Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hedge fund to nominate broadcasting executive Wert to Tegna's board: sources
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Standard General is preparing to nominate a fifth director to Tegna Inc's board one week after the broadcast company added a new director, people...
Feb 28, 2020
Paraguay dengue fever death toll rises to 34
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - The death toll from a dengue fever outbreak in Paraguay rose to 34, the Public Health Ministry said on Friday, warning that the virus is spreading beyond the c...
Feb 28, 2020
UAE coronavirus scare confines Danish champion Morkov to Berlin hotel
By Martyn Herman BERLIN (Reuters) - Danish rider Michael Morkov faces an anxious wait alone in a Berlin hotel room to learn if he can compete in the world track championships, after being caught up in...
Feb 28, 2020
Trafigura forms JV with Phillips 66 for deepwater Texas oil port
LONDON (Reuters) - Global commodities trader Trafigura said on Friday it had formed a joint venture with U.S. refiner Phillips 66 to build a major deepwater port in Texas capable of handling supertank...
Feb 28, 2020
U.S. sees significant reduction in Afghan violence over last six days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has seen a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan during the past six days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, one day before Washin...
Feb 28, 2020
Altria says CEO will not get annual incentive due to Juul investment
(Reuters) - Altria Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Howard Willard will not receive an annual incentive award as result of the Marlboro maker's souring minority investment in e-cigarette company Juul...
Feb 28, 2020
Slow return of China's migrant workers hobbles factory restarts
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's manufacturers are struggling to find enough workers to fill factory floors as the regular post-Lunar New Year labor migration trickles rather than f...
Feb 28, 2020
Coty taps Jimmy Choo boss Pierre Denis as next CEO
(Reuters) - Coty Inc on Friday named Jimmy Choo boss Pierre Denis as its next chief executive officer, replacing Pierre Laubies, betting on deep luxury fashion sector experience as the company tries t...
Feb 28, 2020
Fed's Bullard: U.S. rate cuts 'a possibility' if coronavirus intensifies, not base case
By Howard Schneider FORT SMITH, Ark. (Reuters) - Federal Reserve rate cuts are 'a possibility' if the outbreak of coronavirus intensifies into a global pandemic with death rates approaching yearly flu...
Feb 28, 2020
An eclectic mix of owners calls the shots as MLS celebrates 25 years
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - As Major League Soccer looks to its next quarter century, an eclectic roster of owners from the realms of Hollywood to commercial industry could be calling the shots. Billin...
Feb 28, 2020
