(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plan to meet in person in coming days as they push to secure a post-Brexit trade deal. “We agreed that the conditions for finalizing an agreement are not there due to the remaining significant differences on three critical issues:...
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Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, IT and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.40% to hit a new 6-month high. The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which rose 29.67% or 0.540 points to...
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and other tech giants will have to be more transparent in how they rank online search results, under European Commission guidelines out on Monday. The guidelines, which take immediate effect, will be followed up next week by the publication of...
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By Christiana Sciaudone Investing.com -- Eastman Kodak Co (NYSE:KODK) soared almost 60% as its hopes to become a pharma company took a step forward. Shares of the former film developer had surged earlier this year on news that it was to receive a loan of $765 million to manufacture Covid-19 drugs. The stock sank after a probe into the deal was announced. Today,...
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Global investment company The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) has agreed to buy the Acrotec Group, which supplies the watch and medical technology industries, from Castik Capital for an undisclosed sum, it said on Monday. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, Carlyle said in a statement,...
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LONDON (Reuters) - A retired race relations official from northern England has spoken of his relief at being among the first people in Britain to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the roll-out which starts on Tuesday. Britain will start dispensing the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech on Tuesday, the first Western country to begin vaccinating...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is prepared to leave the European Union's orbit without a trade deal with talks at a critical moment, British minister Penny Mordaunt told parliament on Monday. Mordaunt said there had been some progress in negotiations but familiar differences remained, with the so-called level playing field issue "the most difficult". "While an agreement is preferable, we are prepared to...
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Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Tobacco, Beverage and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.04% to hit a new 6-month high. The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were British American...
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court on Monday granted creditor protection to Norwegian Air's Irish subsidiaries, allowing the Oslo-based airline more time to restructure its massive debt. Norwegian last month asked the court to begin a so-called examinership legal process as the carrier seeks to stave off collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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By Christiana Sciaudone Investing.com -- Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) dropped 4% after a report that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is planning new chips poised to outperform Intel's. Apple is planning a series of new processors to succeed its M1 chip that debuted in November, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The company said it expects to finish the transition away from Intel and to its...
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