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Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus gets profit boost in volatile year

Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus gets profit boost in volatile year

By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) -Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) on Wednesday reported a 44% jump in 2022 net profit, joining other global ..

The True Sales Company champions the value of ‘silver salespeople’

The True Sales Company champions the value of ‘silver salespeople’

  Older salespeople are 105% more effective on average than younger salespeople 9m workers aged 50+ now on payrolls in the UK – ..

Fees for ticks? Why pay-to-be-verified models can cause as many problems as solutions for social media.

Fees for ticks? Why pay-to-be-verified models can cause as many problems as solutions for social media.

By Paul Holland, CEO at Beyond Encryption   Mid-February saw the introduction of Meta Verified – a subscription-base..

TCS Announces Leadership Change

TCS Announces Leadership Change

Rajesh Gopinathan to Step Down as MD & CEO; K Krithivasan appointed as CEO Designate After a stellar career of over 2..

New survey suggests public awareness of pharmacy services as low as 13%

New survey suggests public awareness of pharmacy services as low as 13%

Findings from innovative pharmacy tech startup Charac reveals more than half of patients do not use their local pharmacies except for..

Enjoy Digital appoints new Head of Insight & Strategy as agency growth continues 

Enjoy Digital appoints new Head of Insight & Strategy as agency growth continues 

  Digital experience and performance agency, Enjoy, has officially appointed Lauren Castagni Mote as Head of Insight & Strate..

Tech employees prioritise long-term business growth, amid ongoing market instability

Tech employees prioritise long-term business growth, amid ongoing market instability

  New research from AI scale-up BenchSci highlights the need for companies to help employees maximise ‘the business of me’, as tech ta..

BlackCurve, on mission to bring Amazon-style pricing capabilities to small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses, receives £750,000 in new funding

BlackCurve, on mission to bring Amazon-style pricing capabilities to small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses, receives £750,000 in new funding

    BlackCurve, the platform that enables online retailers to make smarter pricing decisions, has secured £750,000 in new fu..

India resists calls for more air access in drive to be global aviation force

India resists calls for more air access in drive to be global aviation force

By Aditi Shah and Tim Hepher NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India dampened foreign airline hopes for more access to its airports on Tuesday, wit..

UK employers see slight fall in pay awards over 2023 – XpertHR

UK employers see slight fall in pay awards over 2023 – XpertHR

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers expect pay settlements over 2023 as a whole to average 5%, down slightly f..

Departing Intel exec to focus on loosening Nvidia’s grip on AI for movies, games

Departing Intel exec to focus on loosening Nvidia’s grip on AI for movies, games

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Raja Koduri, the chief architect at Intel Corp, is leaving to start a company that aims to loosen longtim..

Some Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders seek legal advice -law firms

Some Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders seek legal advice -law firms

By Laura Matthews and Chiara Elisei (Reuters) -Law firm Pallas Partners and a Swiss counsel are working on possible legal action for s..

Global bank bonds claw back losses as markets rout eases

Global bank bonds claw back losses as markets rout eases

LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An uneasy calm descended across battered bank bonds and shares on Tuesday, with prices recovering a..

Global shares jump but bank ‘whack-a-mole’ not over

Global shares jump but bank ‘whack-a-mole’ not over

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares jumped on Tuesday after the rescue of Credit Suisse stemmed a rout in equitie..

Telecom Italia in talks with unions on up to 2,000 job cuts in Italy

Telecom Italia in talks with unions on up to 2,000 job cuts in Italy

MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) is seeking to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in Italy through a voluntary early retirement sch..

Screening of ‘Winnie the Pooh’ horror film cancelled in Hong Kong

Screening of ‘Winnie the Pooh’ horror film cancelled in Hong Kong

By Jessie Pang and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -The screening of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”, a British slashe..

EXCLUSIVE-Olympics-Paris 2024 plans Games relay changes, fewer torches-source

EXCLUSIVE-Olympics-Paris 2024 plans Games relay changes, fewer torches-source

BERLIN (Reuters) – Paris 2024 Olympic torchbearers may not all get to keep their torches as a cherished memento of the Games bec..

Portuguese airline TAP swings to profit earlier than expected

Portuguese airline TAP swings to profit earlier than expected

LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese airline TAP swung to a profit in 2022, earlier than expected in its restructuring plan, as rising ..

Energy bill support pushes UK budget deficit to February record

Energy bill support pushes UK budget deficit to February record

By Andy Bruce and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain recorded the largest budget deficit for any February since at least 1993 ..

Is Britain heading for a long comedown from the cost of living crisis?

Is Britain heading for a long comedown from the cost of living crisis?

  Employees’ reliance on cheap credit risks stalling Britain’s economic recovery Data from Barnett Waddingham shows more than a ..

KKR sells 50% stake in Spain’s X-elio to partner Brookfield

KKR sells 50% stake in Spain’s X-elio to partner Brookfield

MADRID (Reuters) – U.S.-based buyout fund KKR has agreed to sell a 50% stake in Spanish renewable energy company X-elio to Canad..

Maserati aims at driving margins higher before any spin-off talk

Maserati aims at driving margins higher before any spin-off talk

By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Maserati aims to increase its margin on operating profit to 15% in the next 12 months and..

Dollar pauses for breath as Fed swings into focus

Dollar pauses for breath as Fed swings into focus

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar steadied in a holiday-thinned Asia session on Tuesday, though it struggled to lift f..

SSE to invest $122 million in Scottish pumped hydro project

SSE to invest $122 million in Scottish pumped hydro project

LONDON (Reuters) – British power generator SSE will invest 100 million pounds ($122 million) in a Scottish pumped hydro scheme w..

U.S. oil exports to Europe hit record in March on steep discounts

U.S. oil exports to Europe hit record in March on steep discounts

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. crude exports to Europe have hit a record 2.1 million barrels per day on average s..

Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car

Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car

By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Sarah McFarlane LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) -For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or ass..

Bank shares rise after Credit Suisse rescue eases crisis

Bank shares rise after Credit Suisse rescue eases crisis

By Amanda Cooper and John Revill (Reuters) -U.S. banking stocks rose on Monday and Europe’s lenders recovered from a sharp early..

Next-generation insurance pricing platform, Quantee, doubles revenue following expansion into international markets

Next-generation insurance pricing platform, Quantee, doubles revenue following expansion into international markets

Pioneering tech firm, Quantee, has more than doubled its annual recurring revenue within just 12 months after expanding into internati..

Best Paying Jobs In Diversified Commercial Services

Best Paying Jobs In Diversified Commercial Services

If you’re interested in pursuing a career in the diversified commercial services industry, there are plenty of options available..

Best freelancing sites for writers

Best freelancing sites for writers

Are you a writer looking for freelance opportunities? With the rise of digital and online media, there are more opportunities than eve..

Sterling rises as receding bank sector worries lift sentiment

Sterling rises as receding bank sector worries lift sentiment

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose against the dollar on Friday, after a series of lifelines for struggling banks helped restore s..

UK’s Ofcom delays BT fibre pricing decision after CEO remarks

UK’s Ofcom delays BT fibre pricing decision after CEO remarks

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s telecoms regulator needs more time to consider BT’s wholesale pricing, it said ..

What is Generative AI, the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT?

What is Generative AI, the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT?

(Reuters) – Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, capturing the public’s fancy and sparking ..

Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France’s Lake Montbel

Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France’s Lake Montbel

By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) – Set at foot of the Pyrenees mountains, Lake Montbel is famous in south-west France for its t..

Volkswagen to invest in mines in bid to become global battery supplier

Volkswagen to invest in mines in bid to become global battery supplier

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen plans to invest in mines to bring down the cost of battery cells, meet half of its ..

Euro zone inflation eases in Feb but core prices pick up

Euro zone inflation eases in Feb but core prices pick up

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation eased a touch in February but underlying price growth continued to accelerate on a sur..

Greece to increase minimum wage again, before election

Greece to increase minimum wage again, before election

ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government will raise the minimum wage next month, the third rise in more than a year, Prime Minist..