that he decided to visit Iraq despite a rise in COVID-19 cases after much prayer and contemplation and suggested God w...
Mar 08, 2021
UK shopper numbers fall for first time in seven weeks
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people heading out to shops across Britain fell by 0.7% in the week to March 6 versus the previous week, a first decline in seven weeks, market researcher Springboard ...
Mar 08, 2021
IFF offers board seat to activist Sachem Head's Ferguson
(Reuters) - International Flavors & Fragrances Inc said on Monday it has offered Sachem Head Capital Management's Scott Ferguson a seat on the chemical company's board, potentially staving off a broad...
Mar 08, 2021
China omits property tax from 2021 legislative agenda
BEIJING (Reuters) - China omitted mention of a property tax in its 2021 legislative plan on Monday for a second consecutive year as the government focuses on boosting consumption to cement an economic...
Mar 08, 2021
Apollo Global to buy annuities provider Athene in $11 billion deal
(Reuters) - Apollo Global said on Monday it would buy Athene Holding in an all-stock deal valuing the annuities provider at about $11 billion, making it the private equity firm's first major deal afte...
Mar 08, 2021
Organisers unveil safety plan for return of Mobile World Congress
By Douglas Busvine (Reuters) - The Mobile World Congress organisers unveiled a health and safety plan on Monday that they said would enable the gathering to go ahead in Barcelona this summer after las...
Mar 08, 2021
France's OVHcloud kicks off process for a potential IPO: spokeswoman
PARIS (Reuters) - French cloud computing services provider OVHcloud has started the process for a potential of listing of the company, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Founded by Octave Klaba in 1999, OV...
Mar 08, 2021
Ivory Coast President Ouattara names Patrick Achi as interim prime minister
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on Monday named his close confidant and chief of staff Patrick Achi as interim prime minister in place of Hamed Bakayoko, who...
Mar 08, 2021
Looming China extradition deal worries Uighurs in Turkey
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Joining hundreds of women in Istanbul to protest at China's treatment of Uighurs, Nursiman Abdurasit tearfully thinks of her jailed mother in Xinjiang and fears th...
Mar 08, 2021
