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Measles cases in South Carolina rise to 156, state health department says
Dec 26 (Reuters) - The South Carolina health department reported 156 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak in the state on Friday, with three additional cases since its last update on Tuesday.The widening outbreak has been reported in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenvill...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Rubio spoke with Honduras President-elect Asfura after election victory
Dec 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Honduran President-elect Nasry Asfura to congratulate him on his victory, the State Department said on Friday."Secretary Rubio commended President-Elect Asfura for his advocacy of U.S. strategic objectives, including advancing our...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Atos to sell Latin American businesses to Brazil's Semantix
PARIS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - French IT company Atos ATOS.PA said on Friday it signed a binding agreement to sell its Latin American operations to Brazilian tech company Semantix STIXF.PK as part of a broad restructuring plan.The business to be sold employs about 2,800 people in Brazil, Argentina, Chile...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
BREAKINGVIEWS-Nvidia’s Groq deal muddies cheap challengers’ path
By Jonathan Guilford NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Nvidia NVDA.O just made it harder for would-be rivals to infer the future. The $4.6 trillion chip titan, despite boss Jensen Huang’s sometimes-dismissive comments about rival technologies, on Christmas Eve struck a licensing deal wi...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Israel becomes first country to formally recognise Somaliland as independent state
Dec 26 (Reuters) - Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday -- a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia’s longstanding opposition to its secession.Prime Minister Benjamin Net...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Drone attack kills two soldiers in Chad near Sudan border, sources say
N'DJAMENA, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A drone attack killed two Chadian soldiers at a military camp near the Sudan border before dawn on Friday, local authorities and a security source said, adding it was not immediately clear who was behind the strike.Two people were killed and one seriously injured in...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Moscow sentences Russian diplomat to 12 years for passing secrets to U.S. intelligence
Former foreign ministry employee found guilty Sentenced to 12 years in a maxim security colonyHe sold secrets to U.S. intelligence, FSB says MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A Moscow court sentenced a former Russian diplomat to 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony for selling secrets to U.S. intell...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Pressure grows on Target as activist investor builds stake, FT reports
Dec 26 (Reuters) - Retailer Target TGT.N is facing pressure from hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management following a sales drop and a slump in its stock value this year, according to people familiar with the matter, the Financial Times reported.Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Target Is Facing Pressure From An Activist Investor After A Sales Slump That Has Wiped Out Nearly A Third Of Its Share Value This Year - FT
Dec 26 (Reuters) - TARGET IS FACING PRESSURE FROM AN ACTIVIST INVESTOR AFTER A SALES SLUMP THAT HAS WIPED OUT NEARLY A THIRD OF ITS SHARE VALUE THIS YEAR - FTTOMS CAPITAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN TARGET - FTSource text: https://tinyurl.com/dtw6y9xvReuters
Fri, Dec 26
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Dec 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Friday: Indian IT services provider Coforge COFO.NS said it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion to boost its in-house AI capabilities and ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests
Dec 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela freed 99 people jailed after last year’s election protests, the prisons authority said on Thursday, but rights groups said they believed the figure was lower despite growing pressure from Washington on President Nicolas Maduro.The U.S. has amassed a huge military presenc...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
EXPLAINER-Malaysia's ex-PM Najib and the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 more years in prison for abuse of power and money laundering on Friday, in the biggest trial yet in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.The following are details of the sprawling scandal and cases ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips
The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie CAD= was trading 0.2% higher at C$1.3651 to the greenback, or 73.25 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.365 to 1.3685.Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Johnson & Johnson halts mid-stage trial of experimental eczema drug
Dec 26 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N said on Friday it discontinued a mid-stage study of its experimental drug to treat patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis after it failed to meet efficacy goals in an interim analysis.The drug, JNJ-5939, was being tested in patients with ato...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
Zelenskiy says he will meet Trump on Sunday to discuss Ukraine territory, guarantees
KYIV, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that he planned to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss territory and security guarantees with him as they search for ways to end Russia's war in Ukraine."This meeting is specifically for the...Reuters
Fri, Dec 26
