HONG KONG (Reuters) – Private equity firm PAG plans to merge its two Chinese industrial gases portfolio companies and seek an offshore listing for the combined entity estimated to be worth more than $10 billion, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Hong Kong-based PAG is discussing with banks a plan to combine Yingde Gases Group with Shanghai Baosteel […]
Read more(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of an Oregon woman and the hospitalisation of another in Texas after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials said.FILE PHOTO: Boxes of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the McKesson Corporation, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Shepherdsville, U.S., […]
Read more* Asian stock markets: tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 * Global asset performance tmsnrt.rs/2yaDPgn * World FX rates tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh SHANGHAI, April 23 (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Friday after the European Central Bank left policy unchanged, extending a rebound following a sharp selloff earlier in the week, but gains were capped as investors considered the impact of a possible U.S. capital gains tax […]
Read moreCANBERRA, April 23 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures edged lower on Friday, after earlier hitting a near eight-year high, although concerns about global supplies pushed the grain towards weekly gains of more than 7%. FUNDAMENTALS * The most-active corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose 0.5% to $6.28-1/2 a bushel by 0127 GMT, having earlier hit a June […]
Read morePARIS (Reuters) – Universal Hydrogen, a U.S.-based firm planning to provide hydrogen propulsion for regional aircraft, said on Thursday it would accelerate development after raising $20.5 million in funds amid a debate over carbon-free aviation. The second-stage funding was led by Silicon Valley incubator Playground Global with investors including venture capital arms of Airbus, Toyota and JetBlue. Hydrogen has become […]
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Over the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital fill with pregnant and post-partum COVID-19 patients.Nurses finish proning a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient inside the intensive care unit of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 19, 2021. Picture taken […]
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LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian socialist presidential front-runner Pedro Castillo assured the Andean nation on Thursday he would not nationalize companies and would honor the rule of law, a move aimed at calming jittery markets after a second opinion poll showed his lead growing against right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori.Slideshow ( 5 images )Castillo remains in pole position to win the presidency […]
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FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File PhotoVIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has reduced the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60% purity at an above-ground plant at Natanz to one cluster from two, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen […]
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With the trading day about halfway over, the broad markets were somewhat mixed on the day. The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 were relatively flat, while the Nasdaq saw a meager gain. 24/7 Wall St. is looking at some big analyst calls seen so far on Thursday. We have included the latest analyst call on each stock, as […]
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