Tuesday

May 31, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War

At least 23 people are killed in overnight air strikes in Idlib, Syria. (CNN) (BBC)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Suspect Taliban militants kill nine and kidnap 170 in an attack on three passenger buses in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (Reuters) (CNN)

Business and economics

In the United States, a Delaware court rules Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9 billion buyout of Dell Inc. by about 22 percent, and may have to pay tens of millions to investors who opposed the deal. (Financial Times)

The Wall Street Journal reports that administrative mistakes by asset manager T. Rowe Price led it to vote in favor of the deal, even though it had vocally opposed it in the runup to the vote. (Wall Street Journal) (Fortune)