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UK August new car registrations up more than 20%- SMMT

UK August new car registrations up more than 20%- SMMT

(Reuters) – New car registrations in Britain rose for the 13th consecutive month in August, rising more than 20% from a year earlier, prelimina..

L’Occitane’s billionaire owner decides against deal to take company private

L’Occitane’s billionaire owner decides against deal to take company private

By Rishav Chatterjee (Reuters) – Hong Kong-listed skincare specialist L’Occitane International SA said on Monday its cont..

Hundreds more UK school buildings could be crumbling, says minister

Hundreds more UK school buildings could be crumbling, says minister

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds more school buildings in England might be crumbling and unsafe, Britain’s Educat..

Factbox-What is the G20 and what are the key issues for the 2023 summit?

Factbox-What is the G20 and what are the key issues for the 2023 summit?

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries will attend the two-day G20 Summit in In..

Taiwan to restore power after Typhoon Haikui batters island

Taiwan to restore power after Typhoon Haikui batters island

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan expects to restore power supply by late on Monday to thousands of homes cut off by Typhoon Haikui in the isla..

Sustainability takes back seat in auto industry sourcing decisions – survey

Sustainability takes back seat in auto industry sourcing decisions – survey

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) – Automakers and suppliers are deprioritising sustainability initiatives in their sourci..

Novo Nordisk launches weight-loss drug Wegovy in Britain

Novo Nordisk launches weight-loss drug Wegovy in Britain

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk launched its weight-loss injection Wegovy in Britain on Monday, its second debut in Eur..

Bosch expects sales in core mobility division to grow 10% in 2023

Bosch expects sales in core mobility division to grow 10% in 2023

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bosch, the world’s top automotive supplier, expects sales at its mobility business division to grow..

Nestle divests peanut allergy business Palforzia

Nestle divests peanut allergy business Palforzia

ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle has divested its peanut allergy treatment business Palforzia, the Swiss food company said on Monday, ..

Oil inches higher on OPEC+ supply cut expectations

Oil inches higher on OPEC+ supply cut expectations

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Monday, supported by expectations that major producers will ke..

Czech Finance Ministry proposes 2024 state budget with $11.3 billion deficit

Czech Finance Ministry proposes 2024 state budget with $11.3 billion deficit

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Finance Ministry has proposed a 2024 central state budget with a 252 billion crown ($11.36 billion..

Cybercrime to cost Germany 206 billion euros in 2023 -survey

Cybercrime to cost Germany 206 billion euros in 2023 -survey

BERLIN (Reuters) -The theft of IT equipment and data, as well as digital and industrial espionage and sabotage, will cost Germany 206..

Why is Huawei’s new smartphone generating so much buzz?

Why is Huawei’s new smartphone generating so much buzz?

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -The surprise launch of the latest high-end smartphone from Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has trig..

UK statistics office revises up strength of post-COVID bounce back

UK statistics office revises up strength of post-COVID bounce back

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s statistics office has sharply revised up its estimate for the size of the economy..

NatWest appoints former Nationwide CFO to its UK bank board

NatWest appoints former Nationwide CFO to its UK bank board

LONDON (Reuters) – NatWest has appointed Mark Rennison, a former Nationwide Building Society Chief Financial Officer, to the bo..

Airline SAS to boost capacity after first quarterly profit since 2019

Airline SAS to boost capacity after first quarterly profit since 2019

By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scandinavian airline SAS plans to ramp-up winter capacity this year, the company said on Friday ..

British home prices to fall 4% in 2023 as borrowing costs bite – Reuters poll

British home prices to fall 4% in 2023 as borrowing costs bite – Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – British home prices will fall 4% this year, more than was thought a few months ago, as hig..

Dollar set for weekly loss as crucial US jobs data looms

Dollar set for weekly loss as crucial US jobs data looms

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar was on course to snap a six-week winning streak against major peers on Friday, a..

Swiss takeover board rules NewGAMe’s partial offer for GAM shares complies with rules

Swiss takeover board rules NewGAMe’s partial offer for GAM shares complies with rules

(Reuters) – Switzerland’s takeover board has ruled that a partial offer for up to 28 million shares of GAM Holding by an ..

Dell raises full-year forecasts on AI strength, demand recovery

Dell raises full-year forecasts on AI strength, demand recovery

By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Dell Technologies raised its full-year forecast for revenue and profit on Thursday, as it benefi..

French data watchdog carries out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris office

French data watchdog carries out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris office

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Martin Coulter PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data watchdog carried out “checks” at Worldcoin̵..

StanChart CFO Halford to retire, hires former BofA senior banker

StanChart CFO Halford to retire, hires former BofA senior banker

(Reuters) -Standard Chartered said on Thursday Andy Halford has decided to retire as chief financial officer, with former Bank of Amer..

Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google’s Fitbit

Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google’s Fitbit

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Aus..

UK business optimism at 18-month high on hopes for rate hike pause

UK business optimism at 18-month high on hopes for rate hike pause

LONDON (Reuters) – British companies are their most confident since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a s..

UK’s car output continues growth streak for six months in July- SMMT

UK’s car output continues growth streak for six months in July- SMMT

(Reuters) – Britain’s car production rose for the sixth consecutive month in July as automakers continued to recover from..

French prices to stay high till March -Les Mousquetaires grocery chain

French prices to stay high till March -Les Mousquetaires grocery chain

PARIS (Reuters) -Retail prices in France will not fall significantly before March, the boss of supermarkets group Les Mousquetaires s..

European car sales rise 15% in July, EVs up nearly 61%

European car sales rise 15% in July, EVs up nearly 61%

LONDON (Reuters) – European new car registrations jumped 15.2% in July, the 12th consecutive month of growth as the auto indust..

Australia’s Orora confirms talks to buy French glass bottles maker Saverglass

Australia’s Orora confirms talks to buy French glass bottles maker Saverglass

(Reuters) – Australian packaging firm Orora Ltd confirmed on Wednesday it was in advanced discussions regarding a potential acqu..

England to rollout world-first seven-minute cancer treatment jab

England to rollout world-first seven-minute cancer treatment jab

(Reuters) – Britain’s state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats ..

Oil rises 1% on softer dollar, US braces for hurricane hit

Oil rises 1% on softer dollar, US braces for hurricane hit

By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) -Oil prices rallied more than a dollar a barrel on Tuesday as the greenback slid, while investors ..

Russia’s Rosneft shows H1 net income at 652 billion rbls

Russia’s Rosneft shows H1 net income at 652 billion rbls

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said on Tuesday its January to June net income reached 652 billio..

Thyssenkrupp’s Nucera targets growth to meet green hydrogen demand

Thyssenkrupp’s Nucera targets growth to meet green hydrogen demand

By Rachel More and Tom Käckenhoff BERLIN (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp Nucera laid out growth plans on Monday after reporting strong ..

Paralympics-Paris 2024 eyes sell-out crowds to beat London record – IPC

Paralympics-Paris 2024 eyes sell-out crowds to beat London record – IPC

By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) – The Paris 2024 Paralympics aim to sell every one of the 2.8 million tickets before the global e..

Analysis-Nvidia’s $25 billion buyback ‘a head-scratcher’ for some shareholders

Analysis-Nvidia’s $25 billion buyback ‘a head-scratcher’ for some shareholders

By Lewis Krauskopf, Chibuike Oguh and Lance Tupper NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia’s move to buy back $25 billion of its shar..

Shell taps Goldman Sachs to explore Singapore refinery sale -sources

Shell taps Goldman Sachs to explore Singapore refinery sale -sources

By Trixie Yap, Chen Aizhu and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Shell is considering a sale of its Singapore refining and petrochemic..

Reactions as India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing

Reactions as India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Wednesday became the fourth country to land on the moon after the Indian Space Research Organisation..

Germany plans to double AI funding in race with China, U.S

Germany plans to double AI funding in race with China, U.S

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to almost double its public funding for artificial intelligence research to nearly a billion e..