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[PR Newswire] – TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2015 /CNW/ – This release relating to the friendly simplified tender offer, the draft of which was filed on October 26, 2015 with the Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”), was drawn up and published in accordance with article 231-16 of the AMF General Regulations. THIS OFFER AND THE DRAFT INFORMATION NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE AMF.
By Paul Brian TOFINO, British Columbia (Reuters) – Five Britons were killed when a Canadian whale-watching boat sank on Sunday, the British foreign secretary said on Monday. The boat, carrying 27 passengers, sank off the coast of British Columbia on Sunday afternoon, sparking a rescue effort by the Coast Guard, fisherman and private mariners. “My thoughts are with the family and friends of all those affected by this terrible accident,”
By Margarita Antidze and Jack Stubbs GORI, Georgia/MOSCOW (Reuters) – In the courtyard of an apartment building in the town of Gori in ex-Soviet Georgia is a clue to whether Russia’s air strikes on targets in Syria are as accurate as the Kremlin would like the rest of the world to believe. Fashioned out of fragments of ordnance is a makeshift shrine to the five residents killed during the Russian-Georgian
[CNW Group] – IAMGOLD announces filing in France of a friendly cash bid for EURO Ressources
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi Trade Ministry media adviser killed last month by a bomb attached to his car had been about to hand over files accusing the ministry of corruption to the country’s Integrity Commission, officials in the ministry’s legal department told Reuters. Baghdad’s Central Investigative Court for Terrorism and Organised Crime said in a statement that four Trade Ministry security guards confessed to blowing up
[PR Newswire] – TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – IAMGOLD Corporation (“IAMGOLD” or the “Company”), announced today that it has filed a draft friendly public tender offer (the “Offer”) in France to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of EURO Ressources S.A. (“EURO”) that the Company does not already own for cash consideration of €2.84 per share (the “Offer”). Presently, IAMGOLD owns approximately 86% of the share capital of
GENEVA (AP) — With Michel Platini expected to be ruled out of the FIFA presidential election because of his suspension, UEFA made a surprising last-minute decision Monday to throw its support behind the Frenchman’s right-hand man.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s former national security adviser pleaded not guilty to money laundering Monday in connection with $423,000 in U.S. dollars and Nigerian naira seized at his homes.
LONDON (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain has complained of a lack of “mutual respect” between the two countries and warned of “potentially serious repercussions.”