Swiss duty free retailer Dufry
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(Reuters) - Vienna-based real estate group S Immo said on Wednesday that rival Immofinanz's 1.14 billion euro ($1.39 billion) offer to buy the company is too
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UPDATE 1-Gases firm Linde boosted by healthcare, electronics demand Reuters 3 hrs ago
May 6 (Reuters) - Linde , the world s largest industrial gases company, hiked its 2021 earnings forecast on Thursday, as a strong performance in its healthcare and electronics businesses helped it beat first quarter forecasts.
The U.S.-German company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories and hospitals, now expects adjusted earnings per share up 17-19% year-on-year - compared with its previous forecast for 11-13% growth.
Higher prices and growing demand in the healthcare sector - where Linde supplies equipment and medical gases including oxygen for COVID-19 patients - helped its sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa jump 10% in the first quarter.
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(Reuters) - The World Health Organization is seeking to fill the gap left in the COVAX dose-sharing programme by India suspending exports of AstraZeneca doses and is in talks with donors including the United States, senior WHO officials said.
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers prepare to cremate the body of a person who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar
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EUROPE Novavax has told the European Union it plans to begin delivering its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc towards the end of this year, new guidance that could lead to a formal contract being signed as early as this week, an EU official told Reuters.