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UK year-ahead inflation expectations rise to 5%: Citi/YouGov

UK year-ahead inflation expectations rise to 5%: Citi/YouGov

LONDON (Reuters) -The British public’s expectations for inflation over the coming year rose in June but long-run expectations e..

Apple makes history as first $3 trillion company amid tech stock surge

Apple makes history as first $3 trillion company amid tech stock surge

(Reuters) – Apple Inc became the first company in the world to reach a market value of $3 trillion, buoyed by hopes over its ex..

Australia’s United Malt agrees to $1 billion takeover offer from France’s InVivo

Australia’s United Malt agrees to $1 billion takeover offer from France’s InVivo

By Harish Sridharan and Sybille de La Hamaide (Reuters) -United Malt Group Ltd said on Monday it agreed to a A$1.5 billion ($999 mill..

Hong Kong May retail sales rise 18.4%, sixth month of growth

Hong Kong May retail sales rise 18.4%, sixth month of growth

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s May retail sales rose 18.4% from a year earlier thanks to the revival of inbound touris..

UK car output jumps 27% in May from year earlier on steady EV demand

UK car output jumps 27% in May from year earlier on steady EV demand

(Reuters) – Britain’s car production rose for a fourth straight month in May, driven by higher demand for electric vehicl..

Volkswagen in talks with Tesla to adopt its charging standard

Volkswagen in talks with Tesla to adopt its charging standard

(Reuters) -Volkswagen is in talks with Tesla to adopt its North American Charging Standard (NACS) technology, while the German automa..

AutoStore to appeal London high court loss to Ocado in patent feud

AutoStore to appeal London high court loss to Ocado in patent feud

LONDON (Reuters) – Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore said on Thursday it will appeal a London high court judgement in March whi..

Credit Suisse appoints investment banking management committee -memo

Credit Suisse appoints investment banking management committee -memo

By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG on Thursday appointed an investment banking management committee ..

Britain’s Ocado follows rivals in cutting some prices

Britain’s Ocado follows rivals in cutting some prices

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British online supermarket Ocado Retail has followed rivals by cutting prices of some essentia..

Catalonia cracks down on booming marijuana industry

Catalonia cracks down on booming marijuana industry

By Horaci Garcia and Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Heavily-armed police officers arrived in a well-to-do Barcelona suburb befo..

India’s aerospace suppliers see upside in parts-making from record jet orders

India’s aerospace suppliers see upside in parts-making from record jet orders

By Allison Lampert and Aditi Shah PARIS/DELHI (Reuters) -Indian aerospace suppliers see record jet orders by the country’s top ..

Euro zone lending takes another hit in May

Euro zone lending takes another hit in May

(Reuters) – Euro zone bank lending slowed further in May, dragged down by higher interest rates and a recession in the blocR..

Boohoo urges Revolution Beauty to call general meeting over board changes

Boohoo urges Revolution Beauty to call general meeting over board changes

(Reuters) – Boohoo on Wednesday urged Revolution Beauty to call for its requisitioned general meeting “without further de..

Google lays off staff at its mapping app Waze

Google lays off staff at its mapping app Waze

(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Google on Tuesday said it is cutting jobs at mapping app Waze as it merges the app’s advertising syste..

One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity

One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – One in seven people in the United Kingdom faced hunger last year because they did not have en..

Cryptoverse: Bitcoin bounces on BlackRock buzz

Cryptoverse: Bitcoin bounces on BlackRock buzz

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – What would Satoshi make of it all? Bitcoin, the currency created to subve..

German bond yield curve most inverted in nearly 31 years

German bond yield curve most inverted in nearly 31 years

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The German yield curve was at its most inverted level in nearly 31 years on Tuesday as investors bet th..

Aston Martin’s shares skid after it drops sales volume target

Aston Martin’s shares skid after it drops sales volume target

By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – British luxury carmaker Aston Martin unnerved investors on Tuesday by leaving out a sales ..

Accor plans to add more than 1,200 hotels

Accor plans to add more than 1,200 hotels

(Reuters) -Accor plans to open more than 1,200 hotels in the next five years, increasing the number of its resorts by more than one-f..

China’s state banks seen selling dollars offshore to slow yuan drop – sources

China’s state banks seen selling dollars offshore to slow yuan drop – sources

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s major state-owned banks were seen selling dollars in the offshore spot foreign exchange mar..

Petronas, TotalEnergies and Mitsui ink carbon capture and storage project deal

Petronas, TotalEnergies and Mitsui ink carbon capture and storage project deal

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) –     Petronas said on Tuesday it has signed a development agreement with TotalEnergies Carbon Neutralit..

Dollar holds firm ahead of U.S. durable goods, housing data

Dollar holds firm ahead of U.S. durable goods, housing data

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held its ground against major currencies on Tuesday as tension in Russia simmer..

Britain says Celsa Steel has repaid emergency COVID loan, created 300 jobs

Britain says Celsa Steel has repaid emergency COVID loan, created 300 jobs

LONDON (Reuters) – The British arm of Celsa Steel has fully repaid an emergency COVID loan it received 3 years ago, generating ..

UK’s Sainsbury’s cuts more prices, adding to signs of abating inflation

UK’s Sainsbury’s cuts more prices, adding to signs of abating inflation

By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket Sainsbury’s cut more prices on Monday, adding to evidence ..

Yara postpones clean ammonia IPO after weak valuation

Yara postpones clean ammonia IPO after weak valuation

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s Yara has postponed a planned initial public offering of its Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) business by one o..

German business sentiment points to likelihood of longer recession

German business sentiment points to likelihood of longer recession

BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale worsened for the second consecutive month in June, a survey showed on Monday, indicating tha..

AB Foods raises profit outlook as Primark gets summer boost

AB Foods raises profit outlook as Primark gets summer boost

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Associated British Foods raised its full year profit outlook on Monday with its Primark fashion busi..

Analysis-After the buzz, investors are doing their own homework on AI

Analysis-After the buzz, investors are doing their own homework on AI

By Danilo Masoni and Lucy Raitano MILAN (Reuters) – The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence has boosted market..

PwC Australia says staff involved in tax leak face ‘severe’ consequences

PwC Australia says staff involved in tax leak face ‘severe’ consequences

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia staff who are found to have acted improperly in a scandal over th..

Desperately seeking staff: Paris Airshow lets jobless in for free

Desperately seeking staff: Paris Airshow lets jobless in for free

By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Jean Blondin usually attends the world’s largest air show to find new..

Explainer-Top Indian startup Byju’s battles auditor criticism, board exits

Explainer-Top Indian startup Byju’s battles auditor criticism, board exits

By M. Sriram MUMBAI (Reuters) – Education technology giant Byju’s, one of India’s biggest startups valued at $22 bi..

European shares set for worst week in three months, Siemens Energy plunges

European shares set for worst week in three months, Siemens Energy plunges

By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares dipped on Friday at the end of a central bank policy-packed week that reinforced views..

Investors increase bets on UK recession as rate hikes bite

Investors increase bets on UK recession as rate hikes bite

By Naomi Rovnick and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -Markets are doubling down on bets for a UK recession after the Bank of England..

Exclusive-India’s BPCL in talks with Rosneft to buy oil priced on Dubai benchmark -sources

Exclusive-India’s BPCL in talks with Rosneft to buy oil priced on Dubai benchmark -sources

By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian state-run refiner BPCL is in talks with Rosneft to buy about 6 million metric tons ..

Lithium producers warn global supplies may not meet electric vehicle demand

Lithium producers warn global supplies may not meet electric vehicle demand

By Ernest Scheyder LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Lithium producers are growing anxious that delays in mine permitting, staffing shortag..

Microsoft says new computing service for chemicals can slash R&D time

Microsoft says new computing service for chemicals can slash R&D time

By Stephen Nellis Microsoft Corp on Wednesday introduced a new computing service aimed at helping chemical companies speed up the res..

Analysis-For EV batteries, lithium iron phosphate narrows the gap with nickel, cobalt

Analysis-For EV batteries, lithium iron phosphate narrows the gap with nickel, cobalt

By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – As the auto industry scrambles to produce more affordable electric vehicles, whose most exp..