Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 billion Liberty deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed to pay $21.8 billion to buy Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) assets in Germany and eastern Europe to take the fight to rivals with a…
Lack of Wall Street back-office deters mainstream crypto investments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mundane back-office concerns are giving pause to potential investors in digital currency hedge funds who have otherwise warmed up to the volatile asset class. FILE PHOTO:…
U.N. food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into boosting food distributions to hungry women and children, in the…
Exclusive: Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal – sources
(Reuters) – U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60 billion so it can make an all-cash offer…
Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in global coffee alliance
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss-based food giant Nestle will pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in cash for the rights to sell the U.S. coffee chain’s products around the world, tying a premium…
Talks between Swiss Re and SoftBank close to collapsing: FT
ZURICH (Reuters) – Discussions between Swiss Re (SRENH.S) and SoftBank (9984.T) about the Japanese group potentially taking a stake in the reinsurer are faltering, the Financial Times reported on Sunday,…
Planemakers risk order disruption as Etihad reviews strategy
DUBAI/PARIS/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) are preparing for possible changes to dozens of plane orders from Middle East carrier Etihad Airways as it presses ahead with…
Iowa governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
(Reuters) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which often occurs at six weeks and before a…
Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said on Friday he would resign after staff rejected a pay deal, plunging the airline into turmoil amid a wave of…
Printing body parts in hospital shows 3D tech’s growing reach
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three-dimensional printers are letting doctors in Minnesota make simulated body parts in a hospital and a Brooklyn startup create rocket engines designed to put satellites into…