PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that a long-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces had started, and he promised more military aid to the Kyiv government. At a press conference after a meeting with Polish and German leaders, the so-called Weimar Triangle, Macron said: “We have done everything to help…
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – PIMCO is underweight the U.S. dollar and overweight UK government bonds in some funds, a senior fund manager said on Monday. “There’s no guarantee that we’re going to be short the dollar all the time, but today, (in) positioning we have dollar underweights versus G10 and EM (emerging markets),”…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to gain conditional EU antitrust approval for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware, people familiar with the matter said, sending its shares up by almost 5%. The European Commission’s clearance is tied to remedies relating to Broadcom’s interoperability with…
By Emilio Parodi, Elvira Pollina and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul and former Italian prime minister who transformed the nation’s politics with polarising policies and often alarmed his allies with his brazen remarks, died on Monday aged 86. Berlusconi, Italy’s longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a…
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy’s largest media company and led AC Milan to international soccer glory before transforming the political landscape, died aged 86. Here are some reactions to the news of his death: GIORGIA MELONI, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER “Silvio Berlusconi was above all a…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken extended his condolences to the family of Silvio Berlusconi and the Italian people following the death of the former Italian prime minister, who died on Monday aged 86. “He was obviously a tremendously significant figure in the life of Italy, in the political life, in the…
By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -Mondelez International, facing a widening corporate boycott in the Nordic region over its presence in Russia will meet with Norwegian government representatives this week in the hope of protecting the group’s local business. Airlines SAS and Norwegian Air, railway group SJ, hotel chain Strawberry, retailer Elkjop, shipping group Fjord Line…
ROME (Reuters) -Silvio Berlusconi, the four-time Italian prime minister and billionaire media mogul who died on Monday at the age of 86, spent much of the past 30 years embroiled in legal battles. Here is a breakdown of his many legal cases: LOTS OF CASES, ONE CONVICTION Berlusconi was at the centre of a series…
ROME (Reuters) -Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and billionaire media mogul who died on Monday at the age of 86, controlled a diverse business empire through the Fininvest family holding and several related companies. FININVEST Berlusconi, who made his name by building a media empire in the 1980s and as owner of European…
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – The death of Silvio Berlusconi will send shockwaves through his Forza Italia party, a member of Italy’s right-wing coalition, but analysts believe it could provide a chance for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to strengthen her leadership. Media tycoon Berlusconi founded Forza Italia when he entered politics…
