Stocks subdued, yen in focus, with inflation data on tap
By Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global share markets was barely changed on Thursday as it w..
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Hershey, Mondelez bet big on Easter as cocoa price crisis looms
By Jessica DiNapoli, Maytaal Angel and Richa Naidu NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Hershey, Mondelez and other confection-makers are..
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UK’s Thames Water in crisis after shareholders refuse to pay up
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water utility, said on Thursday its shareholders had refused to..
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Mercedes partly loses class action case over diesel defeat devices
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court ruled on Thursday partly in favour of consumers in a class action suit against Mercedes Benz o..
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UK competition regulator decides against in-depth probe of Aviva, AIG Life UK merger
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday that it has decided not to open an in-depth ‘phase 2..
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JD Sports’ January sales fall in ‘challenging’ market
LONDON (Reuters) -British sportswear retailer JD Sports said trading conditions remained challenging after its like-for-like sales dr..
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French company Valeo to use more Google Cloud AI tools
PARIS (Reuters) – French car parts maker Valeo said on Thursday it would be using more Google Cloud AI tools at Valeo, highlight..
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BoE’s Haskel says rate cuts should be ‘a long way off’, FT reports
(Reuters) -Bank of England (BoE) interest-rate setter Jonathan Haskel said that rate cuts should be “a long way off,” the ..
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Analysis-Foreign firms’ losses from exiting Russia top $107 billion
By Alessandro Parodi and Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – The corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has co..
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Climate change, AI in focus at Commonwealth’s Oct meet in Samoa
By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Climate change and efforts to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence top the agenda for a ..
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UK homeowners and businesses resilient to high interest rates, BoE says
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – British mortgage holders and businesses are generally coping well with high interest rates and prob..
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Factbox-European companies cut jobs as economy sputters
(Reuters) – The highest inflation for decades and the impact of the war in Ukraine have forced companies across Europe into layo..
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Olympics-Parisians get ready to leave city with rental cash in pocket
PARIS (Reuters) – Like many Parisians, Martin Cassan will be heading the other way when the tidal wave of Olympics visitors hits..
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Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest
By Ueslei Marcelino BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the Brazilian and ..
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UK’s ASOS posts 18% drop in first-half sales
LONDON (Reuters) – Online fashion retailer ASOS posted an 18% drop in sales in its first half, but said it was on track to meet ..
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France’s Atos seeks debt restructuring plan by July after record losses
By Augustin Turpin (Reuters) -French IT consulting firm Atos is aiming to restructure its debt by July, the group said on Tuesday, aft..
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RiverRock and Horizon acquired from Ferrovial an 89.2% stake in Euroscut Azores, a Portuguese 93 km shadow toll road in the Azores
RiverRock – a specialized alternative investment firm, part of the CFE Finance Group – through RiverRock Brownfield Infrastructu..
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Home improvement retailer Kingfisher warns on profit outlook
LONDON (Reuters) -European home improvement retailer Kingfisher warned on Monday that current-year profit would fall short of analysts..
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Talgo’s top shareholder in talks with Stadler over takeover bid, report says
MADRID (Reuters) – Talgo’s top shareholder is in talks to sell its 40% stake in the Spanish train maker to Swiss rival Sta..
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Analysis-Spain’s battle of the banks as BBVA narrows gap to Santander
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – BBVA’s share price has more than trebled since late 2020, narrowing its valuation gap t..
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Analysis-Cocoa rally and market tumult hoist systematic hedge funds ahead of their peers
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Record cocoa prices and markets whipped around by inflation and geopolitics helped hedge fu..
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Oil rises as heightened geopolitical risks exacerbate supply concerns
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Monday on concerns over tighter global supply broug..
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Australia’s ANZ Group to settle credit cards class action for $37.4 million
(Reuters) – Australia’s ANZ Group said on Monday it had agreed to settle a class action suit related to interest charged o..
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Thousands of Spanish bank staff strike to demand pay rise, union says
MADRID (Reuters) – Around 60,000 banking employees across Spain went on strike on Friday to demand pay rises they see as justifi..
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Air Europa says customer data may have been compromised in October breach
(Reuters) -Spanish airline Air Europa said on Friday personal data of its customers may have been compromised in a security incident t..
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Santander expects over 6 billion euros in dividends, buybacks on solid 2024 start
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Santander said on Friday it expected to pay more than 6 billion euros ($6.50 billion) ..
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European Championship won’t save German economy, study shows
BERLIN(Reuters) – The European Championship to be held in Germany this summer is unlikely to turn into a summer fairytale for th..
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Dollar set for weekly rise as Swiss cut signals potential rates gap
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was set for a second week of broad gains on Friday, with even a rate hike..
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UK consumers turn positive about their finances, GfK survey shows
LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer sentiment held steady in March but households turned positive about the outlook for their pe..
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King Charles doing ‘very well’, Camilla tells Belfast crowds
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Camilla said her husband King Charles who is being treated for cancer was doing “..
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Oil broadly steady after surprise US crude stock drop
By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices were broadly steady on Thursday, shored up by a surprise U.S. crude stock drop and..
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Europe’s pro-nuclear leaders seek atomic energy revival
By Julia Payne and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear..
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Reddit set for hotly anticipated debut after pricing IPO at top of range
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Social media platform Reddit geared up for its high-profile market debut on the New York Stock Exchange o..
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ECB cannot commit to rate path even after first cut, Lagarde says
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank cannot commit to a pre-set number of interest ra..
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UK inflation fall paves way for BoE rate cuts later in 2024
By Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation cooled in February by slightly more than economists and the Bank o..
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Glencore aims to cut industrial assets’ carbon emissions by one-fourth by 2030
(Reuters) – Glencore said Wednesday it aims to lower carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for its industrial assets by 25% by the..
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Stellantis buys stake in optical radar start-up SteerLight
PARIS (Reuters) – European carmaker Stellantis announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring a stake in optical radar start-up St..
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