Category Archives: Syndicated
French initiative is last chance to save Lebanon, Jumblatt says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Leading Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said on Wednesday it appeared some did not understand that French-led efforts to get Lebanon out of crisis were the last chance to save th...
Sep 16, 2020
Private equity firm Ardian raises 2 billion euros for new fund
PARIS (Reuters) - Private equity firm Ardian has raised 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) for its 'Ardian Expansion Fund V', which the company said on Wednesday highlighted investors' interest in Europea...
Sep 16, 2020
Top European firms back Green Deal, pledge business overhaul
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Executives from 30 of Europe's leading companies backed the EU's Green Deal on Wednesday and pledged to overhaul their businesses to help the bloc achieve climate-ne...
Sep 16, 2020
Gaming group Embracer expands in VR with Vertigo Games acquisition
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish game developer Embracer has agreed to buy Netherlands-based virtual reality (VR) games maker Vertigo Games for 50 million euros ($59.25 million) upfront and a possible ad...
Sep 16, 2020
Toyota, Dentsu team up to improve marketing strategy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dentsu Group Inc and Toyota Motor Corp have agreed to form a business alliance and establish two companies to improve Toyota's communications and digital transformation strategy, Den...
Sep 16, 2020
Teenager Musetti comes of age with win over Wawrinka in Rome
(Reuters) - Coming into just his second Tour level match Lorenzo Musetti did not expect to beat three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka at the Italian Open on Tuesday but the teenager says he fully...
Sep 16, 2020
HNA Group chairman barred from flying, vacationing on firm’s failure to pay court-ordered $5,300
BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of cash-strapped HNA Group has been barred from taking flights and high-speed trains and going on vacations due to the Chinese conglomerate's failure to pay a court-or...
Sep 16, 2020
Australian government lawyer names China in interference investigation
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has formally named China in a court document as the foreign state under investigation by police in the nation's first foreign interference investigation....
Sep 16, 2020
Bernal withdraws from Tour de France ahead of stage 17
(Reuters) - Defending champion Egan Bernal has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of stage 17, his Ineos Grenadiers team announced on Wednesday. "This is obviously not how I wanted my Tour de Fra...
Sep 16, 2020
UK government in talks with rebels over Brexit treaty breach bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has had talks with rebels in his party over the Internal Market Bill, which the European Union says could sink Brexit talks by breaching th...
Sep 16, 2020
