Generali’s 9-month profit beats expectations, has 1 billion euros left for potential M&A
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s top insurer Generali beat market expectations with its nine-month results on Thursday as its life and asset management ..
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EV maker Rivian prices IPO above range to raise over $11.9 billion
EV maker Rivian prices IPO above range to raise over $11.9 billion
By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Amazon-backed electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at ..
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Smartphone maker Xiaomi switches China playbook with eye toward EV showrooms
Smartphone maker Xiaomi switches China playbook with eye toward EV showrooms
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is revamping its playbook in its home country by opening thousands of ..
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Volkswagen plans farewell to legendary Santana model in China
Volkswagen plans farewell to legendary Santana model in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Volkswagen plans to stop making Santana cars in China, bidding farewell after over three decades to its first Chinese-made m..
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TSMC, Sony to invest $7 billion for new Japanese chip plant
TSMC, Sony to invest $7 billion for new Japanese chip plant
TOKYO (Reuters) – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on Tuesday it would build a $7 billion chip plant in Japan with Sony Group, ..
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Cavai and Seedtag help Lay’s® to spread the word of its Iconic Restaurant Flavours with innovative, conversational campaign
Cavai and Seedtag help Lay’s® to spread the word of its Iconic Restaurant Flavours with innovative, conversational campaign
London, UK, November 9th 2021: Cavai, the leading conversational advertising cloud, has launched an innovative campaign with PepsiCo’s potato crisps b..
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impact.com Names HubSpot Veteran Kim Walsh as Chief Growth Officer
London, UK, November 9, 2021 – Today, impact.com, the global leading partnership management platform, announced that HubSpot veteran Kim Walsh h..
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World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges -analysts
World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges -analysts
By Kate Abnett GLASGOW (Reuters) – New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global ..
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Greenpeace Germany sues Volkswagen over carbon emissions targets
Greenpeace Germany sues Volkswagen over carbon emissions targets
BERLIN (Reuters) -Environmental activist Clara Mayer and the heads of Greenpeace Germany have sued Volkswagen in a German court, the NGO said on Tuesd..
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WightFibre crosses the River Yar on the way to West Wight
WightFibre crosses the River Yar on the way to West Wight
8 November 2021 Cowes, Isle of Wight, 8 November 2021: West Wight set for full-fibre broadband in 2022 The WightFibre full-fibre Gigabit Island rollou..
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Eager travellers line up for U.S. flights as COVID travel curbs are lifted
Eager travellers line up for U.S. flights as COVID travel curbs are lifted
By Tara Oakes and Antony Paone LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Travellers excited at the prospect of reuniting with family and friends headed for the United S..
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Henkel trims earnings outlook on raw material price spike
Henkel trims earnings outlook on raw material price spike
BERLIN (Reuters) – German consumer goods group Henkel trimmed its full-year earnings outlook on Monday, saying it could not fully compensate for..
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Ant Group starts to differentiate consumer loan business Jiebei from bank loans
Ant Group starts to differentiate consumer loan business Jiebei from bank loans
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ant Group said on Monday that it is making efforts to “differentiate” part of its short-term consu..
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Tennis-Raducanu won’t let off-court commitments interfere with training
Tennis-Raducanu won’t let off-court commitments interfere with training
(Reuters) – Britain’s Emma Raducanu said she will not let her off-court commitments get in the way of training as she looks to return to t..
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Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels
Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels
By Roshan Abraham and Rittik Biswas (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday as some countries in eastern Europe experi..
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U.S. job growth regains momentum; worker shortages persist
U.S. job growth regains momentum; worker shortages persist
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employment increased more than expected in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infe..
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Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut b..
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Japan’s economy likely shrank in Q3 on weak consumption, output – Reuters poll
Japan’s economy likely shrank in Q3 on weak consumption, output – Reuters poll
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely contracted in the third quarter as curbs to contain COVID-19 infections and suppl..
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Britain approves Merck’s COVID-19 pill in world first
Britain approves Merck’s COVID-19 pill in world first
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pil..
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Subsiding Delta wave seen boosting U.S. job growth; worker shortages still a constraint
Subsiding Delta wave seen boosting U.S. job growth; worker shortages still a constraint
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infections ove..
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Nintendo says chip shortage hitting hardware development
Nintendo says chip shortage hitting hardware development
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd said on Friday that a global chip shortage which forced the firm to scale back expectations for ..
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ESSEC Business School launches new MSc in Sustainability Transformation
ESSEC Business School launches new MSc in Sustainability Transformation
4 November 2021 ESSEC Business School will launch a new MSc in Sustainability Transformation in 2022. The MSc is designed to equip future managers wit..
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Britain tells climate talks coal era ending as carbon emissions surge
Britain tells climate talks coal era ending as carbon emissions surge
By Kate Abnett and Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW (Reuters) -U.N. conference host Britain said 77 countries had pledged to phase out coal, dirtiest of the fo..
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Fed, ECB, and BOE hop aboard the ‘transitory’ inflation express
Fed, ECB, and BOE hop aboard the ‘transitory’ inflation express
By Dan Burns and Howard Schneider (Reuters) -The world’s top central banks are pushing back in unison on the idea that higher interest rates wil..
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Firms which secure tax benefits for R&D risk hindering innovation due to heavy political intervention
Firms which secure tax benefits for R&D risk hindering innovation due to heavy political intervention
3 November 2021 Firms that seek out tax benefits for research and development through institutional intermediaries, such as professional and membershi..
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Adverty wins third US patent for BrainImpression™, bringing ad viewability technology to gaming on mobile, TV screens and the wider metaverse
Adverty wins third US patent for BrainImpression™, bringing ad viewability technology to gaming on mobile, TV screens and the wider metaverse
Adverty AB (publ) has been granted its third patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its in-game ad viewability technology BrainIm..
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COP26 coalition worth $130 trillion vows to put climate at heart of finance
COP26 coalition worth $130 trillion vows to put climate at heart of finance
By Simon Jessop and Andrea Shalal GLASGOW (Reuters) -Banks, insurers and investors with around $130 trillion or 40% of the world’s capital at th..
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AirAsia interested in potential Airbus A321neo freighter
AirAsia interested in potential Airbus A321neo freighter
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s AirAsia Group Bhd is in talks with Airbus SE about its interest in the manufacturer develop..
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Online fashion retailer Zalando’s profit falls as in-store sales rebound
Online fashion retailer Zalando’s profit falls as in-store sales rebound
BERLIN (Reuters) -German online fashion retailer Zalando reported a slump in quarterly profit on Wednesday as it offered discounts to try to keep cust..
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UK house prices show unexpected strength in October: Nationwide
UK house prices show unexpected strength in October: Nationwide
LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose last month at a faster rate than expected as robust demand and a lack of new homes coming to the ma..
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‘Pick and mix’ technology promises future-proof universal vaccines against COVID and more
‘Pick and mix’ technology promises future-proof universal vaccines against COVID and more
2 November 2021 LONDON, UK – Imperial College-based biotech startup Baseimmune has secured USD4.8m funding to develop the next generation of fut..
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Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
By Jake Spring and Simon Jessop GLASGOW (Reuters) -More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by..
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Meta denies Kazakh claim of exclusive access to Facebook’s content reporting system
Meta denies Kazakh claim of exclusive access to Facebook’s content reporting system
ALMATY (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Tuesday denied a claim by the Kazakh government that it had been granted exclusive access to..
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Maersk triples quarterly profit despite lower container volumes
Maersk triples quarterly profit despite lower container volumes
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk on Tuesday said record-high freight rates boosted quarterly earnings despite lower cont..
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WeWork rival IWG quarterly revenue dips on prolonged pandemic impact
WeWork rival IWG quarterly revenue dips on prolonged pandemic impact
(Reuters) – Office rental firm IWG Plc reported a slight fall in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday as a resurgence in global COVID-19 cases furth..
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Elon Musk goes viral on Chinese social media with ancient poem post
Elon Musk goes viral on Chinese social media with ancient poem post
(Refiles to fix location in dateline) By Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) – The posting of an ancient Chinese poem by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on..
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Analysis-‘Perfect storm’: Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze
Analysis-‘Perfect storm’: Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze
By Hugo Greenhalgh LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rising mortgage rates, fuel and grocery prices soaring, national insurance contribution..
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