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Italy’s Banca Akros says it handled MPS stake placement properly
Date: December 16, 2024
MILAN (Reuters) – Banca Akros, the investment bank of Banco BPM, said on Monday it had acted “properly and transparently” in handling last month’s placement of a 15% stake in Monte dei Paschi on behalf of the Rome government. The Financial Times had reported in a story published on its website that UniCredit had been...
Rescuers seek survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Date: December 16, 2024
By Dominique Vidalon and Abdou Moustoifa PARIS/MORONI (Reuters) -Emergency workers sought survivors on Monday and struggled to restore services in Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century. Cyclone Chido devastated large parts of the archipelago...
Britain sets first codes of practice for tech firms in online safety regime
Date: December 16, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s online safety regime came into force on Monday, requiring social media companies like Meta’s Facebook and ByteDance’s TikTok to take action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms and make them safer by design. Media regulator Ofcom said it had published its first codes of practice on tackling illegal harms such...
German Chancellor Scholz to ask parliament to clear way for new elections
Date: December 16, 2024
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany’s parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing early elections following his government’s collapse. The departure last month of the neoliberal Free Democrats from the three-way coalition left Scholz’s Social Democrats and...
UK property asking prices fall, headwinds remain for 2025, Rightmove says
Date: December 16, 2024
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Average asking prices for newly listed houses and apartments in Britain fell by 1.7% in December, but activity was robust for the time of year as movers aimed to complete sales before property purchase taxes rise in April, property website Rightmove said on Monday. Rightmove’s data is not seasonally...
Soccer-Manchester United’s Diallo snatches derby victory at stunned City
Date: December 16, 2024
By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester United poured on the misery for flagging Premier League champions Manchester City as late goals by Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo snatched an unlikely 2-1 away victory from the jaws of defeat on Sunday. Ruben Amorim’s first Manchester derby looked like ending in a third successive league defeat...