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BRIEF-Lixte Biotechnology Holdings' Eric Forman Resigns As VP And COO Of Lixte Biotech Effective As Of Dec 31
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc LIXT.O:LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS - ON DEC 23, ERIC FORMAN RESIGNS AS VP AND COO OF LIXTE BIOTECH EFFECTIVE AS OF DEC 31Further company coverage: LIXT.O ((Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com;))Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Masimo and Servicetitan
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Masimo and Servicetitan on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc KTOS.O: Benchmark raise...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
BRIEF-Pro-Dex Enters Amendment No. 5 To Credit Agreement
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Pro-Dex Inc PDEX.O:PRO DEX INC - PRO-DEX ENTERS AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO CREDIT AGREEMENTPRO DEX INC - MATURITY DATE OF $7 MILLION REVOLVING LOAN EXTENDED TO DEC 29, 2026Further company coverage: PDEX.O ((Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com;))Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
BRIEF-CCSC Technology International Holdings Limited Reports Financial Results For The First Six Months Of Fiscal Year 2025 Ended September 30, 2024
Dec 27 (Reuters) - CCSC Technology International Holdings Ltd CCTG.O:CCSC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024Source text: ID:nPn5Ghvv1aFurther company coverage: CCTG.O ((Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuter...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds Orano Mining Group, Brava Energia, Murray Gardner Insurance AgencyDec 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2030 GMT on Friday:** Mongolia said on Friday it had reached a preliminary agreement with France's Orano Mining Group to develop a long-e...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
BRIEF-Big Lots Inc Agreed To A Sale Transaction With Gordon Brothers Retail Partners
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Big Lots Inc BIGGQ.PK:BIG LOTS INC: AGREED TO A SALE TRANSACTION WITH GORDON BROTHERS RETAIL PARTNERSBIG LOTS INC: SALE TRANSACTION ENABLES TRANSFER OF BIG LOTS ASSETS, INCLUDING STORES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYBIG LOTS INC: VARIETY WHOLESALERS INTENDS TO AC...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Golf-Scheffler to miss The Sentry tournament after suffering hand injury
NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters) - World number one Scottie Scheffler will miss The Sentry event next month after an accidental puncture wound to his right hand that he sustained at Christmas, the PGA Tour said on Friday. Scheffler is expected to miss several weeks due to the injury, as the 2025 season op...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 1-Ukraine's Zelenskiy: North Koreans suffering battlefield losses, unprotected by Russian forces
Adds quotes and background throughout Dec 27 (Reuters) - North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.Zelenskiy, in his nightly ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Engineer pleads not guilty in US case over deadly Iran-linked drone strike
Sadeghi charged with violating US export control lawsProsecutors link Sadeghi to Iran's drone program via AbediniIran denies involvement, calls arrests a violation of international lawBy Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A former engineer at a semiconductor manufacturer pleaded not guilty o...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 1-Trump could be offered second state visit to UK, Telegraph reports
Adds details from report in paragraph 2-3, requests for comment paragraph 4 and background in paragraph 5 Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could become the first elected politician in modern history to be hosted for two state visits by the British royal family, The Telegraph r...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Ukraine's Zelenskiy:North Koreans suffer losses in Kursk region, left unprotected by Russian forces
Dec 27 (Reuters) - North Korean troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces alongside which they are fighting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Russia...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 1-US appeals court halts enforcement of anti-money laundering law
Adds date of court arguments in paragraph 5By Nate Raymond Dec 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has halted enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department ahead of a deadline...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 1-US closely watching political crisis in South Korea
Adds background in paragraph 3, State Department comment in paragraphs 6, 7 Dec 27 (Reuters) - A deepening political crisis in South Korea has not diminished the military readiness of 28,500 troops stationed in the Asian state, a U.S. official said on Friday, but Washington is closely monitoring ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
US adds 9th telcom to list of companies hacked by Chinese-backed Salt Typhoon cyberespionage
By AJ Vicens Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have added a ninth telecommunications company to the list of entities compromised by a sweeping Chinese-linked cyberespionage operation known as Salt Typhoon, a top White House official said Friday. Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security a...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 1-Novartis must face claims it paid kickbacks to promote MS drug, US appeals court rules
Adds comment from whistleblower's lawyer, paragraph 10By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a whistleblower lawsuit accusing Swiss drugmaker Novartis NOVN.S of paying illegal kickbacks to doctors to induce them to promote its blockbuster multiple ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 2-Senate intelligence panel criticizes CIA response to Havana syndrome
Adds background, CIA comment in paragraphs 4-7; additional report findings in paragraphs 13-14By Jonathan Landay Dec 27 (Reuters) - A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released on Friday criticized the CIA's response to so-called Havana syndrome health problems among its workforce, ...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Tennis-Swiatek feared more negative public response after failed doping test
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Poland's five-times major winner Iga Swiatek feared a far greater public backlash after she accepted a one-month suspension for failing a doping test, the world number two said ahead of the United Cup in Australia.The 23-year-old Swiatek tested positive in an out-of-competition sa...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships
By Raphael Satter Dec 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the United States' authoritarian enemies, free-speech advocates told the Supreme Court on Friday.In an amicus filing, PEN America, Columbia University's Knight First Amendmen...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
US intelligence points to possible misidentification of Azerbaijani plane by Russia, MSNBC reports
Dec 27 (Reuters) - There is U.S. intelligence that Russia may have mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after misidentifying it as an incoming drone, MSNBC reported on Friday, citing two unidentified U.S. military sources. (Reporting by Ryan Patr...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Trump to become the first elected politician honoured with two state visits to UK, The Telegraph reports
Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to become the first elected politician in modern history to be hosted for two state visits by the Royal family, The Telegraph reported on Friday.Number 10 and the Foreign Office are preparing to offer the incoming U.S. president an invitati...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Starbucks largely loses appeal over baristas' firing in NLRB case
By Jonathan Stempel Dec 27 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday largely rejected Starbucks' SBUX.O appeal of a National Labor Relations Board finding the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals s...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
UPDATE 3-US imposes sanctions on Georgian ex-prime minister, billionaire Ivanishvili
U.S. sanctions Georgian billionaire, ex-PMIvanishvili seen as Georgia's de facto leaderHe has spearheaded anti-Western, pro-Russian turnGeorgian protesters reject Ivanishvili's halt to EU talksAdds reaction from Ukrainian president, paragraphs 14-15By Daphne Psaledakis and Felix Light WASHINGTON/...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
BRIEF-Hyatt And Grupo Piñero Finalize Strategic Joint Venture, Adding The Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts Brand To Hyatt’S Existing All-Inclusive Portfolio
Dec 27 (Reuters) - Hyatt Hotels Corp H.N:HYATT AND GRUPO PIÑERO FINALIZE STRATEGIC JOINT VENTURE, ADDING THE BAHIA PRINCIPE HOTELS & RESORTS BRAND TO HYATT’S EXISTING ALL-INCLUSIVE PORTFOLIOSource text: ID:nBwxWS5YaFurther company coverage: H.N (((( Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com ;));))Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
Mexico detains almost half a million migrants heading to US in last quarter
MEXICO CITY, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Mexican security forces have detained about 475,000 irregular migrants since October, authorities said on Friday, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs unless it stops illegal migrants from arriving at the shared border. Nearly half a mill...Reuters
Fri, Dec 27
BRIEF-BWR Exploration Announces Letter Of Intent Signed For Business Combination With Electro Metals And Mining And Private Placement Bridge Financing
Dec 27 (Reuters) - BWR Exploration Inc BWR.V:BWR EXPLORATION INC. ANNOUNCES LETTER OF INTENT SIGNED FOR BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH ELECTRO METALS AND MINING INC. AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT BRIDGE FINANCINGSource text: ID:nGNX41dmk9Further company coverage: BWR.V ((Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com;))Reuters
Fri, Dec 27