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Spotify Premium to include free access to audiobooks in UK, Australia

Spotify Premium to include free access to audiobooks in UK, Australia

Spotify Premium to include free access to audiobooks in UK, Australia (Reuters) – Spotify said on Tuesday that users of its prem..

UK’s Petrofac gets over $600 million carbon capture contract from ADNOC Gas

UK’s Petrofac gets over $600 million carbon capture contract from ADNOC Gas

UK’s Petrofac gets over $600 million carbon capture contract from ADNOC Gas (Reuters) -UK oil services firm Petrofac said on Tue..

Banks behind 70% jump in greenwashing incidents in 2023 -report

Banks behind 70% jump in greenwashing incidents in 2023 -report

LONDON (Reuters) – The number of instances of greenwashing by banks and financial services companies around the world rose 70% i..

Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection

Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection

Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An alliance of nation..

UK’s Greggs shows resilience with quarterly sales rise

UK’s Greggs shows resilience with quarterly sales rise

UK’s Greggs shows resilience with quarterly sales rise LONDON (Reuters) -British baker and fast food chain Greggs kept its full-..

Rouble recovers slightly after slide past 100 vs dollar

Rouble recovers slightly after slide past 100 vs dollar

(Reuters) -The Russian rouble weakened past the symbolic threshold of 100 to the dollar before recovering slightly in early trade on T..

UK shop price inflation at lowest in a year – BRC

UK shop price inflation at lowest in a year – BRC

UK shop price inflation at lowest in a year – BRC LONDON (Reuters) – Prices in British store chains rose at the slowest pa..

Visa launches $100 million venture fund for generative AI startups

Visa launches $100 million venture fund for generative AI startups

Visa launches $100 million venture fund for generative AI startups (Reuters) – Payments processor Visa on Monday launched a $100..

Oil tumbles 2% to 3-week low on strong dollar, profit taking

Oil tumbles 2% to 3-week low on strong dollar, profit taking

Oil tumbles 2% to 3-week low on strong dollar, profit taking By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell about 2% on Monday ..

Dollar climbs to near 150 vs yen after US shutdown avoided, data

Dollar climbs to near 150 vs yen after US shutdown avoided, data

Dollar climbs to near 150 vs yen after US shutdown avoided, data By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index clim..

Global stock index dips while bond yields, dollar climb

Global stock index dips while bond yields, dollar climb

Global stock index dips while bond yields, dollar climb By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI’s global index of stoc..

Oil pares gains ahead of Fed Reserve comments

Oil pares gains ahead of Fed Reserve comments

Oil pares gains ahead of Fed Reserve comments By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices pared gains after earlier climbing $..

EU launches first phase of world’s first carbon border tariff

EU launches first phase of world’s first carbon border tariff

By Philip Blenkinsop and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union launched on Sunday the first phase of the worldR..

Tesla misses delivery estimates as factory upgrades curb production

Tesla misses delivery estimates as factory upgrades curb production

(Reuters) -Tesla missed market estimates for third-quarter deliveries on Monday as planned upgrades at its factories forced production..

London stocks kick off Q4 lower as rising yields bite

London stocks kick off Q4 lower as rising yields bite

By Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -London stocks gave up early gains and closed lower on Monday as rising yields ..

Germany’s Birkenstock targets over $9 billion valuation in US IPO

Germany’s Birkenstock targets over $9 billion valuation in US IPO

By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Birkenstock, the German premium footwear brand backed by private-equity firm L Catterton, said on Monday i..

France kicks off bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash risk

France kicks off bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash risk

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -France began vaccinating ducks against bird flu on Monday to try and stem the virus that kil..

Euro zone factory activity stuck in steep downturn in Sept – PMI

Euro zone factory activity stuck in steep downturn in Sept – PMI

Euro zone factory activity stuck in steep downturn in Sept – PMI LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone manufacturing activity remai..

STOXX 600 sinks to six-month low on higher bond yields

STOXX 600 sinks to six-month low on higher bond yields

STOXX 600 sinks to six-month low on higher bond yields By Sruthi Shankar, Shristi Achar A and Siddarth S (Reuters) -European stocks ki..

Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries

Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries

Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries By Ludwig Burger and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Hungar..

Environmental groups file complaint against France’s TotalEnergies over climate impact

Environmental groups file complaint against France’s TotalEnergies over climate impact

PARIS (Reuters) – Four environmental organisations have started legal action against France’s largest energy company Total..

Top central banks’ rate hike push fizzles out in September, EM parts ways

Top central banks’ rate hike push fizzles out in September, EM parts ways

Top central banks’ rate hike push fizzles out in September, EM parts ways By Karin Strohecker and Sumanta Sen LONDON (Reuters) &..

Italy’s Enel sells 50% of its Australia green business to INPEX

Italy’s Enel sells 50% of its Australia green business to INPEX

Italy’s Enel sells 50% of its Australia green business to INPEX MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Enel said on Friday it has..

Cellnex sells stake in units in Sweden, Denmark for $772 million to Stonepeak

Cellnex sells stake in units in Sweden, Denmark for $772 million to Stonepeak

MADRID (Reuters), it – Spanish mobile phone tower operator Cellnex said on Friday it sold a 49% stake in its Swedish and Danish ..

Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists

Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists

Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists By Gwladys Fouche and Ilze Filks OSLO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – ..

Heavy winter sweaters, coats pile up at stores as warm weather threatens holiday shopping season

Heavy winter sweaters, coats pile up at stores as warm weather threatens holiday shopping season

Heavy winter sweaters, coats pile up at stores as warm weather threatens holiday shopping season By Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) ..

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts By Katie Paul MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) -Meta Plat..

UK business confidence slips in September: Lloyds Bank

UK business confidence slips in September: Lloyds Bank

UK business confidence slips in September: Lloyds Bank LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence declined in September as o..

Exclusive-Travelex owners considering sale of company –sources

Exclusive-Travelex owners considering sale of company –sources

Exclusive-Travelex owners considering sale of company –sources By Amy-Jo Crowley and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) – Tra..

Oil jumps 3% as steep US crude stocks draw adds to supply concerns

Oil jumps 3% as steep US crude stocks draw adds to supply concerns

Oil jumps 3% as steep US crude stocks draw adds to supply concerns By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices surged 3% on Wed..

Sizes of European government debt trades halve in 2023-ICMA

Sizes of European government debt trades halve in 2023-ICMA

Sizes of European government debt trades halve in 2023-ICMA By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Investors are having to put on much sma..

Meta’s new Quest headset to start shipping on Oct 10 -Zuckerberg

Meta’s new Quest headset to start shipping on Oct 10 -Zuckerberg

Meta’s new Quest headset to start shipping on Oct 10 -Zuckerberg By Katie Paul and Anna Tong MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) -M..

Shopify invests in wholesale platform Faire

Shopify invests in wholesale platform Faire

Shopify invests in wholesale platform Faire LONDON (Reuters) – E-commerce giant Shopify is investing in wholesale platform Faire..

Bank of England delays final Basel bank capital rules to July 2025

Bank of England delays final Basel bank capital rules to July 2025

Bank of England delays final Basel bank capital rules to July 2025 LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England on Wednesday said it w..

Germany halts e-cars solar subsidy programme amid high demand

Germany halts e-cars solar subsidy programme amid high demand

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s state-owned KfW bank on Wednesday said it had halted a new subsidy programme for charging ele..

UK’s Hiscox to sell Singapore and Thailand insurance business

UK’s Hiscox to sell Singapore and Thailand insurance business

UK’s Hiscox to sell Singapore and Thailand insurance business (Reuters) – British insurer Hiscox said on Wednesday it has ..

Germany bans neo-Nazi group, raids members’ homes

Germany bans neo-Nazi group, raids members’ homes

Germany bans neo-Nazi group, raids members’ homes BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities raided dozens of locations nationw..