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CrowdStrike says significant number of outage-affected devices back up

CrowdStrike says significant number of outage-affected devices back up

(Reuters) – Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said on Sunday that a significant number of the 8.5 million Microsoft devices that we..

France’s Ubisoft tops guidance for Q1 net bookings on strong GaaS engagement

France’s Ubisoft tops guidance for Q1 net bookings on strong GaaS engagement

  (Corrects July 18 story to say Ubisoft beat its own forecast but missed consensus for net bookings in headline and paragraphs 1..

Electrolux swings to operating profit in Q2

Electrolux swings to operating profit in Q2

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Electrolux, the world’s second-biggest appliances maker, reported on Friday an operating prof..

Lift maker Schindler’s orders slip in Q2, weighed by China

Lift maker Schindler’s orders slip in Q2, weighed by China

  By Louis van Boxel-Woolf and Bartosz Dabrowski (Reuters) -Swiss lift and escalator maker Schindler reported a slight decline in..

Consumer goods makers weighed down by weak US and European sales

Consumer goods makers weighed down by weak US and European sales

  By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Consumer goods giants including Nestle, Kraft Heinz and Reckitt are likely to report we..

Big central banks are starting to cut rates, slowly

Big central banks are starting to cut rates, slowly

By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The move to ease monetary policy among major central banks is proving m..

EU new car sales rise 4.3% in June, industry body ACEA says

EU new car sales rise 4.3% in June, industry body ACEA says

By Greta Rosen Fondahn and Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) -New car sales in the European Union rose 4.3% in June to their highest since J..

Standard Chartered boosts private bank team with 14 new hires

Standard Chartered boosts private bank team with 14 new hires

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Standard Chartered has hired more than a dozen new bankers to its private banking teams in Singapore, Hong..

BYD to introduce three more car models to Vietnam market

BYD to introduce three more car models to Vietnam market

HANOI (Reuters) – Chinese electric carmaker BYD will introduce three more models to the Vietnamese market this October and plans..

Asian stocks slide on rising trade tensions, yen climbs

Asian stocks slide on rising trade tensions, yen climbs

Asian stocks slide on rising trade tensions, yen climbs By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian equities fell on Thursday,..

Samsung agrees to acquire British startup Oxford Semantic for AI

Samsung agrees to acquire British startup Oxford Semantic for AI

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it agreed to acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British startup spec..

Britain’s new government must act fast to meet 2030 climate target, say advisers

Britain’s new government must act fast to meet 2030 climate target, say advisers

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – The new Labour government will have to act fast to get Britain back on track to meet its 2..

Oil prices gain 2% on big US storage withdrawal, weaker US dollar

Oil prices gain 2% on big US storage withdrawal, weaker US dollar

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices climbed about 2% on Wednesday on a bigger-than-expected weekly drop in U.S. crude sto..

Factbox-The King’s Speech: A guide to the new UK government’s proposed laws

Factbox-The King’s Speech: A guide to the new UK government’s proposed laws

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new Labour government set out its first package of proposed laws on Wednesday as..

Yen jumps on possible intervention, sterling hits one-year high

Yen jumps on possible intervention, sterling hits one-year high

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The yen rose sharply on Wednesday in a move that was suspected to be the result of another in..

German coalition passes 2025 budget after months of wrangling

German coalition passes 2025 budget after months of wrangling

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -The German cabinet passed its 2025 budget on Wednesday after months of wrangling, even though a 17..

Netflix’s efforts to grow ad tier in focus as subscriber growth slows

Netflix’s efforts to grow ad tier in focus as subscriber growth slows

By Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) – Netflix likely added the fewest number of subscribers in five quarters during April-June a..

Stocks dive on prospect of US trade curbs; yen jumps

Stocks dive on prospect of US trade curbs; yen jumps

By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) -World stock indexes mostly fell on Wednesday, with Wall Street weighed down by the prospect of U.S...

BlackRock assets hit record-high $10.65 trillion on ETF flows, rising stocks

BlackRock assets hit record-high $10.65 trillion on ETF flows, rising stocks

By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Davide Barbuscia (Reuters) – Assets managed by BlackRock hit a record $10.65 trillion in the second q..

UK building firms face worst recruitment problems, survey shows

UK building firms face worst recruitment problems, survey shows

  LONDON (Reuters) – Construction and engineering firms are bearing the brunt of Britain’s shortage of workers, accor..

Asian shares fall as China drags, dollar in demand

Asian shares fall as China drags, dollar in demand

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors pondered the prospect of a Trump victory and what tha..

TotalEnergies, SSE to launch EV charging company in UK and Ireland

TotalEnergies, SSE to launch EV charging company in UK and Ireland

By America Hernandez PARIS – French oil major TotalEnergies and UK power firm SSE are seeking to grab a 20% share of the electri..

German 2025 budget draft has a 17 billion euros hole – sources

German 2025 budget draft has a 17 billion euros hole – sources

By Maria Martinez, Holger Hansen and Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) -The German cabinet plans to approve its draft for the 2025 bu..

Factbox-European companies cut jobs as economy sputters

Factbox-European companies cut jobs as economy sputters

(Reuters) – Elevated levels of inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine have forced companies across Europe to freeze hiri..

China’s economy falters, raises pressure for more stimulus

China’s economy falters, raises pressure for more stimulus

By Kevin Yao and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter as a protracte..

France ‘dangerously exposed’ in case of economic shock, national audit office says

France ‘dangerously exposed’ in case of economic shock, national audit office says

By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) -France’s ailing public finances and its 154 billion euros ($168 billion) deficit figure leav..

Analysis-Nvidia investor dilemma: how much is too much in a stock portfolio?

Analysis-Nvidia investor dilemma: how much is too much in a stock portfolio?

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Outsized positions in artificial intelligence darling Nvidia have boosted portfolio manage..

OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’

OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’

By Anna Tong and Katie Paul -ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project co..

French competition authority confirms investigation into Nvidia

French competition authority confirms investigation into Nvidia

PARIS (Reuters) – The French competition authority confirmed on Monday that an investigation is underway into chipmaker Nvidia ..

Carrefour partners with GreenYellow to install solar panels at its French stores

Carrefour partners with GreenYellow to install solar panels at its French stores

(Reuters) – Carrefour said on Monday it had entered into a partnership with French renewable energy company GreenYellow for the..

China’s economy falters as property, consumer pain worsens

China’s economy falters as property, consumer pain worsens

By Kevin Yao and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter, as a ..

TSMC second-quarter profit seen jumping 30% on surging AI chip demand

TSMC second-quarter profit seen jumping 30% on surging AI chip demand

TSMC second-quarter profit seen jumping 30% on surging AI chip demand TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, ..

Google parent in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion

Google parent in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion

By Milana Vinn and Steven Scheer NEW YORK (Reuters) -Google parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz..

Swiss authorities draw flak in Credit Suisse probe, report says

Swiss authorities draw flak in Credit Suisse probe, report says

Swiss authorities draw flak in Credit Suisse probe, report says ZURICH (Reuters) – Preliminary findings in an eagerly awaited pa..

Tennis-Inspired Krejcikova emulates mentor Novotna with Wimbledon triumph

Tennis-Inspired Krejcikova emulates mentor Novotna with Wimbledon triumph

By Shrivathsa Sridhar LONDON (Reuters) – An inspired Barbora Krejcikova etched her name onto Wimbledon’s famed honours bo..

Analysis-Shunned UK markets emerge as haven from global storms

Analysis-Shunned UK markets emerge as haven from global storms

By Naomi Rovnick and Anousha Sakoui LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are looking at UK markets as a potential haven as political unc..

Citi profit beats on surge in investment banking, services strength

Citi profit beats on surge in investment banking, services strength

By Tatiana Bautzer and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Citigroup beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit on Friday, boosted by ..