By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - With Europe in coronavirus lockdown, venture capital fund manager Fergal Mullen told his investors in April he would find it hard to back a startup without first meeting its founders. A couple of months later, the Geneva-based co-founder and partner of Highland Europe broke his own promise...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom and France will set out a plan to restart freight after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed measures to reopen the French border, the BBC reported. The measures will come into effect from Wednesday, the BBC said, citing French Europe Minister Clement Beaune....
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(Reuters) - Applegreen said on Tuesday it had agreed to be bought out by a consortium led by B&J Holdings and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) Infrastructure Partners in a deal that values the Irish gas station operator at around 718.1 million euros ($877.66 million). Under the deal, Applegreen shareholders will receive 5.75 euros per share in cash. ($1 = 0.8182 euros)...
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(Reuters) - Vodafone Group (LON:VOD) on Tuesday offered to buy the remaining shares in Kabel Deutschland Holding, which it does not already own, in a deal aimed at capping remaining risks from a long-running legal battle over its 2013 takeover of the company. The British firm, which bought a nearly 77% stake in the German cable company in 2013 for 7.7...
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Dec 22 - Britain's FTSE 100 futures index (FFIc1) was down 0.57% on Tuesday. Tesco: British supermarket group Tesco (TSCO.L) warned on Monday that there may be a shortage of some fruit and vegetables later this week if transport ties are not quickly restored with mainland Europe. Royal Mail: Royal Mail (RMG.L) has halted deliveries to several countries as...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and France may reach an agreement over reopening their border by Tuesday lunchtime, the BBC reported. The transport of freight across the English Channel has been disrupted after France suspended travel links with Britain to try to curb a new faster spreading strain of the coronavirus. In order to end disruption at Britain's ports, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
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(Reuters) - Members of the Britain's GMB union will stage a total withdrawal of labor for five days in January at Centrica Plc (LON:CNA)'s British Gas over the company's refusal to remove "fire and rehire" threats, the union said on Monday. The five-day strike will run from Jan. 7 to Jan. 11, while further stoppages will be announced later, the...
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(Reuters) - Australia's antitrust regulator on Tuesday rejected an undertaking by Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc-owned Google that sought to address competition concerns over its planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit. The development comes as Google remains at loggerheads with the Australian government over a number of issues, including proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world...
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(Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office said on Monday it is advising against all but essential travel to the whole of Brazil based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks. ...
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(Reuters) - Northern Ireland ministers held an emergency meeting after a row over whether a Great Britain travel ban should be introduced, Sky News reported late on Monday. Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has recommended issuing guidance advising against non-essential travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, the report added https:// ...
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