Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Couche-Tard and Carrefour seek cooperation after takeover scrapped: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and French retailer Carrefour SA plan to discuss industrial and operational partnerships, BFM TV reported on Saturday, after the firms this week dro...
Jan 16, 2021
Biden eyes ex-Obama staff to tackle Big Tech and other antitrust issues
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the U.S. Department of Justice under the incoming administra...
Jan 16, 2021
Italy public debt to hit new post-war record in 2021 at 158.5% of GDP – source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy forecasts its debt to soar to a new post-war record level of 158.5% of gross domestic output (GDP) this year, surpassing the 155.6% goal it set in September, a government source...
Jan 16, 2021
Urban Legend or Myth? Jaguars about to find out
What's not to like about Urban Meyer? The appointed savior of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team won more than 85 percent of his games during an illustrious 17-year college-coaching career. He was...
Jan 16, 2021
Venezuela slams U.S. court approval of Citgo parent sale as ‘fraudulent’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Saturday criticized a U.S. court ruling authorizing a sale of the shares in the parent company of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp, ca...
Jan 16, 2021
Portuguese finance minister tests positive for coronavirus after meeting top EU officials
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Finance Minister Joao Leao has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Saturday, a day after he took part in an in-person meeting in Lisbon with top EU of...
Jan 16, 2021
Tunisian PM appoints new ministers in sweeping cabinet reshuffle
By Tarek Amara TUNIS, (Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi named 12 new ministers on Saturday in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will inject new blood into his government amid rising polit...
Jan 16, 2021
DOJ ‘deeply disappointed’ Mexico closed probe of ex-defense minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said it is "deeply disappointed" by Mexico's decision to close its investigation of ex-Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, after the Mexic...
Jan 16, 2021
Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus strain
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy is suspending flights from Brazil, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday, in response to a new coronavirus strain. Anyone who has transited Brazil in the last 14 da...
Jan 16, 2021
UK airports call for ‘urgent’ government support after travel rules tightened
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British airports called for urgent government support and an airline industry representative said the sector was heading for a "very difficult" place after Britain...
Jan 16, 2021
