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Russian central bank gives legal entities green light to trade foreign shares

Russian central bank gives legal entities green light to trade foreign shares

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Bank of Russia on Thursday gave legal entities the green light to buy the securities of “unfriendly”..

UK’s Kwarteng: Mini budget was essential in resetting debate around growth

UK’s Kwarteng: Mini budget was essential in resetting debate around growth

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s so-called mini budget was essential in helping reset the debate around growth,..

Dollar dishes the pain as selloff rumbles on

Dollar dishes the pain as selloff rumbles on

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Investors pedalled into another cycle of selling on Thursday as the dollar tightened its strang..

Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

Balmoral Castle, her summer home in the Scottish highlands, on Sept. 8. The certificate records her time of death as 3.10 p.m. (1410 G..

ECB policymakers back jumbo rate hike, differ on balance sheet cut

ECB policymakers back jumbo rate hike, differ on balance sheet cut

By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi VILNIUS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers continued to line up beh..

UK banks and insurers told to step up help for struggling customers

UK banks and insurers told to step up help for struggling customers

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told banks and insurers on Thursday to do more..

H&M to cut costs as profits hit by inflation, cautious shoppers

H&M to cut costs as profits hit by inflation, cautious shoppers

By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – H&M, the world’s No.2 fashion retailer, launched a 2 billion Swedish crown ($1..

CEO Blume hails ‘historic moment’ as Porsche AG lists on Frankfurt exchange

CEO Blume hails ‘historic moment’ as Porsche AG lists on Frankfurt exchange

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Porsche AG Chief Executive Oliver Blume rang the bell and hugged colleagues on what he called the “h..

Polish e-commerce leader Allegro trims forecast over inflation fears

Polish e-commerce leader Allegro trims forecast over inflation fears

By Anna Pruchnicka (Reuters) – Poland’s biggest e-commerce company Allegro trimmed its full-year guidance on Thursday for ..

M&G appoints former head of AXA Investment Managers Andrea Rossi as new CEO

M&G appoints former head of AXA Investment Managers Andrea Rossi as new CEO

LONDON (Reuters) – British investment manager M&G said on Thursday that Andrea Rossi, a former head of AXA Investment Manage..

Challenging ‘orthodoxy,’ Kwarteng clings on after UK market rout

Challenging ‘orthodoxy,’ Kwarteng clings on after UK market rout

By Sinead Cruise, Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – As new British finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng hoped to..

U.S. says it has agreed Pacific Islands partnership, offering ‘big dollar’ aid

U.S. says it has agreed Pacific Islands partnership, offering ‘big dollar’ aid

By David Brunnstrom, Alexandra Alper and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said at a summit with Pacific island ..

Cricket-Injured Buttler ‘progressing well’ ahead of T20 World Cup

Cricket-Injured Buttler ‘progressing well’ ahead of T20 World Cup

(Reuters) – England’s limited-overs captain Jos Buttler said he is making good progress in his recovery from a calf injury..

UK car output rises in August, soaring costs cast shadow over recovery

UK car output rises in August, soaring costs cast shadow over recovery

(Reuters) – British car production rose for a fourth straight month in August, compared with a year earlier, although record inp..

UK banks told to reimburse customers tricked by scams

UK banks told to reimburse customers tricked by scams

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks will have to reimburse customers tricked into sending money in a type of online scam that ..

Private equity funds approach Italy’s Serie A to explore media rights deal -sources

Private equity funds approach Italy’s Serie A to explore media rights deal -sources

By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Apax Partners, Three Hills Capital Partners, Carlyle Group and Searchlight Capital have approached ..

Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders

Bitcoin-sterling volumes spike to record high as British currency flounders

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Trading volumes between the British pound and the cryptocurrency bitcoin spiked to a re..

PIMCO CIO says UK market chaos not systemic but will have global impact

PIMCO CIO says UK market chaos not systemic but will have global impact

(Corrects name of conference to Delivering Alpha in first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The collapse of the British pound an..

Finland watching its waters closely after gas pipeline blasts, PM says

Finland watching its waters closely after gas pipeline blasts, PM says

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland is watching its territorial waters very closely following explosions of two Nord Stream gas pipelin..

Italy slashes 2023 growth forecast but sees public finances improving

Italy slashes 2023 growth forecast but sees public finances improving

By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Mario Draghi’s outgoing Italian government on Wednesday slashed next ye..

Amazon.com unveils device that tracks breath while sleeping

Amazon.com unveils device that tracks breath while sleeping

(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday announced a contactless gadget that can monitor people’s sleep, along with updates to its..

Explainer-Why is Bank of England acting again? What next in the UK crisis?

Explainer-Why is Bank of England acting again? What next in the UK crisis?

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank resorted to buying bonds again on Wednesday in an emergency move to reduce the c..

UK housing market may face perfect storm as mortgage rates rise, house prices drop

UK housing market may face perfect storm as mortgage rates rise, house prices drop

By Andy Bruce, Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – A surge in borrowing costs and a likely slowdown in economic gr..

Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe

Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe

By Davide Barbuscia, Marc Jones and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The scale and speed of the sell-off in British ..

Chile authorities scour mountains for missing British astronomer

Chile authorities scour mountains for missing British astronomer

By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile authorities on Wednesday were scouring an arid mountainous region of the ..

Apple falls on fears of slowing iPhone 14 demand

Apple falls on fears of slowing iPhone 14 demand

By Medha Singh and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Apple Inc shares fell more than 4% on Wednesday after a report that the tech giant was dit..

How digital transformation can create a more personalised high-street banking experience

How digital transformation can create a more personalised high-street banking experience

Roisin Levine Roisin Levine, Head of UKI & European Partnerships, Wise Platform There’s little in life more personal t..

Lilium aims to build 400 air taxis a year, seek grants

Lilium aims to build 400 air taxis a year, seek grants

PARIS (Reuters) – German air taxi developer Lilium Air Mobility plans to set up industrial capacity to make some 400 of its elec..

What is known so far about the Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks

What is known so far about the Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Three unexplained gas leaks detected in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines from Russia to Ger..

Bank of England statement on purchase of long-dated bonds

Bank of England statement on purchase of long-dated bonds

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England said on Wednesday it would start a temporary programme of bond purchases to stabilise the..

Boohoo says exposure to sterling plunge is limited – finance chief

Boohoo says exposure to sterling plunge is limited – finance chief

LONDON (Reuters) – British online fashion retailer Boohoo said on Wednesday its exposure to the recent plunge in the value of th..

Lego posts strong growth on robust demand, new store openings

Lego posts strong growth on robust demand, new store openings

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Lego on Wednesday posted double-digit sales growth in the first half of the ye..

Porsche’s blockbuster IPO is no ‘gamechanger’ for Europe’s battered markets

Porsche’s blockbuster IPO is no ‘gamechanger’ for Europe’s battered markets

By Lucy Raitano and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – Porsche’s landmark listing is defying market turmoil giving a welco..

Inflation weighs on consumer morale in euro zone’s big three economies

Inflation weighs on consumer morale in euro zone’s big three economies

BERLIN (Reuters) -Consumer morale was down across the euro zone’s three largest economies as high inflation shows no sign of rel..

Drinks group Pernod hires former Kering executive Oudinot for new unit

Drinks group Pernod hires former Kering executive Oudinot for new unit

PARIS (Reuters) – French drinks group Pernod said it had hired Nicolas Oudinot, a former leading executive at luxury goods fashi..

Stocks hit two-year lows, sterling comes under fire

Stocks hit two-year lows, sterling comes under fire

By Wayne Cole and Amanda Cooper LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – World shares sank to two-year lows on Wednesday, hammered by spirallin..

Apple drops plan to boost iPhone production as demand falters-Bloomberg

Apple drops plan to boost iPhone production as demand falters-Bloomberg

(Reuters) -Apple Inc is dropping plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed..