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☆ Tunisian opposition figure Moussi begins hunger strike in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTUNIS, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, went on a hunger strike in prison on Tuesday to protest what her lawyers said was a violation of her rights to freedom and political activity. Her lawyers said in a statement that Moussi would be on hunger strike for 16 days, coinciding with a campaign to highlight violence against women in Tunisia. Police this year have detained more than 20 leading political figures, accusing some of plotting against state security. In recent months, the PDL has organised protests against Saied. Moussi accuses Saied of ruling outside the law.

Persons: Moussi, Zoubeir, Kais Saied, Saied, Zine El Abidine ben Ali, Tarek Amara, Grant McCool Organizations: Tunisia's Free Destourian Party, REUTERS, Rights, Free Constitutional Party, PDL, Police, Saied, Thomson Locations: Tunis, Tunisia, Rights TUNIS

☆ This biotech stock could yield 33% upside ahead of cancer trial data, Wells Fargo says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Wells Fargo expects upcoming results from Novocure's LUNAR trial to be a catalyst for the stock. Novocure shares were gaining 3.5% on the back of the Wells Fargo upgrade, which lifted the stock's rating to overweight from equal weight. Analyst Larry Biegelsen also set a new price target of $104 per share, which represents 33% upside from Monday's closing price of $78.38. The LUNAR trial studied the efficacy of combining tumor treating fields, which target tumors with electrical frequencies, with more traditional therapies, including immunotherapies, to treat non-small cell lung cancer. NVCR YTD mountain Novocure stock could yield as much as 33% upside ahead of cancer treatment study data, Wells Fargo says.

☆ Australian regulator temporarily halts orders on two Perpetual funds
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Australian securities regulator on Friday directed a unit of asset manager Perpetual Ltd (PPT.AX) to stop offering or distributing two funds to retail investors on an interim basis due to significant market risks involved. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said the Perpetual Pure Microcap Fund and Perpetual Geared Australian Share Fund, offered by Perpetual Investment Management, have been asked to stop issuing interest or giving advice to retail investors for 21 days. The funds' portfolio are exposed to high market volatility and carry significant risks, increasing chances of large losses for investors, the regulator said. "ASIC made the interim orders to protect retail investors from potentially investing in funds that may not be suitable for their financial objectives, situation or needs," the regulator said. "ASIC is concerned that Perpetual has not appropriately considered these features and risks in determining the wide target markets for the funds."

☆ Messy money manager merger goes from bad to worse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MELBOURNE, Nov 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Rob Adams must be wishing he could turn the clock back eight months. That’s when the boss of Australian fund management icon Perpetual (PPT.AX) was readying his first tilt for rival Pendal (PDL.AX). Whatever lies behind Paul Skamvougeras’ decision to quit as Perpetual’s Head of Equities, losing a key executive right on the eve of a merger is awkward. And shareholders remain unconvinced the Pendal deal is a certainty as its stock trades 11% below the offer price. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Perpetual rejected a $A30 per share offer proposal from Barings Private Equity Asia (BPEA), which was recently bought by EQT (EQTAB.ST), and Australian firm Regal Partners (RPL.AX). Perpetual shares rose by as much as 10.1% early on Thursday, the company's best session in more than two years, before retreating to be up 6.6%. Perpetual said it would press on with its planned A$2.51 billion acquisition of rival Pendal Group (PDL.AX) announced in August. The private equity offer represents a premium of about 11.5% to Perpetual's last close of A$26.90. BPEA is one of the region's largest private equity firms and was bought by EQT in March.

☆ The far-right is expected to win Italy's election in Rome's biggest political shift for decades
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Brothers of Italy party stands out from the crowd and is expected to gain the largest share of the vote for a single party. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) holds a giant Italian national flag during a political rally on February 24, 2018 in Milan, Italy. The snap election follows the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi in July, after he failed to unite a fractious political coalition behind his economic policies. An election win by Fratelli d'Italia could see the party's leader, Giorgia Meloni, become Italy's first female prime minister. Fratelli d'Italia has been pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine and supports sanctions against Russia, unlike Lega which is ambivalent about those measures.

A fost o figură importantă – atât ca primar în Capitală, cât și în Parlament, a figurat în prim planul a două partide de top: PSD și PDLBUCUREȘTI, 7 nov – Sputnik. Coronavirusul a cauzat sau a grăbit sfârșitul uneia dintre cele mai interesante figuri din politică – Vasile Gherasim, fost primar și parlamentar, având la activ și multe alte funcții în instituții de stat. Decesul lui Vasile Gherasim a fost anunțat de România TV, după ce omul politic fusese confirmat cu COVID-19. Gherasim era sociolog, doctor în sociologie urbană, dar era și licenţiat în drept, cu specializare în administraţie. Între 2000-2004 a fost primarul Sectorului 1, din partea PSD, apoi secretar de Stat la MAI.

Persons: Vasile Gherasim, Gherasim, Victor Babeș, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Gabriela Firea Organizations: PSD, PDL, Sputnik, Coronavirusul, România, 1, PD Locations: Capitală, PDL BUCUREȘTI, Moineşti

Un nou sondaj realizat în noiembrie scoate în evidență că funcționează strategia lui Marcel Ciolacu – dar nu cea declarată, ci cea cu care îl creditează analiștiiBUCUREȘTI, 5 nov – Sputnik. Un sondaj foarte important a fost dat publicității aseară. Sondajul a fost efectuat telefonic de AVANGARDE în perioada 1-4 noiembrie, pe 850 de respondenți. Adică PSD va fi în Opoziție. Sondajul a fost publicat de „Știri pe surse”, partener Avangarde.

Persons: Marcel Ciolacu, Ciolacu, Stănescu, Băsescu . Organizations: Sputnik, ALDE, Pro România, PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR, PDL Locations: BUCUREȘTI, România

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