PARIS (Reuters) – France’s post-Brexit success in attracting banks from London to Paris has exceeded expectations and is increasingly showing up in the country’s balance of payments, the central bank…
By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) -U.S. online sales during Amazon.com’s Prime Day shopping event rose 6.1% to $12.7 billion from last year, as inflation-hit Americans hunted for discounts on the e-commerce…
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s move to raise the maximum mortgages available to some homebuyers, its first relaxation in curbs on home purchases adopted in 2009,…
By Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. planemaker Boeing slightly raised its annual 20-year forecast for new jetliner deliveries, propelled by the strength of the narrowbody market fueled by demand…
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama launched a police operation on Friday at its border with Colombia to fight organized crime and human smuggling linked to the growing flow of migrants…
Green Activists Pressure Renewables Industry To Reject Permitting Reform That Boosts ‘Dangerous’ Fossil Fuels John Hugh DeMastri on May 19, 2023 Dozens of climate activist groups are pressuring the renewable…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Thursday it had acquired more shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp, boosting its stake in the oil company to 24.4%. In…
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil pipelines from the top U.S. shale field to Houston that have run half empty are filling again as rising output has absorbed most…
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix Inc has increased the number of Asian and women in lead roles, but still lags in representing Latinos, the disabled and women of…
(removes extraneous words from headline) BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – Plans for a new Airbus assembly line in China, announced during a visit to Beijing by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday,…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s central bank on Wednesday improved its expectations for the country’s economic growth this year but lowered estimates for 2024 as high inflation keeps hindering “sustainable” growth.…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril islands in the north…
LONDON (Reuters) – Global recorded music revenues rose 9% last year to $26.2 billion, with growth registered in every region and an increase in paid subscription streaming helping drive sales,…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Valentine’s Day helped to boost British retail sales in February but volumes remained down on last year as households cut back on non-essential items,…
By Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese utilities and traders have stepped up purchases of Australian coal in February, encouraged by signs of further policy relaxation after trade…
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -L’Oreal posted 8.1% sales growth in the fourth quarter, a touch slower than in the previous three months, with firm demand in the United States…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Assa Abloy, the world’s biggest lockmaker, raised its dividend more than expected as it met quarterly profit forecasts on Friday, signalling its confidence even as it braces for…
By Chen Aizhu and Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s independent refineries are ramping up imports of discounted fuel oil blended from Russian barrels to use as low-cost feedstock amid…
By Tejaswi Marthi (Reuters) – Bullish bets on the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit further consolidated to scale five-year highs as a fizzling U.S. dollar rally and China’s pivot…
LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters on Wednesday posted a 2% rise in deliveries last year to 344 units, cementing its position as the world’s largest commercial helicopter maker as it…
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States announced on Wednesday it would provide $72 million as cash stipends to Lebanon’s security forces through a bespoke United Nations programme…
US Quietly Boosts Military Training For Taiwan: REPORT Micaela Burrow on January 20, 2023 The U.S. has secretly upgraded the National Guard’s training program for Taiwanese troops as concerns over…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Travel giant TUI reported on Friday a boost in demand for luxury holidays, driving sales for the winter 2022/23 period higher than they had been in the…
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is investing $70 million at one of its factories in Canada, the company said on Wednesday, its latest move to expand production…
By Takaya Yamaguchi and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Investment Corp (JIC), a potential bidder for Toshiba Corp, has expanded the size of its buyout fund by 4.5 times…