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By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – Ukraine, hoping to tap fresh sources of money to fund its defence efforts, is looking at ways to extend a domestic…
By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – Ukraine, hoping to tap fresh sources of money to fund its defence efforts, is looking at ways to extend a domestic…
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold retreated on Friday and was set to post a weekly decline after robust U.S. jobs data drove the dollar higher and bolstered bets that…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday sharply boosted fuel economy standards for vehicles, reversing former President Donald Trump’s rollback of U.S. regulations aimed at improving gas…
By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) – Marine fuel sellers have stopped serving vessels flying the Russian flag at major European hubs including Spain and Malta in another blow to Moscow’s exports,…
By Nick Carey LONDON -UPS said on Friday it was trying out a four-wheeled “eQuad” electric cargo bike for deliveries in densely packed urban areas, where bikes have better and…
MADRID – Spain’s BBVA on Friday said it had bought back 662 branches, which it sold between 2009 and 2010 under a sale and lease back agreement to Tree Inversiones…
LONDON – Nickel volumes on the London Metal Exchange (LME) slid 28% month-on-month in March during a period of chaotic trading that included a shutdown, data showed on Friday. The…
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – It’s not as if U.S. central bankers needed more reasons to step up the pace of interest rate hikes. But that’s what they got on…
MEXICO CITY -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he rejected a proposal from U.S. climate envoy John Kerry for a U.S. group to monitor efforts around a…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – The Biden administration may soon consider calls for exemptions to a ban on financing of new carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects overseas, a senior U.S. official…
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON -Russia’s Gazprom said on Friday it was quitting its business in Germany at a moment of crisis in the vital energy ties between the two countries…
By Susan Mathew and Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -European shares rose on Friday as a rally in commodity-linked and bank stocks helped outweigh worries about economic growth and inflation, with Europe…
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA -Toronto-based Brazil Potash Corp has laid out for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro this week its plans to reduce his country’s dependence on fertilizer imports disrupted by…
MILAN -French luxury goods group Kering agreed to pay almost 187 million euros ($207 million) to settle a dispute with Italian tax authorities centred on its fashion brand Bottega Veneta,…
WARSAW – Polish e-commerce platform Allegro is interested in more mergers and acquisitions in the region, its Chief Executive Francois Nuyts told journalists, as the group completed its takeover of…
FRANKFURT – Skoda, part of Germany’s Volkswagen, appoint Klaus Zellmer as its new boss, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. Zellmer is to succeed Thomas…
By Maytaal Angel LONDON – Commodity traders have started diverting sugar shipments away from Russia, according to industry sources and shipping data, a move set to further boost soaring domestic…
By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA – A scheme that protects the value of lira deposits has helped Turkey prop up the ailing currency, but payouts from it look…
By Corina Pons MADRID – The daughter of Inditex’s billionaire founder takes the helm of his Zara fashion empire on Friday with a more hands-on role than originally expected by…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s manufacturing sector contracted for the 25th month in a row in March, amid rising inflation, global shortages of materials, and economic uncertainty due to the pandemic…
By Zandi Shabalala and Eric Onstad LONDON – The London Metal Exchange suspended deliveries of some Russian produced metals into its approved warehouses in Britain on Friday, although there is…
LIMA -Peru’s inflation hit in March its highest level in more than two decades, the government said on Friday, driven by rising global fuel and food prices amid the conflict…
By Yuka Obayashi Tokyo – U.S.-allied countries on Friday agreed to their second coordinated oil release in a month to calm markets roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan’s industry…
By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/CARACAS – Petroleum exports from Venezuela declined about 4% in March from the previous month as its state-run oil company dealt with crude cargoes…
(Reuters) – Russian domestic tech companies, led by entities controlled or associated with state-owned gas giant Gazprom, are pouncing on the blockade and exodus of foreign internet firms, sensing opportunities…