Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index fell 0.75% on Monday after an earthquake struck the Kansai region, including the Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, shortly before 8 am, local time. Osaka-based electronics manufacturers Panasonic (PNCOY, 6752:Tokyo) and Sharp (SHCAF, 6753:Tokyo) fell 2.7% and 3.2% respectably, as did other companies with exposure […]
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CYBG (CYBG.L), a bank focused on Britain’s retail market as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), disclosed early Monday an agreement to acquire Virgin Money (VM.L) in a 1.7 billion-pound ($2.26 billion) deal, paying a 19% premium to create the UK’s sixth-largest bank with 6 million customers. Shareholders of […]
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European stock markets are heading south, after a largely negative session in Asia. The escalating trade tensions continue to hang over markets and President Donald Trump’s confirmation of China tariffs on Friday already saw Wall Street closing lower. China was quick to retaliate and the exchange of threats has fueled […]
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Taking a consolidated view of taxation not only removes compliance headaches for asset managers but can also give them an edge over other industry players The EU’s gaping funding gap post-Brexit amounts to €14bn. From special taxations on digital firms to new environmental taxes, MEPs are in the midst of […]
Selbyville, Delaware, May 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Masterbatch Market is significantly growing with a CAGR of around 5.7%, owing to increasing application in automotive industry. It is highly consumed product in various end-user industry. Second largest segment is color masterbatch which have widespread application in various consumer goods […]
on Thursday said that it fired an employee accused of bragging on matchmaking app about his access to private user information. The incident comes as Facebook faces global concerns about personal data privacy, including Congressional hearings at which Chief Executive Officer . A user earlier on Wednesday about the Tinder […]
An aging US military cargo plane carrying nine troops was destroyed in a fiery crash Wednesday as it made its final scheduled flight before being mothballed, officials said. The C-130 “Hercules” cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11:30 am (1530 GMT) near the Savannah airport. […]
Donald Trump reimbursed his long-time lawyer Michael Cohen over a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday, appearing to contradict the president’s own statements on the matter. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she had an affair with Trump […]
Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khawaja Asif challenged his disqualification as a member of Parliament by the Islamabad high court in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The PML-N leader, considered a close aide of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution for failing to […]
Australia’s prime minister says his wife was “flattered and charmed” to be described by President Emmanuel Macron as “,” a compliment that has sparked lighthearted conjecture during the French leader’s first official visit to Australia. Macron raised eyebrows on Wednesday with his description of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife of […]
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday night, police and ICRC said. While abductions and killings of Somali aid workers are common in the Horn of Africa country, the targeting of foreign workers has become far […]
.jwplayer{ display: inline-block; } TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Donald Trump on Thursday not to walk away from an internationally-brokered nuclear deal with Iran. “If one day there is a better agreement to replace it, it’s fine, but we should not scrap it unless we […]
.jwplayer{ display: inline-block; } TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Iran‘s Ambassador to the UK, Hamid Baeidinejad, told CNN that if the United States pulls out of the nuclear agreement, “it means that there is no deal left.” “The consequence would be that Iran would in fact be ready to go […]
.jwplayer{ display: inline-block; } TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticized that nuclear-armed states have been prioritized for nuclear activities over non-nuclear NPT-designated countries. Reza Najafi made the remarks on Wed. in the ongoing second session of three planned sessions prior to […]
.jwplayer{ display: inline-block; } TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Sahrawi Interior Minister Bashir al-Bashir has linked the Morocco’s recent accusations against Iran with Saudi Arabia and Israel, rejecting the claims that Iran financially and logistically supported Polisario. “Morocco‘s accusations against Iran and Hezbollah of supporting the Polisario militarily are false […]
Noel Fehily faces up to eight weeks on the sidelines after damaging his neck in a fall at Punchestown on Friday. He took a tumble from the Oliver Sherwood-trained Got Away at the fourth-last fence in the two-mile-five-furlong mares‘ handicap chase won by Magic Of Light. “Noel is back home […]
