8:00 - 19:00

Working hours MON. - FRI.

SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code – Microsoft blog post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and access some of the company's source code, the firm said on Thursday. In a blog post, the company said its investigation had turned up irregularities with a "small number of internal accounts" and that one of the accounts "had been used to view source...

Подробнее

Londres et Madrid s’accordent pour laisser la frontière de Gibraltar ouverte

MADRID (Reuters) -A quelques heures à peine du Brexit, l'Espagne et le Royaume-Uni ont conclu jeudi un accord préliminaire visant à maintenir ouverte la frontière terrestre de Gibraltar, territoire britannique d'outre-mer à l'extrémité de la péninsule ibérique. Dans le cadre de cet accord, Gibraltar restera partie intégrante des accords européens, comme l'espace Schengen,...

Подробнее

Primark-owner AB Foods ups sales loss from COVID closures to 650 million stg

LONDON (Reuters) - Primark-owner AB Foods (LON:ABF) said tougher lockdown measures in Britain and Ireland would result in an estimated sales loss of 650 million pounds ($887 million) this financial year, up from its previous estimate of 430 million pounds. It said on Thursday that as of 1 January, 253 Primark stores would be temporarily closed, representing 64% of its total retail...

Подробнее

IAG rejigs board after Brexit deal, British Airways gets $2.7 billion loan

(Reuters) -Airline group IAG (LON:ICAG) revamped its board to ensure a majority of independent non-executive directors are from the European Union and rolled out plans to comply with ownership rules of the economic bloc following Brexit, the company said on Thursday. Its plan includes the implementation of a national ownership structure for Aer Lingus and changes to its long-standing ownership structure in...

Подробнее

U.S. slaps tariffs on French and German wines, aircraft parts amid EU dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Wednesday said it would raise tariffs on certain European Union products, including aircraft components and wines from France and Germany, the latest twist in a 16-year battle over aircraft subsidies between Washington and Brussels. In a statement, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said it was adding tariffs on aircraft manufacturing parts and certain...

Подробнее

Fewer companies caught the deal bug in the year of the pandemic

By Joshua Franklin and Pamela Barbaglia (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell to a three-year low in 2020, as companies grappled with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as dealmaking came roaring back in the second half. The value of M&A globally dropped 5% year-on-year to $3.6 trillion, the lowest since 2017, according to a preliminary tally...

Подробнее

U.S. stocks in 2020: A year for the history books, in charts

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - The year 2020 was a wild one for Wall Street, bookended by the end of the longest bull market in history with the battering of equities by the COVID-19 shutdowns, and a bungee-cord rebound on hopes for economic recovery that resulted in the shortest bear market on record. After closing at a record high...

Подробнее

Take Five: Vaccine over virus (or Happy New Year)

1/COVID-19 IN '21 All hopes for next year - everything from stock market returns to restaurant bookings - are bound up with the view that vaccines will gradually restore normality to a pandemic-ravaged world. The end of the holiday season should lend momentum to vaccine rollouts. The United States, Russia, Britain and the...

Подробнее

Britain backtracks over Brexit curbs on cross-border swaps trading

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's markets watchdog said on Thursday it would allow UK market participants to use platforms in the European Union to trade swaps for up to three months in a bid to avoid potential disruption in markets. Following Britain's full withdrawal from the EU at 2300 GMT on Thursday, UK and EU market participants faced not being able to trade swaps...

Подробнее
ru_RURussian