Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tencent-led consortium buys extra 10% of Vivendi's Universal
PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi said on Friday a Tencent-led consortium would exercise its option to buy an additional 10% stake in Universal Music Group (UMG), home to Taylor Swift and The Beatles, based o...
Dec 18, 2020
UK wants Brexit trade deal but we'll walk unless EU moves - minister says
By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and European Union negotiators will resume trade talks on Friday with both sides warning that they remained far apart on a number of iss...
Dec 18, 2020
Barclays UK chairman Cheshire steps down, Crawford Gillies takes over
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays' UK director and chair Ian Cheshire is stepping down from Jan 1 2021 to be succeed by Crawford Gillies, the bank said on Friday. Cheshire has decided he is unable to take o...
Dec 18, 2020
YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove vide...
Dec 18, 2020
UK retail sales fell in November as lockdown hit stores
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell sharply last month when a four-week lockdown in England closed stores which sold non-essential goods to the public, offici...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-U.S., Iran and inertia, an axis to dampen France's Lebanese dreams
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - During a visit to Paris last month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with France's strategy to help resolve the economic and p...
Dec 18, 2020
'Life is short': Wuhan's COVID-19 survivors share lessons one year on
By Cate Cadell and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) - In late 2019, Wuhan businesswoman Duan Ling and her surgeon husband Fang Yushun began to hear snippets in hospital chat groups about a disease e...
Dec 18, 2020
Iran rejects IAEA chief's call that new agreement needed after Biden takes office -tweet
(Reuters) - Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday rejected the UN atomic watchdog chief's suggestion that reviving Iran's nuclear deal after a new U.S. administration c...
Dec 18, 2020
GM's union in South Korea approves second tentative labour deal - union official
SEOUL (Reuters) - The union representing workers for General Motors Co in South Korea have voted in favour of a preliminary labour deal with the automaker, a union official told Reuters on Friday. The...
Dec 18, 2020
Japan's retail recovery seen slowing in November: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's retail sales likely rose at a slower pace in November than the previous month, a Reuters poll found on Friday, as the coronavirus weighed on the recovery in consumer spending...
Dec 18, 2020
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