Hungary’s economy to get boost from housing next year, PM Orban says
By Gergely Szakacs and Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s economic growth will accelerate substantially in the f..
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Dutch economy minister pushes for European chip industry coalition
ROME (Reuters) – The Dutch economy minister said on Thursday he wants to form a European Union “coalition of the wi..
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Tesla to give permanent jobs to 500 temporary staff at German gigafactory
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tesla on Thursday said it would give permanent jobs from Nov. 1 to 500 temporary workers at its German gig..
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UK property market strengthens, pressure on renters intensifies, RICS says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market recovered further last month, according to property surveyors who said house p..
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Hurricane Milton leaves Florida with less damage than feared
By Leonara LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursda..
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Sterling hovers near one-month low ahead of US inflation print
LONDON (Reuters) – The pound was flat on Thursday, hovering near its lowest level against the dollar in a month, as trade..
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French government to present 2025 belt-tightening budget
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government is to deliver its 2025 budget on Thursday with plans for 60 b..
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Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate o..
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Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to trio of protein pioneers
By Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard, Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hass..
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Spain grants $146 million subsidy to Stellantis for potential EV battery plant
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has granted automaker Stellantis a 133 million euro ($146 million) subsidy for its potential bat..
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UK population rises to 68.3 million, driven by immigration
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s population grew by 1% in annual terms to 68.3 million as of mid-2023, mainly due t..
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Thirty marathons in 30 days: Briton tests his stamina to raise funds for rare disease
By Horaci Garcia and Nacho Doce BARCELONA (Reuters) – When Mike Humphreys finished his 42 kilometre (26.1 miles) run in B..
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Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a t..
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Pfizer wins bid to invalidate GSK’s patents over RSV vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) – Pfizer on Monday won a bid in a London court to invalidate two of GSK’s patents relating to a re..
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Soccer-Beleaguered Man United battle to 0-0 draw at Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Manchester United ground out a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa on Sunday with the club suffering their w..
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UK pay growth weakest since February 2021, REC survey show
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobs market showed more signs of cooling in September as pay growth increased at the s..
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ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Oct 17 as economic growth is weak and..
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Dollar hovers near six-week high ahead of US jobs report; sterling attempts recovery
By Ankur Banerjee and Medha Singh SINGAPORE/LODNON (Reuters) – The dollar hovered near a six-week high on Friday ahead of..
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Bayer sees Intacta2 Xtend GMO seed covering 30% of Brazil’s soybeans
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer forecasts that some 30% of Brazil’s soybean area will be sowed with its..
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Telecom Italia board to meet Friday over bid for Sparkle unit, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) will hold a board meeting on Friday over a 700 million euro ($772 million) non-bin..
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Exclusive-Germany to vote against EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, sources say
By Andreas Rinke FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany on Friday will vote against the introduction of European Union tariffs on Chinese..
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Sabadell CEO says 2024 full-year profit could top 1.6 billion euros
MADRID (Reuters) – The CEO of Spain’s Sabadell, Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno, on Thursday said the bank could earn more tha..
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SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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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..
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