U.S. job growth powers ahead; unemployment rate at 3.4%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in January while the unemployment rate hit a more t..
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Euro zone inflation seen just above ECB’s target in 2025, poll shows
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is set to decline to 2.1% in 2025, just a shade above the European Central Bank’..
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Kering recruits Estee Lauder exec for push into cosmetics
PARIS (Reuters) – French luxury goods group Kering said Friday it was entering the cosmetics business, with the announcement tha..
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Lockmaker Assa Abloy boosts dividend, but wary on outlook
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Assa Abloy, the world’s biggest lockmaker, raised its dividend more than expected as it met quarterly profi..
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TomTom raises 2023 revenue outlook as automotive drives Q4 beat
By Federica Mileo (Reuters) -Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom raised its 2023 revenue forecast on Friday, after pos..
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France seeks strategy as nuclear waste site risks saturation point
By Benjamin Mallet LA HAGUE, France (Reuters) – At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a..
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Tech earnings hit pause button on market rally
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Herbert Lash (Reuters) – Big Tech led U.S. markets on a sharp rebound to kick off 2023. The message..
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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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Ford posts lower profit, issues downbeat outlook; shares drop
By Joseph White and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co on Thursday said quarterly profits fell and the automaker predicted ..
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Oil slumps on economic data, stronger U.S. dollar
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Thursday as U.S. industrial-linked factory orders dipped, while the d..
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Apple’s weak iPhone sales drive first profit miss since 2016
Apple’s weak iPhone sales drive first profit miss since 2016
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Thursday reported sales and profits that missed Wall Street expectations driven by weak iPhone sales ..
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Central banks hike rates again, but a pause is coming
LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks are steadily moving closer to a pause in their aggressive interest rate hiking campaigns...
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Fed rates up, BoE up, ECB up, stocks up
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Higher stock markets showed the bulls were still firmly in charge on Thursday as the European Central Bank and ..
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Research confirms executive education boosts personal, professional and organisational life-wide learning
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Roche flags 2023 earnings decline on slump in COVID products
By Ludwig Burger BASEL (Reuters) – Roche warned of a decline in 2023 earnings, as revenue growth from new drugs, including its h..
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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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Trustly closes acquisition of Ecospend – becoming the leading Open Banking payments company in the UK
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New study finds that 98% of women want to come back to work after maternity leave – but only 13% say it’s viable
The Careers After Babies research found that 98% of women want to return to work after having a child but just 13% can make it work ..
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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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Dollar falls to nine-month low as Powell notes progress in disinflation
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar extended losses on Wednesday and fell to a nine-month low against a basket of ..
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Investors go back to basics with simpler self-driving vehicles
By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert COVENTRY, England (Reuters) – Developing fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) that can go everywhere h..
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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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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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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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EU recovers appetite for trade in green industry push
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is aiming to enact up to five trade deals in record time to ensure ..
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Euro zone economic sentiment rises in January to seven-month high
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone economic sentiment rose to a seven-month high in January on more optimism across all sectors except cons..
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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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Euro rises after Spanish CPI, dollar slips towards 8-mth low
By Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee LONDON (Reuters) – The euro rose on Monday after unexpectedly high Spanish inflation data raised exp..
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Sterling steadies vs dollar ahead of BoE, ECB meetings
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling edged lower against the U.S. dollar on Monday ahead of a number of central bank meeti..
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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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Stocks, dollar gain on resilient U.S. economy
By Herbert Lash and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A gauge of global stock performance rose and the dollar strengthened o..
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Bank of England set to hike to 4% as rate peak looms
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks on course to raise its main interest rate by half a percentage po..
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Hopes of slowdown in rate hikes bolster shares ahead of U.S. GDP
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks firmed on Thursday as investors bet that central banks meeting next week will signal a sl..
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Public Power Corp, RWE to build five solar farms in Greece
(Reuters) – Greece’s biggest power utility Public Power Corp. (PPC) and Germany’s RWE have taken a final investment ..
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