By Iain Withers and Carolyn Cohn LONDON – The trillion-dollar retail investment express is losing steam, dampening the fortunes of British trading platforms that boomed during lockdowns on the back …
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By Martin Quin Pollard and Ryan Woo BEIJING -Authorities in China’s capital Beijing raced on Monday to contain a COVID-19 outbreak traced to a 24-hour bar known for cheap liquor …
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By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials, beset by ongoing high inflation and a weakening growth picture, will lay out on Wednesday how they think their increasingly difficult …
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By Helen Coster (Reuters) – The global advertising industry is expected to grow 8.4% this year, despite ongoing geopolitical situations around the world and fears of a recession, a report …
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By Byungwook Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL -Striking South Korean truckers are considering blocking shipments of coal to a power plant if the government rejects their demands for minimum pay …
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By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON -Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in April, official figures showed on Monday, adding to fears of a sharp slowdown just three days before the …
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By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny MONTREAL -Quebec’s plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address …
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By Giuseppe Fonte ROME – Italy is studying measures to cut taxes on low- and middle-income workers and help families and firms cope with surging energy costs exacerbated by the …
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By Tommy Wilkes and Simon Jessop LONDON – Leading UK and U.S. pension investors managing more than $1 trillion have launched a campaign to stop companies using dual-class share structures …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – New York City plans next month to auction a midtown Manhattan apartment owned by a Venezuelan media mogul with ties to socialist President Nicolas …
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KADUNA, Nigeria – Gunmen have released 11 passengers who were abducted during a train attack in northern Nigeria at the end of March, a government minister said, though dozens of …
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BERLIN – Tesla is hiring 500 to 600 people a month at its Gruenheide plant and is working with the national employment agency to recruit workers no longer needed at …
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TOKYO – Shares of Toyota Motor Corp opened down more than 2% on Monday after media reports citing criticism from European pension funds of the automaker for what they said …
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PARIS – The French armed forces ministry announced on Monday a new contract to help the performance of the NH90 military helicopter, just days after Norway said it would axe …
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By Liz Lee, Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered …
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By Ju-min Park INCHEON, South Korea – Kang Myung-gil parked his truck last week and stopped hauling products from a unit of Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies …
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(Reuters) – It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac …
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By Ludwig Burger and Tassilo Hummel PARIS -French drugmaker Sanofi said on Monday an upgraded version of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate it is developing with GSK showed potential in two …
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It’s a central bank-heavy week ahead, with the U.S. Federal Reserve expected to deliver its second straight half-point rate hike (at least) to bring inflation under control. Britain and Sweden, …
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A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. A half-point U.S. Fed interest rate rise was always a done deal for Wednesday, but with annual inflation rising …
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By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON – The Japanese yen fell past the psychological 135 line to levels against the U.S. dollar last seen in October 1998. The scale of the move …
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LONDON – London’s Heathrow Airport said on Monday that May was its busiest month since March 2020 as it dealt with 5.3 million passengers, 79% of 2019 levels. Cancelled flights, …
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(Reuters) -Thousands of South Korean truckers were on strike for the seventh day on Monday, protesting over pay as fuel costs surge, disrupting production, slowing port operations and posing new …
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By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank governor said on Monday that delaying rate hikes for too long would not be good for the country as …
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By Leika Kihara and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Tokyo is concerned about sharp falls in the yen currency and stands ready to “respond appropriately” if needed, Japan’s top government spokesperson …