Oct 22 (Reuters) – The London Stock Exchange Group on Thursday agreed to buy financial data firm Octus for about $3.54 billion, its biggest acquisition since the 2019 deal for Refinitiv as the group seeks to cement its stronghold in data and analytics. LSEG, which…
By Field Level Media Oct 22 (Field Level Media) – Anthony Edwards scored 45 points as he and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves spoiled Giannis Antetokounmpo’s debut with the Miami Heat in an emphatic 131-106 season-opening win Wednesday night. Edwards became just the third player in…
OSLO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, reported on Thursday a loss of 278 billion Norwegian crowns ($29.71 billion) for the third quarter, with a return of minus 0.5% on its global investments. “The fund’s return was close…
PARIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – French health authorities said they had detected the Shamonda virus usually affecting livestock in a human for the first time in a patient who later died, while adding that they saw no risk to the general population at this stage.…
By Wen-Yee Lee and Fanny Potkin TAIPEI/SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s TSMC is exploring alternatives to rare-earth components in factory equipment, three people familiar with the matter said, aiming to reduce the risk that Beijing’s export controls could disrupt operations at plants that make…
(Corrects Zhang’s former role (CEO of Chery brand overseas, not group) BERLIN, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s premium subsidiary Audi announced a shake-up in its China leadership on Thursday amid tough competition and falling sales in the world’s largest auto market. • Jeff Zhang, who most…
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s big-tent coalition has given him almost unchecked power for two years, but mass food poisoning and graft linked to his flagship free meals program have emerged as the first major test of their…
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Springtime in a park. Grey sky. A young man in a blue knitted hat and Adidas backpack walks down a path. Two burly security agents spring from a van and pin him to the pavement. “What is…
LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Barclays said on Thursday it was cutting around 5,000 jobs, or 5% of its workforce, this year, as it uses technology such as AI to reduce fixed costs and improve overall returns. One thousand of the cuts are already done…
SEOUL, Oct 22 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Electro-Mechanics will receive investment valued at 3.7 trillion won ($2.8 billion) from Tesla and Nvidia to build facilities making advanced chip substrates, known as FC-BGA for AI semiconductors, the Maeil Business Newspapera reported on Thursday. Tesla will…
