Inflation drives Britain’s record Christmas grocery sales
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British grocery sales rose 9.4% to a record 12.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) in the four we..
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Decline in German services sector eases, raising hopes for milder recession -PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) – High inflation and economic uncertainty extended a downturn in the German services sector in December, though..
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Former astronaut Cunningham, member of first crewed Apollo flight, dies at age 90
By Katharine Jackson and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew to space aboard Apollo 7..
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Rivian stock less bruised than Tesla as both miss EV targets
v (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday it was committed to leading a NATO task force in 2024, dismissing a report by Berlin-based Table...
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PM Rishi Sunak sets out priorities for Britain, responds to critics
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will set out his priorities for 2023 on Wednesday, usin..
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Most EU countries back COVID pre-departure testing for flights from China
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Most European Union countries favour introducing pre-departure COVID testing for travellers from China, the Europe..
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Blackstone offers backstop to lure University of California in redemption-stricken REIT
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) -Blackstone Inc on Tuesday said it had secured a $4 billion investment from the University of California in..
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Microsoft videogame testers form company’s first U.S. union
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of about 300 videogame testers at Microsoft Corp subsidiary Zenimax Studios have voted to unioni..
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French watchdog fines H2O Asset Management, executives over Tennor investments
(Reuters) – France’s financial markets watchdog AMF said on Tuesday it had fined H2O Asset Management and two of its manag..
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Howard Kennedy finds average windfall for business owners peaked in the pandemic to £2.5m – and most are looking to their next venture
Analysis by London law firm, Howard Kennedy, of data from the information platform Beauhurst, shows that the average pay-out fo..
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New German supply chain ESG law will have global impact from January 1
All UK businesses which supply German companies will have to conform to German standards or face loss of contracts A new German..
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French energy suppliers will let struggling bakers renegotiate contracts – Le Maire
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -France’s energy suppliers have agreed to allow the country’s trademark bakeries to r..
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Dollar jumps, euro dips before Fed minutes
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The greenback jumped on Tuesday before the Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases minutes ..
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Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge
By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just tw..
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Oil stocks thrust London shares to positive 2023 start
By Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – UK’s exporter-heavy FTSE 100 jumped to a seven-month high on Tuesday as oil stocks rallied..
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Inflation in key German states eases for second month
BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation in five key German states eased for a second month in a row in December, indicating national inflat..
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Aldi UK says December sales up 26%
LONDON (Reuters) -The British arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi said its sales in December rose 26% compared to the previo..
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UK’s Cineworld to not sell assets individually, denies talks with AMC
(Reuters) -Cineworld, the British cinema operator in bankruptcy proceedings, said on Tuesday it would not sell any of its assets indiv..
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Asia shares weigh China risks, yen hits 6-month high
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares recovered from early losses on Tuesday as investors weighed the near-term costs of..
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WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China’s health officials to regularly share specific and rea..
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Jeremy Renner, Marvel’s Hawkeye, has surgery after snow plow accident
(This Jan. 2 story has been refiled to change wording in the second paragraph and remove repeated word in the final paragraph) By Kani..
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Exclusive-World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises -document
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change..
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China arrivals in UK next week will not face compulsory COVID tests -Independent
(Reuters) – Passengers from China who arrive in the United Kingdom next week will not face compulsory COVID-19 tests on arrival,..
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Dollar creeps up in subdued start to new year
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar edged up on Monday, pulling away from recent six-month lows against a basket of major..
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Italy’s Eni sets up sustainable transport services company
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian energy group Eni said on Monday it had set up a new company dedicated to sustainable transport, which ..
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Rheinmetall wins quarter-billion euro order for e-vehicle parts
(Reuters) – Germany’s Rheinmetall has won an order worth more than a quarter billion euros in the electromobility segment,..
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Stocks buoyant while darker forecasts gather on the horizon
By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) – Stock markets edged higher, European bond yields dropped and the dollar remained firm in light tra..
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Polish regulator accuses T-Mobile of misleading advertising
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish regulator UOKiK has accused the Polish unit of T-Mobile of misleading advertising relating to a free m..
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Spanish manufacturing output down for 6th straight month in Dec -PMI
MADRID (Reuters) – Factory activity in Spain shrank for the sixth month in a row in December, albeit at a slower pace than the p..
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Airbus interested in minority share in Atos’s Evidian – Les Echos
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus has started exploratory talks to take a minority share in the Evidian cybersecurity unit of IT consulta..
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Japan’s emperor gives first public New Year’s greeting since 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Emperor Naruhito on Monday gave a New Year’s address and greeted members of the public for..
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UK’s Sunak shelves childcare reform indefinitely – The Telegraph
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has shelved plans for a major overhaul of the childcare system aimed at saving pa..
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Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional World Day of Peace on Sun..
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Stocks fall, Treasury yields rise upon final 2022 trading day
By Sinéad Carew and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK, LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street equity indexes lost ground on Friday, the last tradi..
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How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and com..
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Pandemic curbs linked to early start to Europe’s winter flu season
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Pandemic restrictions that hampered the circulation of viruses other than COVID-19 could be..
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UK house prices end 2022 on a weaker note after pandemic boom
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -British annual house price growth marked a further “sharp” slowdown in December, mortgage le..
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