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Blackstone and group of private equity firms near deal to buy Medline
By Chibuike Oguh and Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc and a group of other private-equity firms are nearing a deal to acquire medical supplier Medline Inc that would value the ...
Jun 05, 2021
First post-COVID cruise ship leaves Venice amid protest
By Giulia Segreti and Alex Fraser VENICE (Reuters) - The first cruise ship to leave Venice since coronavirus restrictions were eased set sail on Saturday, but some local residents protested over the r...
Jun 05, 2021
Tennis-Gauff eases through to last 16 as Brady retires
PARIS (Reuters) - Teenager Coco Gauff reached the last 16 of the French Open for the first time after fellow American Jennifer Brady quit having lost the first set 6-1 on Saturday. The 17-year-old was...
Jun 05, 2021
Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook welcomes the progress made by the Group of Seven on a minimum tax rate and accepts this could mean the social network pays more tax, and in different places, its head of gl...
Jun 05, 2021
Tennis-Nadal crushes Norrie to reach French Open fourth round
PARIS (Reuters) - A relentless Rafa Nadal cruised into the last 16 of the French Open for the 16th time on Saturday, with a brutal 6-3 6-3 6-3 dismantling of Briton Cameron Norrie. Nadal, who won his ...
Jun 05, 2021
PM-designate asks Lebanon’s government to pay dues to Special Tribunal
CAIRO (Reuters) - Prime Minister-Designate Saad al-Hariri asked the Lebanese government on Saturday to pay its dues to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and for the international community to shoulder ...
Jun 05, 2021
Kremlin critic Gudkov sees arrest as bid to bar him from election run
By Angelina Kazakova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov, held in custody for two days this week, has accused authorities of arresting him and other Kremlin critics on trump...
Jun 05, 2021
Hungarians protest against planned Chinese university campus
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarians, some of them holding banners declaring "Treason", protested on Saturday against a Chinese university's plans to open a campus in Budapest...
Jun 05, 2021
Ireland confident G7 tax deal won’t dent multinational investment
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said he remained confident the country's low-tax economy would continue to attract multinational investment and jobs even as an overhaul of global corpora...
Jun 05, 2021
Volkswagen chairman to seek re-election at shareholder meeting
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch will seek re-election at a coming annual general meeting, the carmaker said on Saturday. Poetsch, 70, became chairman of the supervisory boar...
Jun 05, 2021
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