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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating financial impact on rugby around the world but has given the sport a convenient opportunity to once again focus on the perennial challenge of a global calendar, World Rugby head Brett Gosper said on Monday.

Nielsen Holdings Plc said on Sunday it will sell its consumer goods data unit for $2.7 billion to private equity firm Advent International, as the market research firm narrows its focus to its media arm.

Nielsen Holdings Plc has agreed to the sale of its Global Connect Unit to private equity firm Advent International in a $2.7 billion deal.

Nielsen Holdings <NLSN.N> is in talks with private equity firm Advent International to sell its consumer goods data unit in a $2.9 billion deal, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Nielsen Holdings is in talks with Advent International to sell its consumer goods data unit in a $2.9 billion deal, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. (https://on.ft.com/2Txaeu1)

Grocery sales in Britain rose 7% year-on-year in the four weeks to Aug. 8, slowing from previous weeks as shoppers began to settle into new post-COVID 19 lockdown routines, industry data showed on Tuesday.

Grocery sales at British convenience stores were up 17% year-on-year in the four weeks to June 13, ahead of the 14% growth in total grocery sales, as consumers in coronavirus lockdown prioritised shopping locally, industry data showed on Tuesday.

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Europe’s leveraged loan market reopened for business last week for the first time since March as European lab operator Synlab and US data analytics firm Nielsen launched deals to reshuffle their capital structures and replace bonds with loans, but are paying up to do so.

Nielsen Holdings said on Thursday it had agreed to share certain confidential documents with activist investor Elliott Management and appoint media veteran Jonathan Miller to its board.

Britons made over 79 million extra grocery shopping trips in the four weeks to March 21 year-on-year as they stocked their "pandemic pantries", driving a 20.5% jump in supermarket sales, industry data published on Tuesday showed.

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Thomson Reuters Corp said on Tuesday it had appointed former Nielsen Holdings Plc president Steve Hasker as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Smith.

Consumers love streamed TV and film and want content providers to keep it coming, a new survey from U.S. data and measurement firm Nielsen suggests.

The U.S. television audience for Democrats' arguments that President Donald Trump should be impeached declined on Thursday to roughly 7.8 million viewers during live daytime coverage, according to data from the Nielsen ratings agency.

The U.S. television audience for Democrats' arguments that President Donald Trump should be impeached declined on Thursday to roughly 7.8 million viewers during live daytime coverage, according to data from the Nielsen ratings agency.

Market research firm Nielsen Holdings Plc <NLSN.N> said on Thursday it would split into two publicly traded companies in a bid to boost shareholder value, a year after activist investor Elliott Management urged a sale of the company.

Nielsen Holdings Plc said on Thursday it had decided to split the market research firm into two publicly traded companies.