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Exclusive: AbbVie in talks to sell $5 billion women’s drugs portfolio – sources
By Pamela Barbaglia and Arno Schuetze (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker AbbVie Inc is holding talks to sell a roughly $5 billion portfolio of women's drugs acquired last year through its $63 billion purchase...
Mar 15, 2021
Foreigners raise holdings of U.S. Treasuries for second month in January: data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose for a second straight month in January, data from the U.S. Treasury department showed on Monday. Foreign investors held $7.119 trillion in...
Mar 15, 2021
Goldman holds top rank in activism defense, Spotlight takes No. 2 spot
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ranked as the top financial adviser to companies targeted by activist investors in 2020, holding onto the top ranking for the second straight ye...
Mar 15, 2021
Top U.S. securities regulator to review climate and proxy rules
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday the agency will seek input on what companies might report about greenhouse gas emissions and other climate ...
Mar 15, 2021
Microsoft rolls back system update after access issues with Teams
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it was rolling back a recent change to its authentication system after the update caused an access issue that affected thousands of users of its services, inc...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. pandemic relief program mistakenly paid $692 million in duplicate loans: watchdog
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) mistakenly paid out $692 million in duplicate small-business pandemic relief loans because of technical errors and...
Mar 15, 2021
Bank of Portugal governor expects banking M&A as natural step
By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions are a "natural" next step for Portuguese banks pressured by record low interest rates, Bank of Portugal Governor Mario...
Mar 15, 2021
BBVA to seek shareholders’ approval to reduce capital by up to 10%
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Monday said it would seek the approval from its shareholders to reduce the bank's share capital up to 10% to carry out a previously announced share buy-back. "Once t...
Mar 15, 2021
Exclusive: Colombian softgel maker Procaps in talks to go public on Nasdaq – sources
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Colombian softgel maker Procaps S.A.S. is in talks to go public on Nasdaq through a merger with U.S. blank-check company Union Acquisition Corp II in a deal which would ...
Mar 15, 2021
Euro zone ministers pledge to extend fiscal support through 2022
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers promised on Monday to extend public support for the economy through 2021 and 2022 to help the common currency area emerge from the ...
Mar 15, 2021
