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By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH – LVMH’s luxury watch brands Hublot and Bulgari have pushed sales above 2019 levels in the past year and more growth is expected this year on …

By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS -The European Union is ready to impose “never-seen-before” economic sanctions on Russia if it attacks Ukraine, Denmark said on Monday, and EU foreign …

By Pushkala Aripaka and Richa Naidu – Shares in Unilever rose 6% on Monday on reports that activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a stake in the consumer goods giant …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Former Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged on Monday he had been at a 1980 meeting over a sexual abuse case when archbishop of Munich, saying …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI -Two U.S. aircraft carrier groups have entered the disputed South China Sea for training, the Department of Defense said on Monday as Taiwan reported a new …

By Lindsay Dunsmuir – As the U.S. Federal Reserve pivots on monetary policy and flags it may raise interest rates as many as four times this year to tame inflation …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve may not raise interest rates until March, but officials’ tougher language about inflation is already kicking in, with borrowing costs rising for …

FRANKFURT – Germany’s economy likely shrank in the fourth quarter as manufacturing remained constrained by supply bottlenecks and consumption dropped on renewed coronavirus fears, the Bundesbank said in a monthly …

NEW YORK – Sarah Palin and the New York Times are set to face off in a New York courtroom on Monday at a trial in which the 2008 Republican …

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – While the Federal Reserve’s paper on potentially adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will advance debate in Washington, its decision to kick the issue …

BERLIN – Volkswagen’s carbon emissions from passenger vehicles in 2021 were around 2% under the European target limits at 118 grams per kilometre, according to preliminary figures, the carmaker said …

By Andy Bruce LONDON – British business activity cooled unexpectedly this month to an 11-month low but cost pressures stayed high, according to a survey that leaves the Bank of …

By Anirban Sen – Shares of the blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with former President Donald Trump’s social media venture have outperformed every other special purpose acquisition company …

By Carolina Mandl and Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO – A frenzy of talks for mergers and acquisitions has caught some Brazilian bankers off-guard in the early weeks of 2022. With …

BEIJING -A district in China’s capital will begin a new round of COVID-19 tests among its roughly 2 million residents on Tuesday, as flare-ups persisted in the city ahead of …

BEIJING -Organisers of next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive …

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG – Hong Kong has told some civil servants to work from home from Tuesday, and some banks have given similar instructions to …

FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank is expected to swing to a net loss when it reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday amid a slowdown in revenue at its investment bank, based on …

TAIPEI -Taiwan on Sunday reported the largest incursion since October by China’s air force in its air defence zone, with the island’s defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn …

JERUSALEM – A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them three times more resistant to serious illness than thrice-vaccinated people in the same …

– Inflation is front and centre: Markets will look to the U.S. Federal Reserve for hints on when and how much it may tighten policy to combat inflation at 40-year …

LONDON – American banking giant JPMorgan has merged most of its European Union businesses into a single entity in Germany, it said on Monday, seeking to make its business in …

By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI – Beaten-down dollar bonds issued by Chinese property developers are enticing domestic and global fund managers, some of whom are even planning to …

BERLIN – Strong factory output growth helped by easing supply bottlenecks pushed activity in Germany’s manufacturing sector to a five-month high in January, a survey showed on Monday. IHS Markit’s …

(Refiles to correct spelling of ‘minister’ in paragraph 1) By Kirsty Needham and Eduardo Baptista SYDNEY -A little-known Chinese technology company that took over a WeChat social media account set …