Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vivendi files appeal against Milan court OK to Mediaset revamp
MILAN (Reuters) - France's Vivendi has filed an appeal against a decision by a Milan judge to clear the way for a planned reorganization at Mediaset , Italy's biggest commercial broadcaster said on Th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Opioid companies say lawyers' fee demand threatens settlement talks
By Tom Hals and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson and other drug companies facing thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid epidemic have warned that settlement talks will be "sever...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Coronavirus poses a logistical headache for F1 teams
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic is giving Formula One teams a logistical headache as they prepare for a new season and the run of long-haul races scheduled to start in Aust...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Contested Democratic convention in the cards? Betting market thinks so
By Dan Burns (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders has grabbed the early lead in the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November, but one online political w...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
U.S. officials say they are ramping up efforts to guard against coronavirus
By David Morgan and Michael Erman WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Thursday said they were ramping up efforts to guard Americans against a local spread of the new coronavirus, dispatc...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Mexico's Pemex posts massive 2019 loss in bitter blow to president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Petroleos Mexicanos posted a 345.5 billion peso ($18.3 billion) loss for 2019 on Thursday, nearly doubling the previous year's loss and dealing a major blow to the Mexican pres...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Thyssenkrupp to sell elevators unit to Advent and Cinven - sources
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp has agreed to sell its elevators division to a consortium of Advent, Cinven [CINV.UL] and Germany's RAG foundation, three sources close to the matter tol...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Spanish military jet crashes into sea, pilot likely killed
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish military plane crashed into the sea off the country's southeastern coast during a training exercise on Thursday and the pilot appears to have been killed, the air force sa...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Colombia coca eradication hampered by landmines and protests, police say
TUMACO, Colombia (Reuters) - Landmines and protests promoted by armed groups involved in drug trafficking are major obstacles to the eradication of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, according to a...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020
Nigerian police free children, pregnant teens from 'baby factory'
YENAGOA (Reuters) - Police in southeastern Nigeria raided a child trafficking facility holding at least 23 children and four pregnant teenagers, a police spokesman said on Thursday. Officers arrested ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2020