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☆ Aviva shares jump 8% as Times cites takeover talk
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Aviva logo on a window at the company's head office in the City of London, Britain, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Aviva (AV.L) shot up almost 9% on Friday, after Britain's Times newspaper cited talk of a possible takeover of one of the UK's largest insurers by a foreign buyer. ($13.41 billion)The Times cited "chatter that refused to die down". Last month, Aviva said it had agreed to buy UK life insurance business of AIG (AIG.N) for 460 million pounds($563 million), in the largest acquisition to date by its CEO, Amanda Blanc. ($1 = 0.8201 pounds)Reporting by Joice Alves and Carolyn Cohn; Writing by Amanda Cooper; Editing by Dhara RanasingheOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Simon Dawson, Amanda Blanc, Joice Alves, Carolyn Cohn, Amanda Cooper, Dhara Organizations: Aviva, City of, REUTERS, Britain's Times, Reuters, AIG, Thomson Locations: City, City of London, Britain

☆ AstraZeneca shares fall 4% to 7-1/2 week low
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies AstraZeneca PLC FollowLONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Shares in London-listed drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN.L) fell more than 4% on Monday, sliding to their lowest since July 19. An AstraZeneca spokesperson declined to comment on the report. Two of the analysts and the shareholder also mentioned that an article published on Monday in Britain's Times newspaper could have affected the shares, though it appeared to contradict the Mail on Sunday report. The Times' article focused on the retirement of Mene Pangalos, the long-time biopharmaceuticals head of research at AstraZeneca, which was announced in July.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Pascal Soriot, Mene Pangalos, Pangalos, Pascal, Maggie Fick, Samuel Indyk, Amanda Cooper, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: AstraZeneca, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, drugmaker's, Reuters, Britain's Times, Times, Thomson Locations: London

☆ Premier League investigating Chelsea over possible financial violations
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Chelsea's new owners self-reported a number of financial transactions during the Abramovich era to European soccer's governing body UEFA, the Premier League and the FA. "We have been pretty open about the historic issues with regard to Chelsea because they self-reported to the Premier League and to the FA so it is obvious we are looking into that," Masters told the newspaper. "If the Premier League believes a club has breached the financial regulations and there is a case to answer, that case will be put to the club." "We want due process to be served in as efficient a way as possible, as quickly as possible," Masters added. Chelsea, who finished 12th in the Premier League following a chaotic campaign, will not be competing in Europe in 2023-24.

Persons: Mauricio Pochettino, Matthew Childs, Roman, Richard Masters, Abramovich, Todd Boehly, Masters, Tommy Lund, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Soccer Football, Chelsea, Premier League, Britain's Times, Clearlake, UEFA, Times, London, Thomson Locations: Stamford, London, Britain, American, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Chelsea, Europe, Gdansk

☆ Latest 'deadline' looms in Man Utd takeover saga
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Manchester United fans can be forgiven if they refrain from eagerly checking the news on Friday as the latest "deadline" looms in the meandering seven-month saga of the club's sale that is beginning to resemble the final series of TV's Succession. That comes two months after a "third and final offer" was said to have been tabled. Media reports in the UK suggested that the Glazers are seeking six billion pounds ($7.5 billion), which would be a world record for any sports club or franchise, but that neither bid is that high. Further bids followed, up to the Qatari's earlier this week, which is said to include clearing nearly a billion pounds of club debt and a commitment to a major redevelopment of Old Trafford. Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jassim bin Hamad, Briton Jim Ratcliffe, Sheikh Jassim, Glazer, Todd, Ratcliffe, Joel, Avram Glazer, Glazers, Erik ten Hag, United's, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis Organizations: Manchester United, Daily Mail, Reuters, Guardian, United, Media, Premier League club Chelsea, Washington Commanders NFL, Raine Group, Ineos Grenadiers, Britain's Times, Group, Champions League, Manchester, Inter Milan, Premier League, FA Cup, Thomson Locations: Thani, Briton, Qatar, Old Trafford, Old Trafford . Manchester, France, Switzerland

☆ Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump indictment is porn star-turned-ghostbuster
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Julia Harte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, arrives at ABC studios to appear on The View talk show in New York City, New York, U.S. April 17, 2018. A Trump fundraising group sent an email asking supporters for more contributions after his indictment. After he announced his impending arrest, searches for Daniels on the website Pornhub jumped 21,655%, according to the site's research and analysis branch. And my mom was a trainwreck, and my clothes didn't fit, and I was poor and I smelled," Daniels told Vice News in 2021. Daniels has said she received the hush money in exchange for keeping silent about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006.

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