REFILE-FACTBOX-How state-backed lender CDP stepped up role in Italy Inc

[ad_1] (Adds extra context on role at Telecom Italia) Nov 2 (Reuters) – What do a bid for Italy’s biggest highway operator involving Macquarie and Blackstone and a hedge fund’s…

News Corp posts surprise profit as HarperCollins profits grow

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Wall Street Journal-owner News Corp reported a surprise quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by strong growth in earnings at its book publishing and subscription video services units.…

Italy, Vivendi seek entente on single network, despite Mediaset tussle -sources

[ad_1] By Giuseppe Fonte, Elvira Pollina * Rome plans to merge TIM’s landline grid with Open Fiber * Government officials, Vivendi in talks over TIM’s new board * Italian, French…

Coronavirus may cut global corporate tech spending 4.1% in 2020 – survey

[ad_1] By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global companies whose revenues have taken a hit during the coronavirus pandemic plan to cut technology spending this year by as much…

SoftBank’s Oyo reveals over $330 million annual loss; revenue surges – valuation report

[ad_1] The logo of OYO, India’s largest and fastest-growing hotel chain, installed on a hotel building is pictured in an alley in New Delhi, India, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi…

Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19 pandemic – UBS

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Gold U.S. dollar bullion coins are seen in this photo illustration taken in Moscow, Russia, August 4, 2017. Picture taken August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo ZURICH…

Novo Nordisk to boost pill-form diabetic drugs with $1.8 billion deal

[ad_1] By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Nikolaj Skydsgaard FILE PHOTO: Flags are seen outside Novo Nordisk headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Diabetes drug maker Novo…

France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing

[ad_1] By Mathieu Rosemain, Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google…

UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 7

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Slack revenue growth fails to impress, shares tank

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Slack Technologies Inc WORK.N on Thursday posted slowing quarterly sales growth, disappointing investors who had expected a surge in demand for its workplace messaging app as companies…