Business & FinanceDeals
Despite a steady stream of meetings and calls with U.S. officials, and three revamped proposals to assuage national security concerns, Nippon Steel has failed to garner approval from a powerful panel reviewing its $14.9 billion bid Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals
Business & FinanceTechnology
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told
Shein IPO: UK regulator decision slowed by NGO challenge
Business & Finance
Britain’s financial regulator is taking longer than usual to approve fast-fashion retailer Shein’s IPO because it is checking its supply chain oversight and assessing legal risks after an advocacy group for China’s Uyghur population
Rosneft, Reliance agree biggest ever India-Russia oil supply deal
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Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to Indian private refiner Reliance in the biggest ever energy deal between the two countries, three sources familiar with the US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale
Entertainment & LifestyleGovernment
Reuters led by 58 seconds[1] in reporting that a U.S. federal appeals court had upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok in the U.S. early next year or face a ban.
China bans export of critical minerals to US as trade tensions escalate
CommoditiesEconomy
Reuters was more than two minutes ahead[1] of major rivals with news that China had banned exports to the United States of the critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony, with immediate effect, a day after Washington’s latest Worldline attracts early stage interest from private equity firms
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French payments group Worldline has attracted early stage takeover interest from private equity firms, as it grapples with a falling share price, profit warnings and leadership change, five people with knowledge of the matter told