Euro zone finance ministers back Croatia’s bid to join euro
LUXEMBOURG – Euro zone finance ministers backed on Thursday Croatia’s bid to adopt the euro, clearing another hurdle on the way of the Balkan country to become the 20th member…
LUXEMBOURG – Euro zone finance ministers backed on Thursday Croatia’s bid to adopt the euro, clearing another hurdle on the way of the Balkan country to become the 20th member…
MADRID – Spain’s Abertis plans to bid for a 66.6% stake in Chicago Skyway, a U.S. toll highway operator, held by Canadian pension funds OMERS and the Canada Pension Plan…
By Andrew Chung -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by Republican state officials to take over the legal defense of a hardline immigration rule imposed under former…
BERLIN – Volkswagen-led consortium Green Mobility Holdings has acquired 87.38% of France’s Europcar, enough to give it control over the car rental group but below its targeted 90% threshold, Volkswagen…
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – U.S. financial industry groups are pushing to water down a draft Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule aimed at reining-in special purpose acquisition companies or…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM – Israel’s government plans to sharply boost construction starts and expand a discount scheme aimed at restraining rapidly rising housing prices as demand continues to outstrip…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A New York judge on Friday rejected the National Rifle Association’s bid to end an investigation by that state’s attorney general into alleged corruption…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -Hedge funds Macellum Advisors and Ancora Advisors have lost their bid for board seats at supermarket operator SpartanNash Co, according to two sources familiar with the…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone are on track to secure the green light from the Italian government for their takeover…
KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan will slash fuel subsidies for a second time in a week in a bid to control the fiscal deficit and secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost her bid to have the judge who oversaw her unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against the…
PARIS – An ailing killer whale adrift in France’s River Seine will be euthanised after a plan to guide it back to sea failed and scientists concluded it was in…
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – A judge has denied the latest request by Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail…
East St. Louis, Ill. – On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, a federal grand jury in East St. Louis returned a nine- count indictment charging a former Aldi executive and a local…
ISTANBUL – Turkey has told allies that it will reject Sweden and Finland’s membership to NATO, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a video posted on his Twitter account on…
ABUJA – Four members of Nigeria’s cabinet, including the junior petroleum minister, said on Tuesday that they will not run in next year’s elections as planned after President Muhammadu Buhari…
By Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon OTTAWA – The front-runner to head Canada’s Conservatives and likely challenger to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is staging a rare series of attacks…
(Reuters) – The organizer of the Golden Globe awards is exploring strategic options including a takeover offer from interim Chief Executive Todd Boehly, the non-profit organization said on Friday. Boehly’s…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone have notified the Italian government about their takeover offer for Atlantia to secure Rome’s green…
By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO – Canada’s Competition Bureau has blocked Rogers Communications’ C$20 billion ($15.4 billion) proposal to buy Shaw Communications, but the regulatory agency’s patchy record in legal fights…
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS – NATO allies expect Finland and Sweden to apply to join the alliance in the coming days and will grant membership quickly, five diplomats and officials…
MILAN – Italy’s Benetton family will change the name of the investment vehicle bidding to take control of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia after protests on behalf of the victims of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was…
MILAN – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone are expected to launch their 58 billion euro ($61 billion) bid for Italy’s Atlantia at the end of the summer, three…
LONDON – British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe said he was not giving up a bid to buy Chelsea despite apparent rejection from the U.S. bank handling the sale of the Premier…