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NatWest appoints former Nationwide CFO to its UK bank board

NatWest appoints former Nationwide CFO to its UK bank board

LONDON (Reuters) – NatWest has appointed Mark Rennison, a former Nationwide Building Society Chief Financial Officer, to the boa..

Airline SAS to boost capacity after first quarterly profit since 2019

Airline SAS to boost capacity after first quarterly profit since 2019

By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scandinavian airline SAS plans to ramp-up winter capacity this year, the company said on Friday ..

British home prices to fall 4% in 2023 as borrowing costs bite – Reuters poll

British home prices to fall 4% in 2023 as borrowing costs bite – Reuters poll

LONDON (Reuters) – British home prices will fall 4% this year, more than was thought a few months ago, as high interest rates an..

Swiss takeover board rules NewGAMe’s partial offer for GAM shares complies with rules

Swiss takeover board rules NewGAMe’s partial offer for GAM shares complies with rules

(Reuters) – Switzerland’s takeover board has ruled that a partial offer for up to 28 million shares of GAM Holding by an ..

Dell raises full-year forecasts on AI strength, demand recovery

Dell raises full-year forecasts on AI strength, demand recovery

By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Dell Technologies raised its full-year forecast for revenue and profit on Thursday, as it benefi..

French data watchdog carries out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris office

French data watchdog carries out ‘checks’ at Worldcoin Paris office

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Martin Coulter PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data watchdog carried out “checks” at WorldcoinR..

StanChart CFO Halford to retire, hires former BofA senior banker

StanChart CFO Halford to retire, hires former BofA senior banker

(Reuters) -Standard Chartered said on Thursday Andy Halford has decided to retire as chief financial officer, with former Bank of Amer..

Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google’s Fitbit

Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google’s Fitbit

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Aus..

UK business optimism at 18-month high on hopes for rate hike pause

UK business optimism at 18-month high on hopes for rate hike pause

LONDON (Reuters) – British companies are their most confident since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a s..

UK’s car output continues growth streak for six months in July- SMMT

UK’s car output continues growth streak for six months in July- SMMT

(Reuters) – Britain’s car production rose for the sixth consecutive month in July as automakers continued to recover from..

French prices to stay high till March -Les Mousquetaires grocery chain

French prices to stay high till March -Les Mousquetaires grocery chain

PARIS (Reuters) -Retail prices in France will not fall significantly before March, the boss of supermarkets group Les Mousquetaires s..

European car sales rise 15% in July, EVs up nearly 61%

European car sales rise 15% in July, EVs up nearly 61%

LONDON (Reuters) – European new car registrations jumped 15.2% in July, the 12th consecutive month of growth as the auto industr..

Australia’s Orora confirms talks to buy French glass bottles maker Saverglass

Australia’s Orora confirms talks to buy French glass bottles maker Saverglass

(Reuters) – Australian packaging firm Orora Ltd confirmed on Wednesday it was in advanced discussions regarding a potential acq..

England to rollout world-first seven-minute cancer treatment jab

England to rollout world-first seven-minute cancer treatment jab

(Reuters) – Britain’s state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats c..

Oil rises 1% on softer dollar, US braces for hurricane hit

Oil rises 1% on softer dollar, US braces for hurricane hit

By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) -Oil prices rallied more than a dollar a barrel on Tuesday as the greenback slid, while investors ..

Russia’s Rosneft shows H1 net income at 652 billion rbls

Russia’s Rosneft shows H1 net income at 652 billion rbls

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said on Tuesday its January to June net income reached 652 billi..

World shares rally as China offers markets a hand

World shares rally as China offers markets a hand

LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. stocks were set to open higher on Monday after China announced measures to support its ailing markets, but mark..

Thyssenkrupp’s Nucera targets growth to meet green hydrogen demand

Thyssenkrupp’s Nucera targets growth to meet green hydrogen demand

BERLIN (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp Nucera laid out growth plans on Monday after reporting strong sales and operating income, as the..

Paralympics-Paris 2024 eyes sell-out crowds to beat London record – IPC

Paralympics-Paris 2024 eyes sell-out crowds to beat London record – IPC

(Reuters) – The Paris 2024 Paralympics aim to sell every one of the 2.8 million tickets before the global event gets under way t..

Analysis-Nvidia’s $25 billion buyback ‘a head-scratcher’ for some shareholders

Analysis-Nvidia’s $25 billion buyback ‘a head-scratcher’ for some shareholders

By Lewis Krauskopf, Chibuike Oguh and Lance Tupper NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia’s move to buy back $25 billion of its shar..

Shell taps Goldman Sachs to explore Singapore refinery sale -sources

Shell taps Goldman Sachs to explore Singapore refinery sale -sources

By Trixie Yap, Chen Aizhu and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Shell is considering a sale of its Singapore refining and petrochemic..

Reactions as India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing

Reactions as India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Wednesday became the fourth country to land on the moon after the Indian Space Research OrganisationR..

Germany plans to double AI funding in race with China, U.S

Germany plans to double AI funding in race with China, U.S

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to almost double its public funding for artificial intelligence research to nearly a billion e..

Factory slump and cost-of-living squeeze puts UK economy on course to shrink

Factory slump and cost-of-living squeeze puts UK economy on course to shrink

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy looks on course to shrink during the current quarter and risks falling in..

Britain’s Ocado Retail and Sainsbury’s cut prices again

Britain’s Ocado Retail and Sainsbury’s cut prices again

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British food retailers Ocado Retail and Sainsbury’s cut more prices on Wednesday, in a further..

Euro falls on gloomy PMI data, dollar hits 2-month high

Euro falls on gloomy PMI data, dollar hits 2-month high

By Samuel Indyk and Ankur Banerjee LONDON (Reuters) – The euro fell to a more than two-month low against the dollar and a 12-mo..

UK pay deals cool for first time in 2023, easing pressure on BoE: XpertHR

UK pay deals cool for first time in 2023, easing pressure on BoE: XpertHR

LONDON (Reuters) – Pay deals awarded by British employers cooled for the first time this year in the quarter to July, which may..

Analysis-Arm’s clients turn IPO into tug of war for chip influence

Analysis-Arm’s clients turn IPO into tug of war for chip influence

By Milana Vinn, Anirban Sen and Stephen Nellis NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A scramble among Arm Holdings Ltd’s cli..

Oil prices settle lower on nagging worries about Chinese demand

Oil prices settle lower on nagging worries about Chinese demand

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Tuesday as investors remained focused on the likelihood that China’s e..

Paris bans pony rides for children following animal rights campaign

Paris bans pony rides for children following animal rights campaign

By Antonia Cimini and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) – Paris will ban pony rides for children in its public parks from 2025 follo..

UBS upgrades global equities’ rating to ‘neutral’

UBS upgrades global equities’ rating to ‘neutral’

(Reuters) – Economists at UBS have upgraded their rating for global equities, citing recent economic and inflation data coming ..

Euro zone inflation fall confirmed, easing pressure on ECB to hike

Euro zone inflation fall confirmed, easing pressure on ECB to hike

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation slower further and even underlying price pressures appear to have peaked, Eurostat da..

British consumers curb their shopping in rainy July

British consumers curb their shopping in rainy July

By William Schomberg and William James LONDON (Reuters) -British retailers reported a bigger-than-expected drop in sales in July as h..

Nike v. Adidas: Soccer World Cup sponsors gear up for England, Spain finale

Nike v. Adidas: Soccer World Cup sponsors gear up for England, Spain finale

By Katherine Masters, Amy Tennery and Helen Reid NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -When England and Spain face off in Sunday’s Women&#..

Dollar set for fifth winning week on Fed bets, China worries

Dollar set for fifth winning week on Fed bets, China worries

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar was set for a fifth winning week versus major peers, making it longest winning s..

US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes COVID

US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes COVID

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highl..

McLaren Applied’s Lavoie in talks to buy Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof – source

McLaren Applied’s Lavoie in talks to buy Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof – source

By Nick Carey and Toby Sterling LONDON (Reuters) – Lavoie, the electric scooter unit of Formula One engineering and technology ..