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Novartis confirms Sandoz spin-off for October 4, 2023

Novartis confirms Sandoz spin-off for October 4, 2023

ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis on Monday confirmed its plans for a 100% spin-off of the Sandoz business on Oct. 4 after shareholde..

Lego abandons effort to make oil-free bricks – FT

Lego abandons effort to make oil-free bricks – FT

(Reuters) – Danish Toymaker Lego has abandoned its effort to ditch oil-based plastics from its bricks after finding that its ne..

Macron wants fuel industry to sell at cost price

Macron wants fuel industry to sell at cost price

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the government would ask the fuel industry to sell at cost pr..

Safran CEO sees supply chain pressure through 2024

Safran CEO sees supply chain pressure through 2024

PARIS (Reuters) -Global aerospace supply chains will remain under pressure throughout 2024, Safran CEO Olivier Andries said on Friday..

UK’s Mothercare says it expects to complete refinancing shortly

UK’s Mothercare says it expects to complete refinancing shortly

(Reuters) -Mothercare expects to complete a refinancing shortly and will remain in discussions with stakeholders and financing partne..

France’s Eramet and Suez pick Dunkirk for EV battery recycling

France’s Eramet and Suez pick Dunkirk for EV battery recycling

PARIS (Reuters) – Eramet and Suez have chosen Dunkirk as the location for a planned electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling fac..

Analysis-A year after budget crisis, UK debt faces fresh pensions headwind

Analysis-A year after budget crisis, UK debt faces fresh pensions headwind

By Yoruk Bahceli and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pensions industry, Europe’s biggest, is posing a new..

Warner Bros to expand British studios’ production capacity by over 50%

Warner Bros to expand British studios’ production capacity by over 50%

By David Lawder (Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery on Thursday said it planned to expand production capacity at its Leavesden studios n..

Irish consumer sentiment drops to six-month low, survey shows

Irish consumer sentiment drops to six-month low, survey shows

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low in September, a survey showed on Friday, pointing to an ..

UK’s Hunt says unclear when taxes can be cut amid interest cost pressure

UK’s Hunt says unclear when taxes can be cut amid interest cost pressure

By David Lawder (Reuters) -British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that higher long term interest rates were pressuring..

Russia temporarily bans fuel exports to most countries in response to shortages

Russia temporarily bans fuel exports to most countries in response to shortages

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a circle of four ex-Soviet st..

How to build a credit history before applying for a car loan

How to build a credit history before applying for a car loan

Many consumers think never having any credit in the past is a good thing. However, credit scores are based on previous behaviours, an..

Bringing emotional intelligence into business

Bringing emotional intelligence into business

By Sherrie Laryse I teach Emotional Intelligence, a concept that is fashionably thrown around a lot these days, yet, understood very ..

How AI-powered technology impacts the service delivery industry 

How AI-powered technology impacts the service delivery industry 

By Rune Sovndahl, Co-founder, Fantastic Services Technology has always revolutionised the service delivery industry. However, its rol..

How to buy government bonds

How to buy government bonds

Investing wisely is about striking a balance between risk and security, and government bonds are a prime example of that balance. The..

More than a fifth of cars sold in EU in August were full EVs – ACEA

More than a fifth of cars sold in EU in August were full EVs – ACEA

LONDON (Reuters) – Just over one in five new cars sold in the European Union in August was fully electric, as sales of zero-emis..

Oil falls ahead of Fed rate policy announcement

Oil falls ahead of Fed rate policy announcement

By Yuka Obayashi and Emily Chow TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices retreated further from 10-month highs on Wednesday ahead of the U...

King Charles heads to France for three-day state visit

King Charles heads to France for three-day state visit

By Elizabeth Pineau and Michael Holden PARIS (Reuters) – King Charles will arrive in France on Wednesday for a three-day state ..

UK PM Sunak to announce more ‘proportionate’ climate response

UK PM Sunak to announce more ‘proportionate’ climate response

By Elizabeth Piper and William James LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will give a speech this week in which he is..

Musk’s Neuralink to start human trial of brain implant for paralysis patients

Musk’s Neuralink to start human trial of brain implant for paralysis patients

(Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an i..

Where does BaaS go from here: the future of Banking-as-a-Service in the UK 

Where does BaaS go from here: the future of Banking-as-a-Service in the UK 

By Marouane Bakhtar, Managing Director UK, Synpulse  The UK is a longstanding player in the banking market, offering financial servic..

Novo Nordisk contracts South Africa’s Aspen to produce insulin for African nations

Novo Nordisk contracts South Africa’s Aspen to produce insulin for African nations

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk has contracted Aspen Pharmacare to produce human insulin on its behalf in South ..

B&Q owner Kingfisher cuts profit forecast as Poland, France drag

B&Q owner Kingfisher cuts profit forecast as Poland, France drag

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -European home improvement retailer Kingfisher downgraded its annual profit forecast by 7% on Tuesday..

UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown bets on increased savings to sustain growth

UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown bets on increased savings to sustain growth

By Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) -Hargreaves Lansdown is betting on savers to fuel growth despite subdued investment and trading activit..

Tour operator TUI confirms full-year outlook on back of strong bookings

Tour operator TUI confirms full-year outlook on back of strong bookings

By Joanna Plucinska LONDON (Reuters) -Tour group TUI on Tuesday confirmed its full-year outlook for the 2023 financial year, citing s..

Sabato De Sarno to hit Milan catwalk on Friday with high stakes Gucci debut

Sabato De Sarno to hit Milan catwalk on Friday with high stakes Gucci debut

By Mimosa Spencer and Elisa Anzolin MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno takes to the runway in Mila..

Societe Generale vision falls flat as Europe’s banks falter

Societe Generale vision falls flat as Europe’s banks falter

By John O’Donnell and Mathieu Rosemain LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) -Societe Generale’s much-hyped new strategy plans were giv..

Santander creates two new global businesses for retail, consumer areas

Santander creates two new global businesses for retail, consumer areas

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Santander is consolidating its retail, commercial and consumer activities across all ..

Italy relies on GDP revisions to limit 2023 deficit rise -sources

Italy relies on GDP revisions to limit 2023 deficit rise -sources

By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Italy hopes upcoming revisions to GDP growth data for 2020-22 will limit wha..

ECB to tackle excess liquidity in next stage of inflation fight -sources

ECB to tackle excess liquidity in next stage of inflation fight -sources

By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -European Central Bank policymakers want to soon start discussing how to t..

King Charles and France’s Macron hope to build on personal bond post-Brexit

King Charles and France’s Macron hope to build on personal bond post-Brexit

By Michel Rose, Elizabeth Pineau and Michael Holden PARIS (Reuters) -After flames engulfed France’s Notre-Dame cathedral in 201..

EU reticent to postpone Brexit tariffs on EVs, says UK auto body

EU reticent to postpone Brexit tariffs on EVs, says UK auto body

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union is reticent about agreeing to Britain’s plea to postpone loomin..

Dollar steady as week of key central bank decisions kicks off

Dollar steady as week of key central bank decisions kicks off

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar held steady against a basket of currencies on Monday, hovering near a six-mo..

Britain hands $621 million to Tata Steel, 3,000 jobs could go

Britain hands $621 million to Tata Steel, 3,000 jobs could go

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is to pump 500 million pounds ($621 million) into Tata Steel to decarbonise its Welsh site, ..

Italy’s Edison inaugurates power station partly funded by citizens

Italy’s Edison inaugurates power station partly funded by citizens

QUASSOLO, Italy (Reuters) – Italian utility Edison on Friday inaugurated a new hydroelectric power station partly financed by th..

ECB’s Lagarde: rate cut not on the agenda

ECB’s Lagarde: rate cut not on the agenda

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA (Reuters) – An interest rate cut is not on the European Central Bank’s agenda, ECB President Chri..

Apple to update iPhone 12 software in France to settle radiation row

Apple to update iPhone 12 software in France to settle radiation row

PARIS (Reuters) – Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France to settle a row with regul..