Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury’s annual profit rises as readers lap up novels
(Reuters) -Bloomsbury Publishing posted a rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, helping the Harry Potter publisher propose a 10% hik..
News
News
Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman sent into or..
News
Top AI CEOs, experts raise ‘risk of extinction’ from AI
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including Ope..
News
Mexico’s FEMSA launches second 3 billion euro sale of Heineken shares
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican bottler FEMSA on Tuesday offered 3.3 billion euros ($3.63 billion) worth of its shares in Heine..
News
Nestle hires LSEG’s Anna Manz as CFO
LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Nestle, the world’s biggest packaged food company, said on Tuesday it had hired the London Stock..
News
Unilever CFO Pitkethly to leave company by May 2024
(Reuters) – Unilever Plc said on Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Graeme Pitkethly would leave the consumer goods giant by the en..
News
UK’s Asda to buy EG petrol stations unit in $2.9-billion deal
LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket Asda said it would buy the bulk of petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland busin..
News
Toyota, Daimler in deal to combine Japan truck operations
TOKYO (Reuters) -Daimler Truck Holding AG and Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday they had entered a non-binding agreement to combine t..
News
PwC Australia clients, staff in focus as tax leak faces government hearings
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian senators will use parliamentary hearings this week to demand accounting firm PricewaterhouseCooper..
News
UK shop price inflation strikes new record high: BRC
LONDON (Reuters) – British shop price inflation picked up this month to reach its highest rate since industry records began in 2..
News
Tennis-‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’, Djokovic writes at French Open
By Julien Pretot and Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a politi..
News
Cathay Pacific to order Boeing 777-8F freighter -sources
PARIS (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific is close to placing an order for Boeing 777-8F freighters as the Hong Kong carrier embarks on ..
News
Dollar nudges lower as U.S. debt ceiling deal dents safe-haven appeal
LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar nudged lower on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen as a U.S. debt ceiling deal lif..
News
Car sales push Irish retail sales sharply higher again
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Annual Irish retail sales volumes rose sharply again last month due to another surge in car sales, jumping 7..
News
India’s investigation agency files graft case against BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce -document
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a graft case against Britain’s BAE Sy..
News
Uber executive says European taxis joining platform
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Uber is seeing an influx of European taxi drivers joining its platform, an executive tol..
News
European shares rise on US debt deal optimism
(Reuters) – European shares rose on Monday as investors drew comfort from a tentative deal reached by U.S. lawmakers to raise t..
News
Oil gains after US leaders strike debt deal
By Florence Tan and Mohi Narayan (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday after U.S. leaders reached a tentative debt ceiling deal, possi..
News
Nvidia, MediaTek partner on connected car technology
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp and MediaTek Inc on Monday said they will collaborate on technology to power ad..
News
Britain’s Prime Minister Sunak congratulates Erdogan on election win
(Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his re-elect..
News
Italy’s Industry Ministry reports ‘heavy’ cyberattack
MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian Industry Ministry’s web portal and applications were hit by a “heavy cyberattack”..
News
Engie, Amazon inaugurate Italy’s biggest agrivoltaic farm
MILAN (Reuters) – France’s Engie and Amazon on Friday cut the ribbon of Italy’s biggest agrivoltaic farm with the a..
News
Insurers flee climate alliance after ESG backlash in the U.S
By Tommy Wilkes, Alexander Hübner and Tom Sims LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A United Nations-convened climate alliance for insurers su..
News
Failed moon landing caused by altitude miscalculation, Japan startup says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese startup ispace inc’s failed Hakuto-R moon landing mission last month was caused by an altitude ..
News
Dollar set for third week of gains as US debt talks loom large
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar eased on Friday but stayed on track for a third straight weekly gain, as markets ..
News
Analysis-Inflows into unloved European telecoms signal brighter future
By Danilo Masoni and Lucy Raitano MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have poured money back into unloved European telecoms stoc..
News
France confirms bird flu vaccination after favourable tests
PARIS (Reuters) – France confirmed its aim to launch a vaccination programme against bird flu in the autumn after results from a..
News
Soaring airline customer complaints push global legislators to act
By Joanna Plucinska and Allison Lampert LONDON/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Nikoleta Dodova is among a growing number of dissatisfied a..
News
Elon Musk’s Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans
(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had g..
News
Nippon Steel still in talks with Teck as it seeks stake in coal asset
TOKYO (Reuters) -Nippon Steel Corp is still in talks with Teck Resources, despite Glencore’s bid for the Canadian miner, as Japa..
News
Equinor shuts output at Statfjord A platform due to leakage
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor said it shut production at the Statfjord A oil and gas platform in the North Sea on Thur..
News
Some smaller UK lenders pull mortgage products as markets churn: brokers
LONDON (Reuters) – Some smaller British mortgage lenders temporarily withdrew and repriced products for new customers on Thursda..
News
Companies face stricter supply finance disclosures after Greensill collapse
LONDON (Reuters) – Companies will have to disclose details of loans for paying suppliers from January 2024, a global accounting..
News
UK retail sales fall in May after April rise, outlook less gloomy: CBI
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales declined this month after a modest rise in April but stores expect sales volumes to stab..
News
Armani sales up 18% in Q1 as Asia rebounds, U.S. slows down
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Armani said on Thursday that sales jumped 18% in the first quarter thanks to a rebound in Asia a..
News
Analysis-Europe hits resistance in race to finalise green laws
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the Europ..
News
Oil eases as Russia downplays additional OPEC+ cuts
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Thursday after Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak played down the pr..
News