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Spain election: Bike lanes, low-emission zones in crosshairs in rightist-run cities

Spain election: Bike lanes, low-emission zones in crosshairs in rightist-run cities

By Belén Carreño and Pietro Lombardi MADRID/VALLADOLID (Reuters) – Aiming to highlight the city of Valladolid’s green cre..

TomTom lifts 2023 forecasts after new maps help beat Q2 expectations

TomTom lifts 2023 forecasts after new maps help beat Q2 expectations

By Augustin Turpin (Reuters) -Digital mapping specialist TomTom on Monday raised its full-year revenue and free cash flow forecasts a..

CDS panel rules UBS is sole successor to Credit Suisse after merger

CDS panel rules UBS is sole successor to Credit Suisse after merger

LONDON (Reuters) -A committee that reviews disputes in the credit default swaps (CDS) market said on Monday that UBS is the sole succ..

Luxury group Richemont boosted by Asia recovery but Americas weigh

Luxury group Richemont boosted by Asia recovery but Americas weigh

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Luxury group Richemont reported a 14% increase in first- quarter sales on Monday, boosted by a stron..

Belgium telecom provider Proximus to buy majority stake in India’s Route Mobile

Belgium telecom provider Proximus to buy majority stake in India’s Route Mobile

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Belgian telecom service provider Proximus Group on Monday said it will buy a 57.56% stake in Route Mobile..

Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday

Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday

(Reuters) – Powerful solar flare activity is forecast for Monday which may interfere with short-wave communications, Russian sc..

UN Security Council to hold first talks on AI risks

UN Security Council to hold first talks on AI risks

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council will hold its first formal discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) th..

StanChart to sell sub-Saharan Africa business to Access Bank

StanChart to sell sub-Saharan Africa business to Access Bank

DUBAI (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa ..

Small business distress index hits mid-2020 high

Small business distress index hits mid-2020 high

By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) – Corporate distress among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit its highest since mi..

Auto lobby urges Spain’s next government to commit to decarbonisation

Auto lobby urges Spain’s next government to commit to decarbonisation

((This July 12 story has been corrected to clarify that the forecast is for all car sales in Spain, not just EV sales, in paragraph 8..

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

By Tom Westbrook and Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of favourable regulator..

Italy’s luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local

Italy’s luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local

By Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s luxury fashion groups, which for decades jealously guarded their independence,..

Euro zone ministers agree on gradual wind-down of spending

Euro zone ministers agree on gradual wind-down of spending

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Thursday that the single currency area needed a “determined, gr..

Ericsson’s quarterly operating profit declines, beats expectations

Ericsson’s quarterly operating profit declines, beats expectations

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson reported a 62% fall in second-quarter adjusted operating profit on..

Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source

Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source

By Jonathan Spicer and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone..

Bosch ups investment in hydrogen, begins fuel-cell power module production

Bosch ups investment in hydrogen, begins fuel-cell power module production

BERLIN (Reuters) – German auto supplier Bosch will invest almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell technol..

Elon Musk thinks China is interested in an international AI framework

Elon Musk thinks China is interested in an international AI framework

By Kanishka Singh and Anna Tong WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday he thinks China is interested in a coop..

UK’s Domino’s Pizza Group names new CEO

UK’s Domino’s Pizza Group names new CEO

(Reuters) -Domino’s Pizza Group said on Thursday Andrew Rennie, who has served as the Europe chief for a major franchise operat..

Discount retailer Pepco’s sales growth slows

Discount retailer Pepco’s sales growth slows

LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group reported a slowdown in underlying sales growth in its latest quarter on Thur..

Big companies toughen banking partner screening after crisis – survey

Big companies toughen banking partner screening after crisis – survey

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – Large companies are spreading out their counterparty risk and increasing screening of th..

Wall Street cheers cool CPI with stock rally; dollar, yields decline

Wall Street cheers cool CPI with stock rally; dollar, yields decline

By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks advanced on Wednesday and the dollar and Treasury yields fell after new U.S. inf..

British digital bank Monzo in talks to buy Nordic lender Lunar

British digital bank Monzo in talks to buy Nordic lender Lunar

LONDON (Reuters) – British digital bank Monzo is in early stage discussions about a potential acquisition of Nordic lender Luna..

Germany more flexible on hydrogen transition, emphasises speed – draft

Germany more flexible on hydrogen transition, emphasises speed – draft

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany is set to hold on to its hydrogen economy goals up to 2030 and beyond while pressing for speed an..

Smurfit Kappa eyes wider North Africa expansion after Morocco opening

Smurfit Kappa eyes wider North Africa expansion after Morocco opening

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Europe’s largest paper and packaging producer Smurfit Kappa expects the opening of its firs..

Bank of England says Britain is coping with higher interest rates

Bank of England says Britain is coping with higher interest rates

By David Milliken, Huw Jones and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy is so far proving resilient to a surge i..

Exclusive-SoftBank considering US listing for its PayPay business – sources

Exclusive-SoftBank considering US listing for its PayPay business – sources

By Sam Nussey and Miho Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank is considering a U.S. listing for its PayPay payments business, three source..

Oil steadies amid economic concerns, higher U.S. crude stocks

Oil steadies amid economic concerns, higher U.S. crude stocks

By Laura Sanicola and Trixie Yap (Reuters) -Oil prices barely moved on Wednesday as markets weighed a possible build in U.S. crude st..

IBM mulls using its own AI chip in new cloud service to lower costs

IBM mulls using its own AI chip in new cloud service to lower costs

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – International Business Machines (IBM) is considering the use of artificial intellig..

Zara owner boosts sustainability goals as fast-fashion feels the heat

Zara owner boosts sustainability goals as fast-fashion feels the heat

By Corina Pons and Helen Reid MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex said on Tuesday it will look to recycling and sustainably f..

LG Chem raising $2 billion in exchangeable bonds

LG Chem raising $2 billion in exchangeable bonds

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd is raising $2 billion in bonds that will exchange for LG Energy Solution Ltd ..

Stocks rise, dollar retreats ahead of inflation data

Stocks rise, dollar retreats ahead of inflation data

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares rose and the dollar eased on Tuesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that could support..

Heathrow passenger numbers near pre-pandemic levels in June

Heathrow passenger numbers near pre-pandemic levels in June

LONDON (Reuters) – Heathrow Airport, Britain’s busiest, said 7 million passengers traveled through it last month, putting..

U.S. says to move forward with transfer of F-16 jets to Turkey

U.S. says to move forward with transfer of F-16 jets to Turkey

VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will move forward with the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in consultation..

Analysis-Japan’s changing views on price hikes open door for BOJ policy tweak

Analysis-Japan’s changing views on price hikes open door for BOJ policy tweak

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese consumers may finally be shedding their decades-old frugal min..

Food prices squeeze consumers in June, hot weather boosts summer spending: BRC

Food prices squeeze consumers in June, hot weather boosts summer spending: BRC

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Unusually hot weather boosted sales of sun screen and barbecue food in Britain last month, ..

Lessons of a start up

Lessons of a start up

When I left my banking job to start tech business Huggg, a consumer app proposition that would allow people to ‘send’ someone a coffee..

Oil rises on OPEC+ cuts, weaker dollar

Oil rises on OPEC+ cuts, weaker dollar

By Arathy Somasekhar and Sudarshan Varadhan (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, recouping some of the losses from the prev..