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Analysis-Europe’s banks dim lights as they brace for winter blackout

Analysis-Europe’s banks dim lights as they brace for winter blackout

By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Europe’s biggest banks are preparing back-up generators and t..

1 in 3 office workers unlikely to have a break before Christmas due to understaffing, survey shows

1 in 3 office workers unlikely to have a break before Christmas due to understaffing, survey shows

  1 in 3 (37%) office workers won’t be able to take any time off between now and Christmas because of understaffing issues, a ne..

Apex Group appoints BNP Paribas exec as India Country Head

Apex Group appoints BNP Paribas exec as India Country Head

    Global, September 05, 2022 — Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex Group” or “The Group”), a global financial services provider, today annou..

Legal profession draws on cloud faxing for secure transmission of sensitive and confidential legal documents

Legal profession draws on cloud faxing for secure transmission of sensitive and confidential legal documents

  Cloud fax delivers increased security, productivity and compliance for the legal sector Wednesday 31 August 2022 – Cloud-..

LiNa Energy and Garic agree memorandum of understanding to accelerate construction sector decarbonisation using sodium battery technology

LiNa Energy and Garic agree memorandum of understanding to accelerate construction sector decarbonisation using sodium battery technology

  LiNa Energy, Lancaster, 1st September 2022… LiNa Energy, the clean technology innovator addressing the growing need for s..

Building a business case: How startups can land their first enterprise client

Building a business case: How startups can land their first enterprise client

By John Downes, Managing Director at Scaling Partner Winning your first big enterprise deal represents a huge milestone in the B2B sta..

5 ways to use email marketing to grow your business

5 ways to use email marketing to grow your business

According to research, messages are 45 times more likely to be seen using email in comparison to messages posted on Facebook.  While 9..

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank on track to profitability, says CEO

Russia’s largest lender Sberbank on track to profitability, says CEO

By Alexander Marrow VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russia’s top lender Sberbank is on track to profitability and expects positiv..

Worst not over for EM currencies as U.S. dollar thunders on: Reuters poll

Worst not over for EM currencies as U.S. dollar thunders on: Reuters poll

By Vuyani Ndaba and Vivek Mishra JOHANNESBURG/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Emerging market currencies will find it difficult to reclaim..

China’s Tencent raises stake in ‘Assassin’s Creed’ maker Ubisoft

China’s Tencent raises stake in ‘Assassin’s Creed’ maker Ubisoft

By Mathieu Rosemain, Tassilo Hummel and Julie Zhu PARIS/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Tencent Holdings Ltd is raising its stake in Ubisoft Ente..

Ireland to turn heat down in public buildings, shut empty office floors

Ireland to turn heat down in public buildings, shut empty office floors

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will turn the heating down in public buildings and ask public sector office employees to work on the ..

Transport operator Go-Ahead flags cyber security breach

Transport operator Go-Ahead flags cyber security breach

Transport operator Go-Ahead flags cyber security breach LONDON (Reuters) – British transport operator Go-Ahead said that it had ..

Exclusive-Repsol agrees to sell Alberta oil assets to CPPIB backed-Teine Energy -sources

Exclusive-Repsol agrees to sell Alberta oil assets to CPPIB backed-Teine Energy -sources

By Shariq Khan (Reuters) – Repsol SA has agreed to sell about 95,000 net acres (38,000 hectares) of oil and gas producing land i..

Ferragamo sales beat forecasts in H1 despite slowdown in China

Ferragamo sales beat forecasts in H1 despite slowdown in China

MILAN (Reuters) -Revenues at Italian luxury group Salvatore Ferragamo topped market forecasts in the first half of the year despite a ..

How to optimise IT during an economic downturn

How to optimise IT during an economic downturn

James Tucker, sales engineering director at Zscaler, explains why 2023 must be the year of IT optimisation and automation..

Europe power firms need 1.5 trillion euros in margin calls, Equinor says

Europe power firms need 1.5 trillion euros in margin calls, Equinor says

By Marwa Rashad LONDON (Reuters) -European energy companies need at least 1.5 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion) to cover the cost of thei..

Factbox-Europe’s travel disruption set to continue as summer ends

Factbox-Europe’s travel disruption set to continue as summer ends

(Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages have forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights to avoid hours-long queues at major ..

Half of small businesses call for Government to introduce energy grants in emergency Budget

Half of small businesses call for Government to introduce energy grants in emergency Budget

Almost half (47%) of SMEs want to see the Government introduce energy grants, as the ‘cost of doing business’ reaches ..

Britain’s Lloyds racks up $350 million of likely scam COVID loans

Britain’s Lloyds racks up $350 million of likely scam COVID loans

By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Lloyds Banking Group has been hit by more than 300 million pounds ($348 million) ..

Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners’ green power talk angers Texas locals

Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners’ green power talk angers Texas locals

By Avi Asher -Schapiro CORSICANA, Texas (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As temperatures crept above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C..

Factbox-Hurdles for Germany’s planned nuclear winter reserve

Factbox-Hurdles for Germany’s planned nuclear winter reserve

(Reuters) – Germany wants to keep two southern nuclear plants, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 open in reserve mode beyond their sch..

Volkswagen’s Antlitz: no comment on valuation of Porsche listing

Volkswagen’s Antlitz: no comment on valuation of Porsche listing

BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz would not comment on what the valuation of a Porsche listing ..

Norsk Hydro keeps some aluminium capacity offline due to weaker demand

Norsk Hydro keeps some aluminium capacity offline due to weaker demand

OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro is keeping a small portion of its capacity in Norway offline after mainte..

Binance to convert users’ USD Coin into its own stablecoin

Binance to convert users’ USD Coin into its own stablecoin

By Shivani Tanna and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) -Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said on Monday it will automati..

Siemens Energy to rejoin Germany’s blue-chip DAX, HelloFresh to exit

Siemens Energy to rejoin Germany’s blue-chip DAX, HelloFresh to exit

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Siemens Energy will rejoin the nation’s premier DAX stock index, while the meal-kit ..

Ireland fines Instagram a record $400 million over children’s data

Ireland fines Instagram a record $400 million over children’s data

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against ..

UniCredit sets out $8 billion aid package for Italy clients hit by surging prices

UniCredit sets out $8 billion aid package for Italy clients hit by surging prices

By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s second-biggest bank, UniCredit, on Monday unveiled a set of measures worth up to 8 bill..

Risk of UK balance of payments crisis under Truss is rising, Deutsche Bank warns

Risk of UK balance of payments crisis under Truss is rising, Deutsche Bank warns

LONDON (Reuters) – The risk of a UK balance of payment crisis “should not be underestimated” under a Liz Truss gover..

Germany heading for recession despite new relief plan – economists

Germany heading for recession despite new relief plan – economists

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is still on course for a recession even with a new government plan t..

Saudi snitching app turns citizens into social media police

Saudi snitching app turns citizens into social media police

By Nazih Osseiran BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Saudi app that lets ordinary people “play the role of a police o..

German new passenger car registrations up 3% in August – industry source

German new passenger car registrations up 3% in August – industry source

(Reuters) – German new passenger car registrations rose 3% in August to nearly 200,000 vehicles, an industry source said on Mond..

Norway on track for record gas export, will be ready for winter -Gassco CEO

Norway on track for record gas export, will be ready for winter -Gassco CEO

By Nora Buli STAVANGER, Norway (Reuters) – Norway’s gas export system is set to deliver record volumes of energy to Europe..

Euro zone business activity contracted again in August -PMI

Euro zone business activity contracted again in August -PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone business activity contracted for a second month in August as demand sank, with customers wary of th..

Yamal-Europe eastward gas flows resume as Nord Stream lays idle

Yamal-Europe eastward gas flows resume as Nord Stream lays idle

(Reuters) -Eastbound natural gas flows via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany resumed on Sunday, pipeline operator data ..

TF1 to take action against Vivendi’s Canal+ over decision to stop airing its programmes

TF1 to take action against Vivendi’s Canal+ over decision to stop airing its programmes

PARIS (Reuters) -French television group TF1 will take action against Vivendi’s pay TV unit Canal+ over a decision to no longer ..

Myanmar junta chief makes another visit to Russia

Myanmar junta chief makes another visit to Russia

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta leader was on a visit to Russia on Monday, his second trip there in less than two months, as M..

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruption to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have c..