Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked
(This Dec. 15 story has been corrected to change Robert Dishner’s location to London from Chicago in paragraph 33) LONDON (Reute..
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Take Five: Keeping the lights on
(Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will be the last of the major central banks to hold a policy meeting this year, and policy-makers ..
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No Santa rally for markets as central banks dampen peak rate hopes
By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Forget a year-end rally in financial markets. The message from major central b..
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Marketmind: Hawk-eyed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors have hunkered down with their risk-off hat on, af..
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BoE raises rates again as investors look towards end of hikes
By David Milliken and Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a further half-perc..
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Electric vehicles confront the leap to the mass market
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – The past year was sobering for investors who poured money into Tesla Inc and rival electric ..
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Swiss National Bank says inflation battle not yet won
By John Revill and Michael Shields BERN (Reuters) – Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan said it was too early to “s..
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Telecom equipment maker Ericsson divests Russian operation
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Thursday it had divested a customer support operation in R..
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UK retailer Currys warns on profit as Nordic chill sweeps in
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) -British electricals retailer Currys cut its full-year profit forecast on Thursday after heavy disc..
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Adding EVs to U.S. biofuels law is environmental agency’s 2023 task
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Biden administration could change the nation’s biofuel blending law next year ..
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EU meets to try to break gas price cap impasse
By Kate Abnett, Gabriela Baczynska and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union energy ministers meeting in Brussels..
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Explainer-Europe’s fiercely contested plan to cap gas prices
By Susanna Twidale, Kate Abnett and Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) – A proposed cap on gas prices has divided European Union count..
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Food inflation: Tight grain, oilseed supplies to keep prices elevated
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Drought or too much rain, the war in Ukraine and high energy costs look set to curb glob..
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London stocks slip ahead of key interest rate decisions
By Johann M Cherian and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – British shares closed lower on Monday, with investors treading cautiously ah..
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EU could face gas shortage next year, IEA warns
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union has enough gas for the winter but could face a shortage next year if Russia cuts..
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Keystone oil pipeline restart timetable unclear; traders worry about supply
By Erwin Seba and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON, Kan. (Reuters) -Traders expressed worry on Monday about how long Canada’s TC Energ..
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Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge
By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 che..
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Croatia’s coast turns to solar in bid to become energy-sustainable
By Daria Sito-Sucic MAKARSKA, Croatia (Reuters) – As high electricity bills have closed most hotels along Croatia’s Adriat..
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Britain braces for winter of strike action as nurses walk out
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking u..
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Metro Bank, former top bosses fined over reporting error
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – British challenger bank Metro and two of its former executives have been slapped with fines b..
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European food delivery shapes up with Getir’s Gorillas buy
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Grocery-in-minutes company Getir’s $1.2 billion deal to buy rival Gorillas is an important..
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Oil edges up on U.S. pipeline restart uncertainty, Russian supplies
By Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose as much as more than 1% on Monday as a key pipeline supplying the United States rem..
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UK manufacturers expect output to fall 3.2% in 2023
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturers expect output to fall by 3.2% next year after a 4.4% decline in 2022,..
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King Charles releases photo for first Christmas card as monarch
LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace on Sunday released the photograph for King Charles’ first Christmas card as monarch, ..
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Explainer-How Britain is exploiting Brexit to reform finance?
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain proposed over 30 reforms on Friday to bolster the City of London’s role as a globa..
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Cold spell tests Europe’s gas cutback ambitions
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s first cold spell heading into the depths of winter is testing the resolve of co..
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France strains to avert power cuts as cold snap tests Europe’s energy resolve
By Gus Trompiz and Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) -France expects to avoid electricity cuts on Monday but faces a difficult week as t..
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UK airports face Christmas disruption as border staff to strike
LONDON (Reuters) -Border Force workers at several major British airports including the country’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on s..
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Another momentous year beckons for Britain’s royal family
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The last year will go down as one of the most seismic in the history of the British royal f..
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French environmentalists file complaint against Apple for wasteful practices
PARIS (Reuters) -A French environmental campaign group filed a complaint against Apple Inc. over commercial practices restricting the ..
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British PM Rishi Sunak pledges further action on strikes to ‘protect lives’
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would take more action “to protect the lives and livelihoods&#..
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Analysis-East Europeans count their pennies for Christmas as food costs soar
By Krisztina Than TISZAESZLAR, Hungary (Reuters) – Consumers in Eastern Europe are saving up to put their favourite carp and por..
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EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price th..
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As WHO pandemic pact talks begin, poor countries on back foot
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Global talks have begun on drafting new health rules for combating pa..
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We’re going to be free’: Chinese cheer as COVID curbs are loosened
By Martin Quin Pollard and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its resolute anti-C..
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Britain urges banks to offer mortgage flexibility in cost-of-living crisis
By Huw Jones and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has called on banks to support households finding it difficult to make payment..
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U.N. summit aims for global pact to protect nature
By Gloria Dickie and Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Countries are gathering Tuesday for a key U.N. nature conference in Mo..
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