UK supermarket Asda freezes prices of 500 products
LONDON (Reuters) -Asda, Britain’s third largest supermarket group, has frozen the prices of over 500 products until the end of ..
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NATO to set up liaison office in Tokyo, strengthen links in region – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – NATO will set up a liaison office in Tokyo in 2024 and use it as a hub for cooperation with South Korea, Aust..
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BlackRock fund targets greening of materials sector
LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock on Tuesday launched the “Brown to Green Materials Fund” targeting undervalued carbon-in..
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IKEA bets on remote interior design as AI changes sales strategy
By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – IKEA is training call centre workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furnitu..
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Domino’s Pizza to shut 27 stores in Denmark, Australian construction and supply arm
By Navya Mittal (Reuters) – Australia’s Domino’s Pizza Enterprises said on Tuesday it would shut 27 stores in Denma..
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Rio Tinto inks deal to bring iron ore rail car manufacturing to Pilbara
(Reuters) – Mining giant Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it will partner with Western Australia-based Gemco Rail to bring local iron ..
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Oracle beats quarterly revenue estimates on cloud services demand
(Reuters) -Oracle on Monday topped fourth-quarter revenue estimates and forecast an upbeat first quarter, driven by growing demand fo..
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UN chief backs idea of global AI watchdog like nuclear agency
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday backed a proposal by some artificial intelligence e..
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Georg Fischer makes rival bid for Finland’s Uponor, driving up shares
By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Swiss industrial group Georg Fischer (GF) on Monday made a rival offer for plumbing ..
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Dollar edges lower as Fed pause eyed in busy central bank week
By Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar slipped on Monday as traders stayed on guard ahead of policy decision..
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Singapore Airlines appoints first female CFO
(Reuters) -Singapore Airlines said on Monday it appointed insider JoAnn Tan as its first female chief financial officer to replace Ta..
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Odey Asset Management says not gating funds in Crispin Odey succession
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Odey Asset Management is not considering imposing exit restrictions on investors in any of..
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Exclusive-Broadcom set to win EU nod for $61 billion VMware deal, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to gain conditional EU antitrust approval for its $61 billi..
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Westpac to layoff 300 workers in business and retail unit, says trade union
(Reuters) – Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp will cut around 300 jobs in its consumer and business banking segments at a ..
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British supermarket Waitrose cuts prices on 200 products
LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket group Waitrose said on Monday it had reduced the price of more than 200 products as part..
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German media group Axel Springer eyes AI acquisitions
BERLIN (Reuters) – German media giant Axel Springer will establish a dedicated mergers-and-acquisitions team to look at firms s..
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Two-speed economy in Sweden, central bank business survey shows
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s economy is split between export and manufacturing businesses which are doing well and reta..
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Tesco reported to competition watchdog by consumer group over pricing concerns
LONDON (Reuters) -Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, has been reported to the competition regulator by consumer group Which? ov..
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AstraZeneca signs $2 billion agreement with Quell to develop cell therapies
(Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Friday it had signed an agreement with Quell Therapeutics potentially worth more than $2 billio..
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Nomura’s India head of investment banking steps down -sources
NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Nomura Holdings’ India Head of Investment Banking Utpal Oza has stepped down from the firm, sour..
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Dassault Systemes targets doubling of earnings per share by 2028, announces new CEO
(Reuters) -French software provider Dassault Systemes on Friday forecast a doubling of its earnings per share (EPS) by 2028, and anno..
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Japanese investors plan to sue MUFG unit over Credit Suisse bonds – Nikkei
(Reuters) – A group of Japanese investors are planning to file lawsuits against some brokerages based in the country, including..
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Asia shares lifted by Fed pause bets; China real estate retreats
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific equities rose to their highest level since mid-February on Friday, taking cues..
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Analysis-US SEC crackdown on Coinbase, Binance puts crypto exchanges on notice
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Other U.S. crypto exchanges are likely to be in the firing line after the Securities and Exchang..
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FTX U.S. judge expresses doubts about parallel Bahamian bankruptcy
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – The judge overseeing FTX’s U.S. bankruptcy said Thursday that he would not defer ..
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COP28 president says fossil fuels phasedown is inevitable
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – The phasedown of fossil fuels is inevitable, the United Arab Emirates’ incoming COP2..
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CRH shareholders back primary listing switch to New York from London
By Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) – CRH shareholders on Thursday approved a plan to move the building materials company’s p..
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Meta introduces broadcast tool Channels on WhatsApp
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make..
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Kremlin again points to ‘Anglo-Saxons’ over Nord Stream pipeline blasts
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin, commenting on a report that the United States had known last year of a Ukrainian plan to attack the No..
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End of ‘Zero Covid’ fails to boost German investment in China – survey
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – China’s decision to abandon its strict “zero-COVID” policy has not sparked ..
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UK regulator expresses concern over Hitachi-Thales rail signal deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator said Hitachi’s 1.7 billion euro ($1.8 billion) acquisition of Th..
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M&G posts net asset management inflows in Q1
LONDON (Reuters) – M&G recorded 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) of net inflows into its wholesale asset management busines..
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Marketmind: O Canada! Markets wary of Fed hawkish surprise
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Another day, another surprise hike. After the Reserve Bank..
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UK self-driving car dreams could break down at the starting line
By Nick Carey and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could lose out on investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and see ..
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Oil rises on Saudi plan to deepen output cuts from July
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel on Monday after top crude exporter Saudi Arabia pl..
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Richard Teng seen as potential successor to Binance’s Changpeng Zhao -reports
(Reuters) – Richard Teng, Binance’s head of regional markets outside the United States, is seen as the most likely candid..
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Euro zone business growth slowed in May as factories struggled-PMI
LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone business activity was shored up last month by the bloc’s dominant services industry offsetti..
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