Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Activist TCI lodges complaint against Italy with European Commission over Atlantia
LONDON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund TCI Fund Management said it has submitted a complaint to the European Commission over "illegitimate expropriation" by the Italian government of Atlantia's motorw...
Jul 24, 2020
New wave of boat migrants overwhelms southern Italian island
By Mauro Buccarello LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - About 100 migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in small boats landed on the southern island of Lampedusa during the night, the latest in a wave of ar...
Jul 24, 2020
UK parliament approves new Financial Conduct Authority head
LONDON (Reuters) - The British parliament's Treasury Committee said on Friday it had approved the appointment of Nikhil Rathi, a senior executive at the London Stock Exchange, to head the Financial Co...
Jul 24, 2020
Take Five: Action and reaction
1/TALE OF TWO CURRENCIES The euro suddenly looks unstoppable, hitting 21-month highs above $1.16 after the European Union set aside differences and agreed a COVID-19 recovery fund. This signal of soli...
Jul 24, 2020
Portugal launches plan to boost exports hit by pandemic
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government has launched a plan aimed at boosting its export sector to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with a goal of increasing expo...
Jul 24, 2020
Libyans face painful power cuts as years of chaos hit grid
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Warfare has stopped - for now - in the Libyan capital, but long power blackouts caused by years of poor maintenance still cause misery in the scorching summer weather. The blackout...
Jul 24, 2020
Goldman Sachs, Malaysia reach settlement agreement over 1MDB: sources
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has reached a settlement agreement with the Malaysian government over the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal, three sources familiar with the...
Jul 24, 2020
Swiss attorney general lied to investigators, hid meeting with FIFA chief - court
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's top law enforcement official committed several breaches of his official duties and lied to investigators while his office examined alleged corruption su...
Jul 24, 2020
Big tech antitrust probe report from Congress likely by early fall
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A much-anticipated deep dive into antitrust allegations against four of America's largest tech companies and recommendations on how to tame their market power co...
Jul 24, 2020
Ahead of U.S. election, China braces for rocky ride, potential change
By Keith Zhai, Michael Martina and Tony Munroe (Reuters) - With bilateral relations in free-fall, Beijing is bracing for more turbulence in the run-up to the U.S. election in November, and the possibi...
Jul 24, 2020
