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(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have started an early-stage study to evaluate a combination vaccine targeting COVID-19 and influenza, the companies said on Thursday. …

By Federico Maccioni MILAN (Reuters) -Italian tyremaker Pirelli on Thursday lifted its 2022 sales guidance while forecasting volatile market conditions next year. The manufacturer of tyres for Formula One and …

(Reuters) -French luxury group Kering is in advanced discussions to buy fashion brand Tom Ford, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Gucci …

LAGOS (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline said on …

By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla’s dominant market share of the electric vehicle market in California slipped again this year, according to Reuters’ calculations based on government data …

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 2% on Thursday as China stood by its zero-COVID policy and an increase in U.S. interest rates pushed up the …

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Pan-European stock exchange Euronext said on Thursday that customers will be able to clear all share trades at its Italian arm from the end …

(Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications said on Thursday it has resolved an issue that was preventing some users from accessing its platform. The company’s status page showed at 1833 GMT that …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever If you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you definitely shouldn’t judge …

By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -ConocoPhillips on Thursday extended a string of bumper earnings from oil producers enjoying higher energy prices by reporting a near two-fold rise in third-quarter profit that …

(Reuters) – Automotive supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc is attracting interest from suitors including London-listed Melrose Industries, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. …

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – No injuries were reported after a fire on Thursday morning at Valero Energy Corp’s Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery, a company spokesperson said. Corpus Christi …

By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) – Sun Life Financial Inc believes rising wages, driven by inflation and a tight labor market, will help its benefits business, company executives said on …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some forty of the 119 countries that pledged last year to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane will unveil their plans to …

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – The European Central Bank warned on Thursday in a non-binding opinion that Spain’s banking tax proposal could damage lenders’ capital, lead to higher credit …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it had not committed to staying in the Black Sea grain deal, which has freed Ukraine’s grain shipments from a Russian blockade …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth’s …

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy plans to set aside at least 15 billion euros ($14.6 billion) in its 2023 budget to soften the impact of sky-high energy costs …

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors rushed to guard against further declines in U.S. stocks on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve dashed hopes for a …

By Souleymane Camara CONAKRY (Reuters) – Survivors who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let …

KYIV (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Rob Portman and his Democratic colleague Chris Coons vowed that bipartisan support would continue for Ukraine after next week’s midterm congressional elections, as they …

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba kicks off the country´s annual sugar harvest this month, but experts and state officials say the crisis-racked Caribbean island will struggle to produce …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Delhi’s 20 million residents were effectively breathing smoke on Thursday as the air quality index (AQI) breached the “severe” and “hazardous” categories in nearly all monitoring stations …

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors trimmed their bets on the peak for British interest rates on Thursday after the Bank of England told them their expectations were too high, as it …