Should you tell customers how long they’ll be queuing for this holiday season?
Companies should partially hide information on how long the queue is if their products are highly popular and valuable, accordi..
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Emergency call services, telcos urge EU to protect telecoms networks from power cuts
By Elvira Pollina, Supantha Mukherjee and Mathieu Rosemain MILAN/STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s top telecoms operato..
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First winter cold snap tests French power grid
PARIS (Reuters) – Temperatures hovering near zero in coming days will test the resilience of France’s power network, even ..
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EU seeks deal on law preventing import of deforestation-linked goods
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will attempt to clinch a deal on Monday evening on a law to prevent compa..
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Greece, Britain discussing Parthenon Sculptures return but deal not close, Athens says
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government on Monday quashed local media reports that a deal with Britain over th..
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Historic crown to be modified for King Charles’s coronation
LONDON (Reuters) – The historic St Edward’s Crown, which has been the centrepiece of the coronation of monarchs in Engla..
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Shares slip, yields rise as U.S. data sparks rate hike concerns
By Herbert Lash and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks slid and Treasury yields rose on Monday as investors i..
Finance
Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound slid on Monday, as an initial jolt of investor enthusiasm over signs of possible l..
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BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that pension funds and other ‘non..
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ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December
(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would have to’) By ..
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Analysis-Energy hungry Europe can’t look to U.S. shale to fill any OPEC gap
By Laila Kearney, Liz Hampton and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK/DENVER/HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. shale oil drillers turned from scra..
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Take Five: Ready for that Santa rally?
(Reuters) – Swiss lender Credit Suisse faces a litmus test over its rights issue, just one several trials markets must work thro..
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U.S., EU to address Inflation Reduction Act fears constructively -draft
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union will seek to tackle EU concerns about a new U.S. g..
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Stocks fall as strong U.S. payrolls muddies rate bets
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities took a dip on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields climbed as investors bet on a more..
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Euro zone bond yields rise after U.S. jobs data
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – European government bond yields rose after Friday data showed U.S. employers hired more workers ..
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Reckitt expects U.S. infant formula shortage until spring
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -The near year-long infant formula shortage in the United States that prompted the intervention of t..
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Factbox-Global banks take axe to jobs as cost pressures mount
LONDON (Reuters) – Banks typically trim jobs towards the end of the year, but 2022 has seen a bigger wave of redundancies and la..
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Irish corporate tax boom breaks more records in November
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland took in more corporate tax in November than it used to collect in entire years a decade ago, as a rec..
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Pfizer to invest more than $2.5 billion to expand European manufacturing
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc is investing more than $2.5 billion at its drug making plants in Belgium and Ireland, ..
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Global central banks extend rate hike push in November
By Karin Strohecker and Vincent Flasseur LONDON (Reuters) – The pace and scale of rate hikes delivered by central banks in Novem..
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EU countries consider lower gas price cap – documents
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries will consider on Friday a proposal for a gas price cap slightly lower than..
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Factbox-What European companies are doing as workers face high inflation
(Reuters) -Companies across Europe are offering one-off bonuses and renegotiating wages as surging inflation raises food and energy bi..
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UniCredit to pay bonus, replace 850 older branch staff in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s second-biggest bank UniCredit will give employees in Italy a one-off payment of 2,400 euros ($2,..
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Spain’s labour market resilient as unemployment drops in Nov
MADRID (Reuters) -Unemployment fell and net jobs were created in November in Spain, official data showed on Friday, reflecting strengt..
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Explainer-India G20 presidency 2023: what does it mean and what can we expect
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India began its year-long presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) this week, taking over fr..
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UK parliament committee chair says she talked defence cooperation on Taiwan trip
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A senior British lawmaker said on Friday her delegation had discussed defence cooperation with Taiwan during ..
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Dollar steadies near 16-week low, yuan set for biggest weekly gain since 2005
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar was pinned near 16-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Friday ahead ..
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India’s Reliance makes rare buy of Russian naphtha, ups fuel oil imports
By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Reliance Industries, operator of the world’s largest refining complex,..
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Soccer-World Cup 2022: England’s route to final explained
(Reuters) – England are looking to win their second World Cup title at the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 tournament in Qatar. Here is what you..
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London-based DAACI Ltd invents game-changing automated audio score generator
Today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted DAACI its first US patent covering significant and fundame..
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Engineering skills shortages intensify: Data reveals job applications tumbling
Following a tumultuous period in the first half of the year which saw engineering vacancy numbers shift drastically month-on-mo..
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How to avoid career suicide at the office Christmas party
The office Christmas party is an annual tradition that many people look forward to. However, waking up the next day to realise..
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Window Covering UK Industry-first, lifetime guarantee could save customers thousands.
Window Covering UK Industry-first, lifetime guarantee could save customers thousands.
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EU sets recycling, reuse targets to cut packaging waste
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday new rules to reduce packaging waste thro..
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BYD set to be China’s top-selling car brand for Nov, Tesla gains -data
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – BYD was the top-selling car brand in China in the first four weeks of November, brokerage data showed, outp..
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Portugal’s Q3 growth accelerates with consumption but future not shining
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s economy expanded 0.4% in the third quarter from 0.1% in the previous qua..
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FTX collapse shows urgent need to finalise EU crypto rules, says European Commission
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The “questionable practices” at now collapsed crypto exchange FTX would not have been allow..
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