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Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut

Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut

By Katie Paul (Reuters) -Meta Platforms unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for C..

Analysis-Fearing war in Xi’s next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

Analysis-Fearing war in Xi’s next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is bolstering its defences and steeling itself for the possibility of w..

YOOBIC Celebrates Banner Year With Accelerating Global Growth

YOOBIC Celebrates Banner Year With Accelerating Global Growth

  UK based digital workplace pioneer posts 40% global growth driven by new clients including Levi’s & Pure Gym 22 September 2..

ECB’s Villeroy lays out plan for shrinking balance sheet

ECB’s Villeroy lays out plan for shrinking balance sheet

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Central Bank should start shrinking its balance sheet once its interest rate is close to 2%, f..

Caixabank proposes sector-wide freeze in variable mortgage costs, source says

Caixabank proposes sector-wide freeze in variable mortgage costs, source says

MADRID (Reuters) – Caixabank, Spain’s biggest lender by domestic assets, has proposed a sector-wide measure to cushion the..

Germany’s SLM recommends shareholders accept Nikon takeover offer

Germany’s SLM recommends shareholders accept Nikon takeover offer

(Reuters) – The board of German 3D metal printing machine maker SLM Solutions Group AG on Tuesday recommended that its sharehold..

Analysis-Fearing war in Xi’s next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

Analysis-Fearing war in Xi’s next term, Taiwan bolsters defences

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday of a disorderly repricing in markets, saying global financial stab..

British pensions step up multi-billion-pound asset fire sale as need for cash soars

British pensions step up multi-billion-pound asset fire sale as need for cash soars

By Tommy Wilkes and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – UK pension schemes are racing to raise hundreds of billions of pounds to sho..

Germans told to unite over energy crisis amid EU divisions

Germans told to unite over energy crisis amid EU divisions

By Rachel More and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany can weather a winter gas shortage caused by Russia’s war on Ukra..

Stocks tumble globally on raft of economic, political worries

Stocks tumble globally on raft of economic, political worries

By Sinéad Carew and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI’s global index of stocks hit its lowest level in alm..

Sterling snaps four-day drop, but gilt-market havoc tempers gains

Sterling snaps four-day drop, but gilt-market havoc tempers gains

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -The pound snapped a four-day streak of losses on Tuesday in a volatile session, in which the Bank o..

Stellantis aims to boost recycled material content in vehicles

Stellantis aims to boost recycled material content in vehicles

MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis will look to upgrade its medium-term target for the minimum percentage of recycled material in its vehicle..

U.S. dollar drifts higher; yen heads toward level that prompted intervention

U.S. dollar drifts higher; yen heads toward level that prompted intervention

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar edged higher in choppy trading on Tuesday, add..

Damien Hirst burns artworks after collectors pick their NFTs instead

Damien Hirst burns artworks after collectors pick their NFTs instead

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Damien Hirst started burning hundreds of his artworks on Tuesday af..

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) – The Bank of England again sought to stem a sharp sell-off in Britain’s 2.1 trillion pound ($2.3 trillio..

Oil falls more than 2% on recession and China COVID fears

Oil falls more than 2% on recession and China COVID fears

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – Oil slid more than 2% on Tuesday, extending losses of nearly 2% in the previous session, as re..

Scholz: if Germany continues to adapt, we will make it through winter

Scholz: if Germany continues to adapt, we will make it through winter

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will make it through the winter if citizens, companies and policymakers continue to adapt to the coun..

Spain’s Cepsa signs green hydrogen shipping deal with Rotterdam port

Spain’s Cepsa signs green hydrogen shipping deal with Rotterdam port

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish oil and gas group Cepsa has signed a deal with the Dutch port of Rotterdam to ship green hydrogen from south..

France says Belarus could face more sanctions if it gets increasingly involved in Ukraine conflict

France says Belarus could face more sanctions if it gets increasingly involved in Ukraine conflict

PARIS (Reuters) – Belarus could face more sanctions if it gets more and more involved in the Ukraine conflict, French Foreign Af..

Billionaire investor Yuri Milner relinquishes Russian citizenship

Billionaire investor Yuri Milner relinquishes Russian citizenship

(Reuters) – Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner said on Monday he has renounced his Russian citizenship after leaving the co..

Shareholders more likely to support eco-initiatives if they have experienced climate disasters

Shareholders more likely to support eco-initiatives if they have experienced climate disasters

Shareholders in locations recently hit by climate-related disasters such as hurricanes are far more likely to support environmental pr..

The Trials of Developing A Fintech Product

The Trials of Developing A Fintech Product

    By Rosie McConnell, Head of Product at IFX Payments   When looking back over the last few years  or so ther..

EU countries eye deal on more energy measures within weeks

EU countries eye deal on more energy measures within weeks

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries will seek a November deal on more emergency measures to tackle high..

Factbox-European companies offer one-off bonuses, hike pay amid cost-of-living crisis

Factbox-European companies offer one-off bonuses, hike pay amid cost-of-living crisis

(Reuters) -Companies across Europe are offering one-off bonuses and are under pressure to increase pay to help staff with surging food..

Banking crisis breakthroughs win Nobel economics prize for Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig

Banking crisis breakthroughs win Nobel economics prize for Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig

By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A trio of U.S. economists including former Federal Reserve Chair Ben..

Sterling slides as bets for aggressive U.S. tightening boost dollar

Sterling slides as bets for aggressive U.S. tightening boost dollar

By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling slid versus the dollar on Monday after Friday’s strong U.S. labour market data supported..

Renault and Nissan in talks that could reshape autos alliance

Renault and Nissan in talks that could reshape autos alliance

By Gilles Guillaume and Satoshi Sugiyama PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) -Renault and Nissan said on Monday they were in talks about the future ..

Factbox-How Germany’s gas price brake is helping reeling industry

Factbox-How Germany’s gas price brake is helping reeling industry

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A German expert commission that has been charged with drawing up plans to ease the impact of high gas pric..

UK will not urge public to cut energy use, minister says

UK will not urge public to cut energy use, minister says

By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is not asking people to use less energy, climate minister Graham Stuart said on Friday, despite ..

World food price index falls for sixth month in Sept -FAO

World food price index falls for sixth month in Sept -FAO

ROME (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell for a sixth month in a row in September, receding..

Chipmakers weigh on European shares; focus on U.S. jobs data

Chipmakers weigh on European shares; focus on U.S. jobs data

By Devik Jain (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Friday, led by semiconductor firms after weak earnings and forecasts from Samsung ..

Exclusive-Indian car makers propose tax cut on imports in trade deal with Britain

Exclusive-Indian car makers propose tax cut on imports in trade deal with Britain

By Aditi Shah and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian car makers have proposed cutting to 30% the tax rate on imported cars..

Luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch docked in Hong Kong

Luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch docked in Hong Kong

By Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A luxury yacht worth over half a billion U.S. dollars belonging to sanctioned Russian oligar..

Swiss forex reserves down in September

Swiss forex reserves down in September

(Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank’s foreign exchange reserves fell in September, data showed on Friday. The SNB held 807..

UK pub operator Wetherspoon’s loss narrows despite higher costs

UK pub operator Wetherspoon’s loss narrows despite higher costs

(Reuters) -British pub operator J D Wetherspoon’s annual loss narrowed from a year ago, even as the company battled soaring ener..

Channel Tunnel operator GetLink joins other firms in pledging to save energy

Channel Tunnel operator GetLink joins other firms in pledging to save energy

PARIS (Reuters) – Getlink, the company which runs the Channel Tunnel, pledged on Friday measures to cut down on its use of energ..

German retail sales dip more than forecast in August

German retail sales dip more than forecast in August

BERLIN (Reuters) – German retail sales fell by a slightly more-than-forecast 1.3% in August compared to the previous month, data..