(Reuters) – Petra Diamonds Ltd’s first quarter revenue fell by 17 percent after the government of Tanzania last month seized a consignment of diamonds from its Williamson mine. The owner of the Cullinan mine in South Africa has been hit by a crackdown on mining firms in Tanzania, where the government is attempting to secure […]
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By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline has won U.S. approval for a new and improved shingles vaccine, the second of three key products for which the British drugmaker expects approval this year. It also secured a recommendation from UK cost authorities for a $700,000 gene therapy for so-called “bubble boy” disease — a step […]
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By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Mercedes won the Formula One constructors’ title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favourite circuits. Hamilton, presented with the winner’s trophy by former U.S. president Bill […]
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By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Tyler Perry has prevented a disaster at the box office with the opening of Lionsgate’s comedy sequel “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” scaring up a solid $21.7 million at 2,388 North American locations. That was pretty much the limit of good news at the nation’s multiplexes, where moviegoers […]
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Experimental communications balloons provided by Alphabet Inc in collaboration with AT&T Inc will allow some of the carrier’s customers in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico to send texts and access critical information on the internet, Alphabet said on Friday. Alphabet said the “Project Loon” balloon project would deliver limited internet connectivity to […]
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Shingrix shingles vaccine for use in adults aged 50 and over, a move widely expected after an advisory panel to the agency last month voted unanimously to recommend its approval, the company announced on Friday. Shingrix is seen as an improvement over Zostavax, the only […]
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By Zandi Shabalala and Sanjeeban Sarkar LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Acacia Mining said it could not immediately pay the $300 million that its majority shareholder agreed to hand the government of Tanzania to settle a dispute that has crippled the company’s operations in the east African country. Acacia’s majority owner, Barrick Gold, said on Thursday it […]
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa is expected to renew Total’s offshore exploration rights next year, the chief executive of the state petroleum agency said on Friday. “It is expected to be granted in the second quarter of 2018,” Lindiwe Mekwe, acting CEO of the Petroleum Agency of SA, told Reuters. France’s Total stopped drilling […]
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By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala and Susan Taylor DAR ES SALAAM/TORONTO (Reuters) – Barrick Gold said on Thursday that its African subsidiary Acacia Mining would pay $300 million and split ‘economic benefits’ from operations with Tanzania under a deal proposed to resolve a months-long dispute. Earlier on Thursday, Barrick Chairman John Thornton told a news conference in […]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty in a Georgia court on Thursday to one count of obstruction and was sentenced to community service and a year of probation following his July arrest on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. LaBeouf, 31, pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct and […]
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MONTREAL (Reuters) – The founder of Canada’s comedy festival ‘Just for Laughs’, which draws celebrities including Trevor Noah, Sarah Silverman and Jerry Seinfeld, has resigned from his own company in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment. Gilbert Rozon made the announcement on his Facebook page on Wednesday night. He is the latest entertainment executive […]
Read More By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Patients may have better survival odds with female surgeons than with male surgeons, a recent Canadian study suggests. Researchers examined data on 104,630 patients who underwent a variety of common procedures with a total of 3,314 different surgeons, including 774 females and 2,540 males. Overall, patients treated by female […]
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