Factbox-2024 Nobel prizes announced this week
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology ..
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UK pay growth weakest since February 2021, REC survey show
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobs market showed more signs of cooling in September as pay growth increased at the s..
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ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Oct 17 as economic growth is weak and..
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Dollar hovers near six-week high ahead of US jobs report; sterling attempts recovery
By Ankur Banerjee and Medha Singh SINGAPORE/LODNON (Reuters) – The dollar hovered near a six-week high on Friday ahead of..
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Bayer sees Intacta2 Xtend GMO seed covering 30% of Brazil’s soybeans
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer forecasts that some 30% of Brazil’s soybean area will be sowed with its..
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Telecom Italia board to meet Friday over bid for Sparkle unit, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) will hold a board meeting on Friday over a 700 million euro ($772 million) non-bin..
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Exclusive-Germany to vote against EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, sources say
By Andreas Rinke FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany on Friday will vote against the introduction of European Union tariffs on Chinese..
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Sabadell CEO says 2024 full-year profit could top 1.6 billion euros
MADRID (Reuters) – The CEO of Spain’s Sabadell, Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno, on Thursday said the bank could earn more tha..
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SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital..
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Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely t..
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Microsoft to make $4.8 billion AI, cloud investment in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) – Microsoft plans to invest 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) over the next two years to strengthen its ar..
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France to stick with wind power development targets
PARIS (Reuters) – France is aiming for a target growth rate of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) per year in onshore wind power, Energy ministe..
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ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target on a durab..
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LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) is tracking tightness in the aluminium market, which has see..
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Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the ra..
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CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its..
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Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the head of the U.S. fund BlackRock Inc, Larry Fink, in Rome o..
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French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected
PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still li..
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Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm
PARIS (Reuters) – Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxo..
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Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts
LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a qua..
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Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided
By Sarah Young MALVERN, England (Reuters) – Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced b..
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UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year h..
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Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users
(Reuters) -Audio streaming platform Spotify was back up after an approximate three-hour-long outage on Sunday, which at its pea..
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Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook
By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices held on Friday but remained on track for a weekly fall as investors weighed expect..
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Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal
By Elisa Anzolin and Mimosa Spencer MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) -Moncler’s Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini is tightening his cont..
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Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Aeffe has agreed to transfer the ownership of its ‘Moschino’ brand in..
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Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
LONDON (Reuters) – At least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt..
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UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 closed up on Thursday, though lagging its Europea..
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Exclusive-Ubisoft activist investor says it has support of 10% of shareholders in management tussle
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – An activist investor pushing for a sale of “Assassin’s Creed” maker Ubis..
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Discounter Pepco’s sales hurt by supply chain disruption
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group said its fourth-quarter underlying revenue was lower th..
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Dollar firm following sharp rebound as Fed speakers eyed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held firm on Thursday following its sharpest rally since early June as tra..
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Polish fashion retailer LPP confirms annual revenue goal of up to $5.5 billion
GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s largest apparel retailer LPP confirmed its full-year revenue target of 20-21 billion zl..
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European shares end marginally lower as energy stocks drop
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 closed slightly lower on Wednesday as energy stocks ..
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Fonterra’s annual profit falls 25%; shares rise on dividend declaration
By Rajasik Mukherjee (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Fonterra posted a 25% drop in its fiscal 2024 profit on Wednesday, hurt by ..
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Soccer-‘I thought it was AI,’ says Wimbledon director of flooding images at stadium
(Reuters) – AFC Wimbledon’s managing director thought he was looking at AI-created images when he saw pictures of f..
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Solvay to cut 68 jobs in Salindres site throughout 2025
(Reuters) – Belgian chemicals group Solvay announced on Tuesday plans to enter into talks with labour unions to cease pro..
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ECB started issuing fine notices to banks not meeting climate expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has started issuing fine notices to lenders not meeting its long-defined e..
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