By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Sergio Goncalves LONDON/LISBON (Reuters) – Fidelidade is set to raise at least 300 million euros ($330 million) by selling a minority stake in its healthcare arm Luz Saude, two people familiar with the matter said, in what could be Portugal’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) in a decade. The insurer, …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he testifies next week in his lawsuit against a newspaper group he accuses of unlawful behaviour. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, will appear in the witness box at London’s High Court …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and United Nations on Friday criticized Vietnam’s detention of members of an environmental group including its founder, saying such actions were part of a broader trend toward curbing free speech. “The United States is concerned by the detention of leaders and staff of CHANGE, including the ongoing detention of …
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By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Novartis breast cancer drug Kisqali cut the risk of recurrence by more than 25% in a pivotal trial on women diagnosed at an early stage, positioning the Swiss drugmaker to win new patients and but facing strong competition from Eli Lilly. The company on Friday said the relative risk …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French Employment Minister Olivier Dussopt – who has played a key role in President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to push through an unpopular change to the pension system – will face a court hearing in November over allegations of favouritism, France’s financial prosecutor said on Friday. Officials at Dussopt’s office could not be reached …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran British stock-picker Richard Buxton is set to retire from Jupiter Asset Management at the end of the summer, the company said in a statement on Friday. Over a career spanning nearly four decades Buxton became one of Britain’s highest profile fund managers, rising up the ranks in the industry through stints …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – London-based Arch Insurance International has authorized cryptocurrency insurer Evertas to increase the coverage limit for a single policy to $420 million for custodians or exchanges in what the U.S firm said is the highest in the industry. The move is a big boost for a crypto sector tainted …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that the “Akhmat” group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. Together with the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, troops from Russia’s Chechen Republic have been one of the main driving forces …
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By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland and Ukraine have agreed to bring railway gauges in western Ukraine into line with European standards to eliminate an infrastructure bottleneck to transport, the top Polish official in charge of economic cooperation with Ukraine said. An accord between railway operators in Poland and Ukraine will be signed in …
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By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) – Debt-laden Swedish real estate company SBB said on Friday its founder and CEO Ilija Batljan has stepped down and will be replaced by industry veteran Leiv Synnes as the board seeks to divest assets or find a buyer for the group. SBB’s share price surged 50% to trade at …
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