By Marie Mannes and Richa Naidu GDANSK/LONDON (Reuters) -Elliott Management Corp, which has raised its stake in Swedish Match, would consider taking a seat on the board of the Stockholm-based maker of Zyn nicotine pouches, according to a source familia…
Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina after deadly march across Florida
By Brad Brooks and Brendan O’Brien FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -A resurgent Hurricane Ian slammed into the South Carolina coast on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across the Florida peninsula that washed away houses and st…
Zelenskiy says Ukrainian troops making noticeable progress in east
LONDON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that his country’s military had achieved “significant results” in the east and mentioned Lyman, a Russian-occupied stronghold that pro-Moscow forces are struggling to keep control…
Inflation punches Wall Street again, ending knock-down quarter
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) – Wall Street and global stocks slumped further on Friday, with government bond yields and the dollar holding near recent peaks, as higher-than-expected inflation capped a nasty third quarter for world markets. Fresh pe…
Tereos to close Romanian sugar factory after takeover talks fail
PARIS/BUCHAREST (Reuters) – French sugar and ethanol group Tereos has decided to close and dismantle its factory in Romania after talks with a local company interested in taking over the plant failed to go through, a spokesperson said. Tereos, the worl…
France raises bird flu alert level after resurgence of virus
PARIS (Reuters) – France will tighten measures to contain bird flu after a resurgence of the virus that swept through poultry flocks last winter, said the agriculture ministry, adding that the nationwide alert level on bird flu had been raised to ‘mode…
Mexican government suffers major data hack, president’s health issues revealed
By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican government said on Friday it had suffered a major cyber hack of data held by the armed forces, including details about President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s heart condition that led to his hospitali…
In absence of EU gas price cap, some countries plan to propose their own
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A group of European Union countries will take the unusual step of drafting their own legislative proposal for an EU gas price cap, Poland’s climate minister said on Friday, amid scepticism from Brussels over the idea…
Moldova says Gazprom has told it Oct supplies will be cut by 30%
CHISINAU (Reuters) -Russia’s Gazprom has told Moldova that supplies of natural gas in October will be cut by 30%, the deputy prime minister of the small former Soviet nation said on Friday. Andrei Spinu, writing on Telegram, said the situation was simi…
Generali explores deal with U.S. asset manager Guggenheim – Bloomberg
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian insurer Generali has held informal deal talks with Guggenheim Partners on a range of options including a full acquisition of the U.S. investment firm’s asset management business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing sourc…