By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines customer service employees overwhelmingly ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that includes an immediate 13.1% wage increase, the IAM union said on Thursday. The agreement …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will extend tax breaks on low-emission cars and seek to shift its massive household savings into investment in the government’s annual tax code revision approved by …

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The European Central Bank will need big rate hikes at least at its next two meetings and markets may still be underestimating how high interest rates will have …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), a new state-owned agency, is set to be the world’s biggest iron ore buyer as soon as next year, when it will start …

(Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday it was finalising the last details of how it would respond to the West’s imposition of a price cap on Russia’s oil exports. …

(Reuters) – Taylor Wimpey said on Friday former Landsec chief Robert Noel would replace Irene Dorner as its chairperson next year, the second top level change at the British housebuilder …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian political parties supporting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday signed a cooperation pact promising to ensure stability, ahead of a confidence vote on the premier …

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s annual inflation could slow to single-digit by the end of 2023, National Bank of Hungary deputy governor Barnabas Virag said in an article posted on the …

By Manoj Kumar and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s $200 billion textile and apparel industry is facing a crisis as consumers in the United States, Europe and other …

LONDON (Reuters) – Mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday it expected British house prices to fall next year by around 8% as the increasing cost of living put more pressure …

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) -A roadside car bomb exploded, damaging a police minibus on a highway in southeast Turkey’s Diyarbakir province on Friday, and nine people in the bus were taken …

By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia holds a parliamentary election on Saturday that will tighten President Kais Saied’s grip on power, capping what his opponents denounce …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian commercial lender Rosbank has halted operations in U.S. dollars, euros and dirhams, warning that some transactions could be blocked, after Washington imposed sanctions on Thursday on …

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian ex-President Pedro Castillo’s pre-trial detention in prison was extended to 18 months on Thursday, amid a deepening diplomatic spat with left-leaning countries opposed to …

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales slid unexpectedly in November, despite the men’s soccer World Cup and the Black Friday sales promotions, showing the stress felt by many …

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s first bitcoin and ether futures exchange traded funds (ETFs) ended their first trading day higher on Friday, reflecting investors’ interest despite …

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Macau said on Friday six casino firms will invest around $15 billion as part of new 10-year contracts they signed to operate in the …

By Tom Sims and Marta Orosz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – In 2019, Deutsche Bank set out on a journey to cut dependence on its volatile investment bank and rely instead on …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator said on Friday it will launch a reform this month to bring the country’s securities settlement system more in line with international practices, to …

By Sinead Cruise, Kate Holton and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Major investors are rethinking their support for Britain’s economy following months of political turmoil and persistent Brexit uncertainties, as …

BERLIN (Reuters) – A downturn in German economic activity eased for the second month running in December, a preliminary survey showed on Friday, as retreating price` pressures added to hopes …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Inflation in Germany, the euro zone’s biggest economy, is likely to be higher than earlier thought while economic growth will be weaker with a recession next year …

(This Dec. 15 story has been corrected to change Robert Dishner’s location to London from Chicago in paragraph 33) LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England on Thursday raised interest …

By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) – French business activity contracted at a faster rate in December than the previous month, a survey showed on Friday, adding to signs of a …