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French bank Credit Agricole to buy 50% of GAC’s leasing unit

French bank Credit Agricole to buy 50% of GAC’s leasing unit

  By Mathieu Rosemain and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) -Credit Agricole is planning to buy a 50% stake in the leasing unit of ..

Tech stocks hurt STOXX 600, ASML logs biggest one-day drop in 26 years

Tech stocks hurt STOXX 600, ASML logs biggest one-day drop in 26 years

  By Paolo Laudani, Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European shares posted their biggest one-day drop in over two w..

Adidas raises 2024 guidance again, citing good brand momentum

Adidas raises 2024 guidance again, citing good brand momentum

  (Reuters) -Adidas on Tuesday raised its full-year sales and profit guidance, citing better than expected performance in the thi..

Britain’s SSE rebuffed EDP proposal to merge, sources say

Britain’s SSE rebuffed EDP proposal to merge, sources say

  By Andres Gonzalez, Sarah McFarlane and Sergio Goncalves LONDON (Reuters) – Portugal’s main power utility EDP initi..

Blackstone to invest $8.2 billion in data centres in northeastern Spain

Blackstone to invest $8.2 billion in data centres in northeastern Spain

  MADRID (Reuters) – Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, plans to invest 7.5 billion euros ($8..

Prospering in Economic Uncertainty: A Strategic Guide for Entrepreneurs

Prospering in Economic Uncertainty: A Strategic Guide for Entrepreneurs

In times of economic uncertainty, rising inflation, and financial instability, entrepreneurs need to embrace strategies that promote r..

Spain 12-month EU-harmonised inflation falls to 1.7% in September

Spain 12-month EU-harmonised inflation falls to 1.7% in September

  (Reuters) – Spain’s European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation fell to 1.7% in September, down from 2.4% in the p..

Adobe starts roll-out of AI video tools, challenging OpenAI and Meta

Adobe starts roll-out of AI video tools, challenging OpenAI and Meta

  (Reuters) – Adobe on Monday said it has started publicly distributing an AI model that can generate video from text promp..

US tech firms to invest $8.2 billion in UK data centres

US tech firms to invest $8.2 billion in UK data centres

  LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that U.S. firms ServiceNow, CyrusOne, CloudHQ and CoreWeave would invest a comb..

Tesla’s sporty, two-seater robotaxi design puzzles experts

Tesla’s sporty, two-seater robotaxi design puzzles experts

  By Abhirup Roy and Chris Kirkham SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla’s reveal of a robotaxi designed as a low-slung, two-seate..

Hungary seeks housing boost from pensions ahead of 2026 election

Hungary seeks housing boost from pensions ahead of 2026 election

  By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s economy ministry proposed on Monday that savings in private pension acco..

Sterling dips as investors look to UK jobs, inflation reports this week

Sterling dips as investors look to UK jobs, inflation reports this week

  By Medha Singh LONDON (Reuters) – The pound held near a one-month low against the dollar on Monday ahead of wage growth a..

Exclusive-Ericsson gets new 5G contract from India’s Bharti Airtel, sources say

Exclusive-Ericsson gets new 5G contract from India’s Bharti Airtel, sources say

  By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson has received a new multi-billion dollar contract..

Stellantis’ CEO declines to rule out job cuts in challenging market

Stellantis’ CEO declines to rule out job cuts in challenging market

  PARIS (Reuters) – Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares on Monday declined to rule out job cuts and said keeping up with Chinese ..

Inside China’s bid to build sway over global metals pricing

Inside China’s bid to build sway over global metals pricing

  By Pratima Desai and Siyi Liu LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is locking in steps to shape the pricing of the vast qua..

Geopolitics dents big UK businesses’ optimism, Deloitte says

Geopolitics dents big UK businesses’ optimism, Deloitte says

  By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Optimism in large British companies softened ahead of the new Labour government’s first a..

Athletics-Kenya’s Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record

Athletics-Kenya’s Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record

  (Reuters) -Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world..

NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbor life

NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbor life

  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon Europa, considered one o..

Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation

Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation

  MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian-run space centre in Kenya will be used again for the launch of Earth observation satellites ..

Dollar flat against peers as markets digest U.S. economic data

Dollar flat against peers as markets digest U.S. economic data

By Chibuike Oguh, Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was little changed against major currencies on Friday as market..

Stocks higher after inflation data keeps Fed expectations on hold

Stocks higher after inflation data keeps Fed expectations on hold

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks were higher and poised for a weekly gain while longer-dated U.S. Treasury yield..

UK economy returns to growth in August after two months of stagnation

UK economy returns to growth in August after two months of stagnation

By Suban Abdulla and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy grew in August after two consecutive months of stagnation, p..

Hungary’s economy to get boost from housing next year, PM Orban says

Hungary’s economy to get boost from housing next year, PM Orban says

  By Gergely Szakacs and Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s economic growth will accelerate substantially in the f..

Dutch economy minister pushes for European chip industry coalition

Dutch economy minister pushes for European chip industry coalition

  ROME (Reuters) – The Dutch economy minister said on Thursday he wants to form a European Union “coalition of the wi..

Tesla to give permanent jobs to 500 temporary staff at German gigafactory

Tesla to give permanent jobs to 500 temporary staff at German gigafactory

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tesla on Thursday said it would give permanent jobs from Nov. 1 to 500 temporary workers at its German gig..

Spain’s top fashion retailers to launch trial to collect clothes waste in 2025

Spain’s top fashion retailers to launch trial to collect clothes waste in 2025

  By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s largest fashion companies will start collecting discarded clothes from Ap..

IKEA sales fall 5% after price cuts amid weak housing market

IKEA sales fall 5% after price cuts amid weak housing market

  By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – IKEA annual sales fell 5% after the Swedish budget homeware retailer cut prices in a bid..

UK property market strengthens, pressure on renters intensifies, RICS says

UK property market strengthens, pressure on renters intensifies, RICS says

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market recovered further last month, according to property surveyors who said house p..

Hurricane Milton leaves Florida with less damage than feared

Hurricane Milton leaves Florida with less damage than feared

By Leonara LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursda..

Britain outlines details of closely watched workers’ rights plan

Britain outlines details of closely watched workers’ rights plan

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Labour government set out its plans on Thursday for the biggest change to employment law in a genera..

Sterling hovers near one-month low ahead of US inflation print

Sterling hovers near one-month low ahead of US inflation print

  LONDON (Reuters) – The pound was flat on Thursday, hovering near its lowest level against the dollar in a month, as trade..

French government to present 2025 belt-tightening budget

French government to present 2025 belt-tightening budget

  By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government is to deliver its 2025 budget on Thursday with plans for 60 b..

Britain sets out funding model for renewable energy storage projects

Britain sets out funding model for renewable energy storage projects

  By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will offer developers of renewable energy storage projects, such as pumped ..

Multilateral banks could lend up to $480 billion more before rating downgrades, Fitch says 

Multilateral banks could lend up to $480 billion more before rating downgrades, Fitch says 

  (Reuters) – A dozen of the largest multilateral development banks could collectively lend a further half-trillion dollars..

Insurer Aviva secures $2 billion pensions buy-in

Insurer Aviva secures $2 billion pensions buy-in

  LONDON (Reuters) – British insurer Aviva has completed a 1.5 billion pound ($1.96 billion) bulk annuity buy-in deal with ..

Stocks, US yields up after Fed minutes; inflation data on deck

Stocks, US yields up after Fed minutes; inflation data on deck

  By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks advanced on Wednesday along with U.S. Treasury yields, as minutes from t..

Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86

Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86

  By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate o..