SoftBank to invest $500 million in OpenAI, The Information reports
(Reuters) – Japanese telecom company SoftBank’s Vision Fund will invest $500 million in OpenAI’s latest fundi..
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Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts
LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a qua..
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Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus
BERLIN (Reuters) – Thai retail and property conglomerate Central Group said on Monday it will take over the operational b..
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Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided
By Sarah Young MALVERN, England (Reuters) – Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced b..
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Grifols plans to invest $402 million in new industrial centre, El Economista says
(Reuters) – Spanish drugmaker Grifols plans to invest 360 million euros ($401.98 million) to build a new industrial plant..
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UK house prices rise 0.7% in September, Nationwide says
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in September from August, with the annual growth rat..
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Exclusive-ByteDance plans new AI model trained with Huawei chips, sources say
(Reuters) – TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compat..
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UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year h..
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Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users
-“Everything’s looking much better now!” Spotify said in a post on social media platform X. Spotify did not i..
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Dollar drops after inflation data, Yen rebounds on Ishiba win
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar weakened on Friday after a reading of U.S. inflation indicated price pressures con..
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Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook
By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices held on Friday but remained on track for a weekly fall as investors weighed expect..
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Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal
By Elisa Anzolin and Mimosa Spencer MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) -Moncler’s Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini is tightening his cont..
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Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Aeffe has agreed to transfer the ownership of its ‘Moschino’ brand in..
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Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
LONDON (Reuters) – At least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt..
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UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 closed up on Thursday, though lagging its Europea..
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Europe’s STOXX 600 clocks all-time closing high on China stimulus boost
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and min..
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Stocks rise to records with Micron rally; oil prices slide
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -A widely followed global stock index and the S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday aft..
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Exclusive-Ubisoft activist investor says it has support of 10% of shareholders in management tussle
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – An activist investor pushing for a sale of “Assassin’s Creed” maker Ubis..
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Discounter Pepco’s sales hurt by supply chain disruption
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group said its fourth-quarter underlying revenue was lower th..
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Dollar firm following sharp rebound as Fed speakers eyed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held firm on Thursday following its sharpest rally since early June as tra..
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Polish fashion retailer LPP confirms annual revenue goal of up to $5.5 billion
GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s largest apparel retailer LPP confirmed its full-year revenue target of 20-21 billion zl..
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UniCredit starts process to bring life insurance business in house
MILAN (Reuters) – UniCredit has told Allianz and CNP Assurances that it will buy their stakes in the life insurance joint..
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European shares end marginally lower as energy stocks drop
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 closed slightly lower on Wednesday as energy stocks ..
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Meta shows off prototype augmented-reality glasses at Connect event
By Katie Paul MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms showed off its first working prototype of augmented-re..
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Fonterra’s annual profit falls 25%; shares rise on dividend declaration
By Rajasik Mukherjee (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Fonterra posted a 25% drop in its fiscal 2024 profit on Wednesday, hurt by ..
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Soccer-‘I thought it was AI,’ says Wimbledon director of flooding images at stadium
(Reuters) – AFC Wimbledon’s managing director thought he was looking at AI-created images when he saw pictures of f..
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Solvay to cut 68 jobs in Salindres site throughout 2025
(Reuters) – Belgian chemicals group Solvay announced on Tuesday plans to enter into talks with labour unions to cease pro..
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ECB started issuing fine notices to banks not meeting climate expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has started issuing fine notices to lenders not meeting its long-defined e..
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Spotify expands AI Playlist feature to new markets including US, Canada
(Reuters) – Spotify is expanding its tool that helps create playlists using generative artificial intelligence for premiu..
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UK employers give joint-lowest pay rises since June 2022, Brightmine says
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers gave staff the joint-lowest pay rises since June 2022 in the three months to the end..
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TUI confirms guidance after strong summer season, shares rise
By Andrey Sychev (Reuters) -Europe’s biggest tour operator TUI on Tuesday confirmed its annual guidance and mid-term targ..
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China stimulus pushes global shares to new peak, boosts commodities
By Ankur Banerjee and Sruthi Shankar SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a record high on Tuesday after China u..
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Miniso shares slump on plans to buy stake in Yonghui Superstores
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Miniso Group Holding plunged as much as 39.2% to HK$20 ($2.57) on Tuesday after the company said..
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Unilever CEO looking for first-ever global plastics treaty with “teeth”
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher hopes to see a global plastics treaty that “h..
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Qualcomm’s potential Intel buyout could raise antitrust, foundry concerns
By Aditya Soni and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) -A potential deal to buy Intel could accelerate Qualcomm’s diversification but ..
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Northvolt to axe 1,600 jobs as Europe’s EV hopes stall
By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Northvolt plans to cut 1,600 jobs at its base in Sweden, or about a fifth of its gl..
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Almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa this year, WHO says
LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Demo..
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