ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss Re (SRENH.S) plans to make UBS Group Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti its chairman from next year, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer said on Tuesday, turning to a financial industry veteran with scant insurance experience.
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(Adds CEO comments throughout). TOKYO, March 3 (Reuters) – Japan’s Kirin Holdings on Tuesday stepped up its defense against an activist investor which is demanding that it sell off its non-beer assets, saying board members proposed by the fund didn’t …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – An Australian court on Tuesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay three women a total of A$2.6 million ($1.7 million) plus legal costs as compensation for misleading patients and surgeons about the risks of its pelvic mesh implants.
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Greggs boss Roger Whiteside has said his firm would pay staff who have to self-isolate because of coronavirus. “Our default position is that we pay contract hours. We don’t have any zero contract hours,” he told the BBC. The firm’s policy is in contrast to that of …
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Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled the 2021 E-Class, and like many of its German luxury siblings, it will come equipped with the company’s latest driver-assistance features. But the new E-Class also changes how the car registers whether the driver is paying …
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