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EU agrees common purchase of vaccine, antiviral against monkeypox, paper
Date: May 27, 2022
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The European Union has decided on common purchasing of a vaccine and antiviral to fight the outbreak of monkeypox, a virus endemic in Africa and usually rare in other places, Sweden’s vaccine coordinator said on Friday. “After several meetings it has been decided that we will buy both vaccine and an antiviral...
UK equities head for best week since mid-March
Date: May 27, 2022
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – UK’s FTSE 100 inched higher on Friday, putting the blue-chip index on course for its best weekly showing since mid-March, although oil and gas stocks came under renewed pressure after the UK government’s windfall tax plan this week. The FTSE 100 rose 0.1%, with most European markets looking set to...
How Broadcom CEO Tan shaped a tech giant through acquisitions
Date: May 27, 2022
By Krystal Hu and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Once a poor “skinny kid” from Malaysia, Hock Tan was going head-to-head with a legendary U.S. technology mogul for a transformative acquisition. Tan placed a call earlier this month to VMware Inc Chairman Michael Dell, also the chief executive of computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. He...
European shares rise for third day as aggressive rate hike bets ease
Date: May 27, 2022
By Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European shares extended gains for a third straight session on Friday and were set for their biggest weekly jump in more than two months, as easing bets about aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks lifted sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.7% by 0827 GMT, tracking an overnight Wall...
In home of world’s biggest nuclear plant, a vote may shape Japan’s atomic future
Date: May 27, 2022
By Kantaro Komiya and Yoshifumi Takemoto KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) – Three days before a vote to choose their region’s next governor, a handful of residents in Kashiwazaki, a sleepy coastal town in northern Japan, stood by a road to hear the race’s long-shot contender warning of the dangers of nuclear power. Four years ago, Naomi...
UK household support package will have ‘minimal impact’ on inflation – Sunak
Date: May 27, 2022
By William James and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday his new 15 billion pound ($19 billion) cost-of-living support package would have an impact of less than 1 percentage point on inflation. Sunak had been under heavy political pressure to act to alleviate the biggest squeeze on households’ disposable...