06:33 AM EDT, 03/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Morgan Stanley ( MS ) plans to lay off about 2,000 employees, or 2% to 3% of its workforce, later this month, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The reduction, which will exclude financial advisers, is aimed at increasing efficiency and unrelated to market conditions, Reuters reported. Morgan...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - German media group Axel Springer is considering a sale of its affiliate marketing unit Awin, according to three people familiar with the matter, following the planned break-up its owners agreed last year. The group has in recent weeks invited banks to pitch for an advisory role to help sell Awin, which helps publishers promote advertisers'...

06:24 AM EDT, 03/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- On this Wednesday morning, an open letter from 14 CEOs representing the four largest pipeline companies and 10 largest oil and natural gas companies was delivered to Canada's political party leaders. This is in answer to inquiries on how Canada can respond to escalating global energy security challenges and the urgent need for...

ABIDJAN, March 19 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's cocoa grind fell 4.7% year-on-year in February to 52,461 metric tons, data from exporter association GEPEX showed on Wednesday. The total grind from the start of the 2024/25 season in October till the end of February stood at 298,010 tons of beans, down 0.3% from the same period last season. The GEPEX data...