Billionaire Cohen builds stake in Nordstrom, urges board shakeup
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen is building a large stake in Nordstrom Inc and plans to pus..
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Julius Baer 2022 profits fall as it hits business cycle targets
ZURICH (Reuters) – Julius Baer on Thursday said net profit fell 12% in 2022 in a tough market environment, as the Swiss bank sai..
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Exclusive: Volvo readies EV blitz in biggest product revamp under Geely
By Norihiko Shirouzu (Reuters) – Volvo Cars is gearing up for an electric blitz to convert all its mainstay models – three..
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UK and EU reach post-Brexit customs deal for N.Ireland-The Times
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union have struck a customs deal that could help end post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ir..
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Asia’s factory activity contracts despite China’s COVID reopening
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia’s factory activity contracted in January as the boost from China’s COVID reop..
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UK shop price inflation hits record 8% in January: BRC
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Prices in British shops in January were 8.0% higher than a year before, the biggest annual ..
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Wage data dents dollar recovery before Fed rate decision
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell on Tuesday, giving up earlier gains, after data showed U.S. labor costs i..
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Dutch telecom KPN locks in 2023 targets helped by cost controls
(Reuters) -Dutch telecoms company KPN NV aims to slightly improve its core profit this year, it confirmed on Tuesday, supported by cos..
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Athletics-Farah returns for London Marathon before likely 2023 retirement
(Reuters) -Britain’s four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah said on Tuesday he expects 2023 to be the final year of his career, af..
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Philips to cut 13% of jobs in safety and profitability drive
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch health technology company Philips will scrap another 6,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to ..
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Nissan and Renault agree to overhaul alliance, this time as equals
By Maki Shiraki and Gilles Guillaume TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) -Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA agreed on Monday to a sweeping remake of th..
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Shares and bonds nervy as rate-hike week looms
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets worldwide halted their January rally on Monday, pausing for breath at the sta..
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The mouse that roared: New Zealand and the world’s 2% inflation target
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) – More than 30 years ago, some relatively youthful central bank and Treasury e..
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Hong Kong home prices drop 15.6% in 2022, snap 13 years of gain
(Reuters) – Private home prices in Hong Kong, one of the most unaffordable territories in the world, fell 15.6% in 2022 in the f..
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FDA advisers back the same COVID vaccine for initial shots, boosters
By Michael Erman and Leroy Leo (Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of ..
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Stocks, dollar gain on soft landing hopes
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stock markets rallied and the dollar strengthened on Thursday after a slew of data showed a..
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Spain’s unemployment rate inches up to 12.87% in Q4 2022
(Reuters) -Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 12.87% in the fourth quarter of 2022 from 12.67% three months earlier, data from th..
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UK’s Wetherspoon posts 13.1% rise in sales for 25-wk period
(Reuters) – UK’s J D Wetherspoon reported a 13.1% rise in like-for-like sales for the 25 weeks to Jan. 22 on Wednesday, as..
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Asian stocks make 7-month highs, Australian dollar gains on hot inflation
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian equities scaled their highest levels in seven months on Wednesday after some regional mark..
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Global economy seen facing a challenging year -Eurochambres
BERLIN (Reuters) – The international business community expects a challenging 2023 marked by geopolitical tensions, high inflati..
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Ford to make call on Europe job cuts by mid-Feb as buyers circle German site
By Victoria Waldersee and Christina Amann BERLIN (Reuters) -Ford will decide by mid-February how many jobs to cut in Europe a German u..
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Sweden to upgrade Berzelius supercomputer with Nvidia AI systems
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will upgrade its Berzelius supercomputer using Nvidia’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) s..
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Exclusive-Binance moved $346 million for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato, data show
By Tom Wilson and Angus Berwick LONDON (Reuters) -Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346 million in bitcoin for the Bitzlato digit..
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Prada’s Lorenzo Bertelli sets out ‘soft transition’ to new leadership
By Elisa Anzolin VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Prada is hiring former Luxottica chief Andrea Guerra to smooth ..
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Dollar stuck near nine-month low vs euro as yen bounces
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar hovered near a nine-month low against the euro and surrendered recent gains against the ..
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Pickup in French manufacturing offers hope as services sector still weak -flash PMI
PARIS (Reuters) – Output in the French economy fell slightly overall again in January, a purchasing managers’ survey showe..
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Seven shot dead in another mass shooting in California
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Ha..
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Two energy giants, two green projects: one double-booking in North Sea
By Rowena Edwards and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – Oil major BP plans to build a vast carbon capture project beneath the N..
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Oil settles mixed after hitting 7-week high on strong China outlook
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled mixed on Monday, retreating as investors cashed in on a jump to a seven-week..
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Exclusive-Goldman Sachs to cut asset management investments that weighed on earnings
By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s asset management arm will significantly reduce the $59 billion of a..
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Power company Engie: lower French gas distribution volumes in 2022 due to warmer weather
PARIS (Reuters) – French power company Engie said on Monday that the fact that France had warmer temperatures in 2022 compared t..
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Gymnastics-Britain’s Ellie Downie retires to prioritise mental health and happiness
LONDON (Reuters) – British gymnast Ellie Downie announced her retirement aged 23 “with a heavy heart” on Monday, say..
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New suppliers race to plug in to electric car market
By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert WOKING, England (Reuters) – The global auto industry has committed $1.2 trillion to developing el..
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Activist investor Elliott Management takes stake in Salesforce -sources
(Reuters) -Activist investor Elliott Management Corp has made a multi-billion dollar investment in cloud-based software firm Salesforc..
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European Central Bank to raise deposit rate to 3.25% by mid-year: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will be more aggressive than previously thought in its tightening..
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Analysis-Frankfurt ‘STIRs’ up euro clearing battle with London
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Frankfurt expands derivatives clearing on Monday in an early test of how well European Union amb..
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U.S. dollar advances vs major currencies as risk appetite fades
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose against major currencies on Wednesday in choppy trading, gainin..
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