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French IT firm Atos, U.S. rival DXC end deal talks By Reuters

(Reuters) - French IT consulting group Atos SE and U.S. rival DXC Technology Co said on Tuesday they have decided to discontinue talks about a potential acquisition. Reuters reported in January, citing sources, that Atos made a formal approach valuing New-York listed DXC at more than $10 billion including debt, in what would have been the deal-hungry IT consulting group's biggest ever...

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Asian markets firmer as retail frenzy unsettles outlook By Reuters

By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Asian markets looked set for a modestly firmer start on Tuesday as global markets faced another chaotic week, with retail investors expanding their duel with Wall Street into commodities and driving up the price of silver. In early Asian trade, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was up 0.81% and South Korea's KOSPI up 0.79%, adding to a rally...

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Vertex Earnings Miss, Revenue Beats In Q4 By Investing.com

By Yasin Ebrahim Vertex (NASDAQ:VRTX) reported Monday mixed fourth-quarter results as earnings missed, but revenue topped expectations. Vertex was down about 1% following the news. Vertex announced earnings per share of $2.51 on revenue of $1.63 billion. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $2.55 on revenue of $1.58 billon. Looking ahead to 2021, the company guided product revenue in the range of...

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Vertex Earnings miss, Revenue beats In Q4 By Investing.com

Vertex (NASDAQ:VRTX) reported on Monday fourth quarter earnings that missed analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations. Vertex announced earnings per share of $2.51 on revenue of $1.63B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $2.55 on revenue of $1.58B. Vertex shares are down 1% from the beginning of the year and are trading at $231.71 , down-from-52-week-high.They are...

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Northern Ireland suspends some port checks over staff safety concerns By Reuters

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland temporarily suspended some post-Brexit checks at two ports on Monday after a local council withdrew staff over concerns for their safety and police said they planned to increase patrols at points of entry. Many pro-British unionists fiercely oppose the new trade barriers introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom as part of the...

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Open the doors to City of London, UK lobby tells EU By Reuters

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union should open up to the City of London financial hub given that Britain's financial rules are identical to those in the bloc, a UK industry body said on Monday. The EU-UK trade deal agreed in December does not cover financial market access, leaving the City largely adrift from its hitherto biggest customer since...

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Google to pay $3.8 million to settle pay gap, hiring bias claims By Reuters

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc's Google will pay more than $3.8 million to 5,500 employees and job applicants to settle allegations of pay disparities for women and hiring biases affecting women and Asians, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The department said the alleged issues occurred at the company's California and Washington offices. Google...

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Britain’s Ocado turns to electric and pedal power for Zoom service By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Ocado (LON:OCDO) Zoom, the rapid grocery delivery service owned by British online grocer Ocado Retail, has launched a trial of electric, electric assisted and pedal-powered vehicles as part of a target to become net zero carbon emissions by 2035, it said on Tuesday. Ocado Retail is a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer. It...

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Johnson to chair U.N. meeting on climate security By Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to chair a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 23 looking at the links between climate change and conflict and prevention measures, his U.N. ambassador said on Monday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to brief the 15-member body, said Britain's U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward. Britain holds the...

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Musk’s SpaceX to Launch All-Civilian Mission to Space in Q4 By Investing.com

By Yasin Ebrahim SpaceX said it plans to launch an all-civilian crew to space in the fourth quarter of the year, marking a new era of commercial space exploration. The mission will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the 37-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE:FOUR), on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The move marked another boost...

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