Category Archives: Syndicated
Philippines reports 4,686 new coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Monday confirmed 4,686 additional novel coronavirus infections and 13 more deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases have rise...
Aug 24, 2020
Facebook to pay 104 million euros in back taxes in France: media
PARIS (Reuters) - Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reporte...
Aug 24, 2020
Factbox: China’s coronavirus vaccine development efforts
(Reuters) - China has several novel coronavirus vaccine candidates in the late stage of development. Below is a summary of its efforts to develop vaccines. HOW MANY CHINESE VACCINES ARE IN PHASE 3? Fo...
Aug 24, 2020
Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion
Blackstone Group Inc BX.N said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com Inc from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, including debt, placing a big bet on family-tree chasi...
Aug 24, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus tally passes 960,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 4,744 new coronavirus cases on Monday, pushing its confirmed infection tally to 961,493, the fourth largest in the world. Authorities said 65 people had died over th...
Aug 24, 2020
Coronavirus treatment hopes boost European stocks at open
(Reuters) - European stocks bounced from a two-week low on Monday as signs of progress in developing a COVID-19 treatment offset fears about a resurgence in virus cases across the continent that could...
Aug 24, 2020
Town bombing kills 9, wounds dozens in Philippine south
By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) - A bombing in a town on a restive southern Philippines island killed nine people and wounded dozens on Monday, among them soldiers and civilians, the military sai...
Aug 24, 2020
Takeda to sell Japanese consumer health unit to Blackstone for $2.3 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group for 242 billion yen ($2.3 billion), Japan's largest dru...
Aug 24, 2020
Tsikhanouskaya hopes dialogue with Belarusian authorities will start soon
WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who has led the biggest challenge to Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule, hopes a dialogue with the authoritie...
Aug 24, 2020
Novartis CEO says COVID-19 makes valuing takeover targets tougher
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG has financial firepower for acquisitions even with net debt of $26 billion, though the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult to value takeover can...
Aug 24, 2020
