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Bob Chitrathorn – CFO/Vice President of Wealth Planning

Bob Chitrathorn – CFO/Vice President of Wealth Planning

The financial advisory industry plays a significant role in guiding individuals and businesses towards achieving their financial goals..

Britain’s Tesco lifts annual profit forecast after strong first half

Britain’s Tesco lifts annual profit forecast after strong first half

  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, lifted its annual profit forecast on Thursda..

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

  A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely t..

Asian shares retreat from 32-month top, Japan rallies as rate risk eases

Asian shares retreat from 32-month top, Japan rallies as rate risk eases

  By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian shares retreated from a 32-month peak on Thursday as the sizzling rally in Hong Kong took..

Britain proposes new powers for banks in fight against fraudsters

Britain proposes new powers for banks in fight against fraudsters

  LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is giving banks enhanced new powers to delay and investigate suspicious payments in a bid to s..

Microsoft to make $4.8 billion AI, cloud investment in Italy

Microsoft to make $4.8 billion AI, cloud investment in Italy

  MILAN (Reuters) – Microsoft plans to invest 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) over the next two years to strengthen its ar..

France to stick with wind power development targets

France to stick with wind power development targets

PARIS (Reuters) – France is aiming for a target growth rate of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) per year in onshore wind power, Energy ministe..

Stocks stable, oil rises as wary investors eye Middle East hostilities

Stocks stable, oil rises as wary investors eye Middle East hostilities

By Sinéad Carew, Lawrence White NEW YORK/ LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI’s global equities index was up very slightly on Wednesday whi..

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target on a durab..

Dollar gains as ADP shows better than expected jobs gains

Dollar gains as ADP shows better than expected jobs gains

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar hit a three-week high against the euro on Wednesday after the ADP national e..

Euro area long-dated yields rise after sharp drop, geopolitics in focus

Euro area long-dated yields rise after sharp drop, geopolitics in focus

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – Euro area government bond yields rose on Wednesday, a day after long-dated yields posted their ..

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) is tracking tightness in the aluminium market, which has see..

Sainsbury’s boss looks to UK budget to lift spending gloom

Sainsbury’s boss looks to UK budget to lift spending gloom

By James Davey COBHAM, England (Reuters) – Britons bruised by a cost of living crisis will not start spending strongly again unt..

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the ra..

Bonds rally, dollar firms as traders ponder rate cuts

Bonds rally, dollar firms as traders ponder rate cuts

By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Government bonds rallied on Tuesday as euro zone inflation data boosted the case for faster European Centr..

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its..

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

  ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the head of the U.S. fund BlackRock Inc, Larry Fink, in Rome o..

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

  PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still li..

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

  PARIS (Reuters) – Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxo..

SoftBank to invest $500 million in OpenAI, The Information reports

SoftBank to invest $500 million in OpenAI, The Information reports

  (Reuters) – Japanese telecom company SoftBank’s Vision Fund will invest $500 million in OpenAI’s latest fundi..

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

  LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a qua..

How to organize videoconferencing within one office effectively?

How to organize videoconferencing within one office effectively?

Modern technology has raised the bar for communication, and so many businesses are attempting to enhance internal collaboration throug..

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

  BERLIN (Reuters) – Thai retail and property conglomerate Central Group said on Monday it will take over the operational b..

Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided

Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided

  By Sarah Young MALVERN, England (Reuters) – Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced b..

Grifols plans to invest $402 million in new industrial centre, El Economista says

Grifols plans to invest $402 million in new industrial centre, El Economista says

  (Reuters) – Spanish drugmaker Grifols plans to invest 360 million euros ($401.98 million) to build a new industrial plant..

UK house prices rise 0.7% in September, Nationwide says

UK house prices rise 0.7% in September, Nationwide says

  LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in September from August, with the annual growth rat..

Exclusive-ByteDance plans new AI model trained with Huawei chips, sources say

Exclusive-ByteDance plans new AI model trained with Huawei chips, sources say

  (Reuters) – TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compat..

UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says

UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says

  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year h..

Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users

Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users

  (Reuters) -Audio streaming platform Spotify was back up after an approximate three-hour-long outage on Sunday, which at its pea..

Dollar drops after inflation data, Yen rebounds on Ishiba win

Dollar drops after inflation data, Yen rebounds on Ishiba win

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar weakened on Friday after a reading of U.S. inflation indicated price pressures con..

Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook

Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook

  By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices held on Friday but remained on track for a weekly fall as investors weighed expect..

Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal

Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal

  By Elisa Anzolin and Mimosa Spencer MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) -Moncler’s Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini is tightening his cont..

Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia

Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia

  MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Aeffe has agreed to transfer the ownership of its ‘Moschino’ brand in..

Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap

Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap

  LONDON (Reuters) – At least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt..

UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally

UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally

  By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 closed up on Thursday, though lagging its Europea..

Europe’s STOXX 600 clocks all-time closing high on China stimulus boost

Europe’s STOXX 600 clocks all-time closing high on China stimulus boost

By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and min..

Stocks rise to records with Micron rally; oil prices slide

Stocks rise to records with Micron rally; oil prices slide

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -A widely followed global stock index and the S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday aft..