Oct 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Thursday: ** Schneider Electric will pay about $850 million for a controlling stake in Motivair Corp, a specialist in liquid cooling for high-performance computing, the French firm said, beefing up offerings for rapidly growing data centres. ** Spanish steel maker Sidenor sent a...

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers, bringing the number of public service workers who have had their student loans cancelled to over 1 million. In total, the Biden-Harris Administration has approved $175 billion in student debt relief for nearly 5 million borrowers through various actions, the White House...

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Britain's media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday that it would publish its first edition of guidance on how social media companies would be expected to assess risk of illegal content on their platform in December. Ofcom, which is responsible for implementing the government's Online Safety Bill, said it would expect companies to disclose their risk...

05:54 AM EDT, 10/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Nokia ( NOK ) reported Q3 comparable earnings Thursday of 0.06 euros ($0.07) per diluted share, up from 0.05 euros a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected 0.07 euros. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was 4.33 billion euros, down from 4.71 billion euros a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by...