MILAN (Reuters) -Telecom Italia shares rose on Monday after Italy’s biggest phone group said it would pursue a domestic broadband deal, while also engaging in talks with KKR over the U.S. fund’s 10.8 billion euro ($12 billion) takeover approach.FILE PHOTO: The Tim logo is seen at its headquarters in Rome, Italy November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara NardiAfter a near six-hour board […]
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‘All regulatory agencies must be made Constitutional bodies like the Election Commission, the Supreme Court, and the CAG.’‘That way they will become independent of the minister,’ recommends T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. Here’s a question that polite people are not asking: Could the extraordinary happenings at the National Stock Exchange have happened without the finance minister and his key officials knowing, […]
Read moreGroup severs relations with donors and supporters who were sanctioned by US and EU Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The Tate has severed relations with Viktor Vekselberg and Petr Aven after the Russian billionaires were sanctioned by the US and EU after the invasion of Ukraine. Vekselberg, the founder of a Russian energy conglomerate and an associate of Vladimir Putin, was […]
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UK house prices rose at the fastest annual pace since mid-2007 to a record high in February, survey data from the Llyods Bank subsidiary Halifax showed Monday. The house price index rose 10.8 percent year-on-year, which was the biggest increase since June 2007, when it was 11.9 percent. House prices climbed 9.7 percent in each of the previous two months. […]
Read moreHamptons expects sums to become 54% of post-tax income for average rented household in Great Britain Tenants already struggling with the cost of living crisis typically face having to find an extra £1,000 this year to cover higher rent and essential bills, research shows. The estate agent Hamptons said tenants’ finances faced a record squeeze as higher rents and energy […]
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 52 new deaths from Covid on Saturday, along with 1,029 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s tallies brings the County to a total of 31,275 deaths and 2,811,864 positive cases. 565 County residents are hospitalized with Covid-19 […]
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The United States recorded a historic surge in homicides in 2020. According to the FBI, there were 21,570 murders nationwide in 2020, a 29% increase from 2019 – the largest single-year increase ever reported in the United States. Though the precise reasons for the surge have yet to be determined, experts speculate that unrest following the murder of George Floyd, […]
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During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. violent crime rate rose to its highest level in a decade. The increase was driven by a rise in aggravated assault and, most notably, a historic 29% surge in homicides that made 2020 the deadliest year in the United States since the mid-1990s. Violent crime is a broad category of […]
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Just in time for SXSW, Byron Allen’s Digital Freestyle Releasing has promoted Bill Vergos to Head of Digital Film Distribution. He had been VP Operations & Sales since 2015. In his new post, Vergos will continue to oversee operations and sales for Freestyle Digital Media’s slate of digital film releases and movie library. Based at AMG HQ in Los Angeles, […]
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