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Evergrande winding-up lawsuit in Hong Kong adjourned to Nov 7

Evergrande winding-up lawsuit in Hong Kong adjourned to Nov 7

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s High Court approved on Monday an application by China Evergrande Group and its major off..

JPMorgan readies overseas retail expansion with German hiring spree

JPMorgan readies overseas retail expansion with German hiring spree

By Marta Orosz and Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – JPMorgan plans to hire a team of retail bankers in Germany as the biggest U.S...

Analysis-Nickel meltdown puts spotlight on LME’s search powers

Analysis-Nickel meltdown puts spotlight on LME’s search powers

By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – Stung by an epic crisis in nickel trading, the London Metal Exchange is ushering in new rule..

Asia shares ease, euro slugged by energy crisis

Asia shares ease, euro slugged by energy crisis

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Monday while the euro took a fresh spill after Russia shut a major gas ..

Soccer-Rashford, Antony score as Man United end Arsenal’s 100% start

Soccer-Rashford, Antony score as Man United end Arsenal’s 100% start

By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Marcus Rashford struck twice as Manchester United made it four wins in a row and ended A..

Belgian motorists beat fuel inflation with cross-border trips to France

Belgian motorists beat fuel inflation with cross-border trips to France

HALLUIN, France (Reuters) – French government support for gasoline prices has led to long queues of cars from Belgium queuing at..

Incoming Starbucks boss to bring consumer insight to coffee culture

Incoming Starbucks boss to bring consumer insight to coffee culture

By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -Laxman Narasimhan may have no experience of running coffee shops, but the outgoing CEO of British pac..

The Great Resignation: A quarter of businesses lost valuable talent unnecessarily

The Great Resignation: A quarter of businesses lost valuable talent unnecessarily

25th August 2022 – The equivalent of 1.3m UK SMEs have unnecessarily lost talent this year by making employees feel undervalued...

MIDLANDS’ OLDER GENERATION SPLURGE ON FINANCIAL GIFTS TO HELP LOVED ONES

MIDLANDS’ OLDER GENERATION SPLURGE ON FINANCIAL GIFTS TO HELP LOVED ONES

Several in their golden years are not prepared for inheritance tax  As the cost of living continues to rise, over-50s in the Midlands ..

European shares end five-day losing streak, still down for the week

European shares end five-day losing streak, still down for the week

By Anisha Sircar and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) – European stocks rose 2% on Friday, clocking gains for the first time in six da..

British port workers plan two-week strike from Sept. 19

British port workers plan two-week strike from Sept. 19

LONDON (Reuters) -More than 560 dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool, one of Britain’s largest container docks, will go on strik..

G7 finance chiefs agree on Russian oil price cap but level not yet set

G7 finance chiefs agree on Russian oil price cap but level not yet set

By David Lawder and Christian Kraemer (Reuters) -Group of Seven finance ministers agreed on Friday to impose a price cap on Russian oi..

Stress test backs extending lifespan of two German nuclear plants: sources

Stress test backs extending lifespan of two German nuclear plants: sources

By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) -A power grid stress test has shown that extending the lifespan of two of Germany’s nuclear po..

Gift card use soars as employers look to support staff through cost of living crisis

Gift card use soars as employers look to support staff through cost of living crisis

As employers seek innovative ways to support their staff through the cost of living crisis, new research has revealed that use of gift..

September is usually grim for stocks, but focus on fundamentals – HERE’S WHY

September is usually grim for stocks, but focus on fundamentals – HERE’S WHY

31 August 2022 September is traditionally the worst month of the year for stock markets – but this year could be different, says the C..

Legal profession draws on cloud faxing for secure transmission of sensitive and confidential legal documents

Legal profession draws on cloud faxing for secure transmission of sensitive and confidential legal documents

Wednesday 31 August 2022 – Cloud-based fax today plays an integral operational role in the legal profession, according to a surv..

Chase the Bears Explores the Upside of Taking Educated Risks to Turn Dreams Into Reality

Chase the Bears Explores the Upside of Taking Educated Risks to Turn Dreams Into Reality

“Ric Keller hits just the right note in Chase the Bears. Not only is it engaging, inspiring, and funny, but it also offers readers a s..

Euro zone yields fall as US payrolls seen easing rate-hike pressure

Euro zone yields fall as US payrolls seen easing rate-hike pressure

By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe (Reuters) – Euro zone government bond yields fell on Friday, falling in line with U.S. pee..

Fed’s job-friendly ‘soft landing’ hinges on history not repeating

Fed’s job-friendly ‘soft landing’ hinges on history not repeating

By Howard Schneider (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials have acknowledged that the battle against inflation will be paid for w..

Exclusive-Embattled Credit Suisse aims to launch China wealth business next year

Exclusive-Embattled Credit Suisse aims to launch China wealth business next year

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Credit Suisse, which has been buffeted by a string of scandals, management changes and gl..

WhatsApp bans 2.4 million Indian accounts in July – monthly report

WhatsApp bans 2.4 million Indian accounts in July – monthly report

BENGALURU (Reuters) – WhatsApp banned 2.39 million Indian accounts in July, the highest so far this year, the Meta-owned popular..

Starbucks taps head of Lysol maker Reckitt as its new CEO

Starbucks taps head of Lysol maker Reckitt as its new CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp on Thursday named Laxman Narasimhan as its next chief executive officer, choosing an executive cred..

Philips subsidiary to pay over $24 million for alleged false claims for medical equipment

Philips subsidiary to pay over $24 million for alleged false claims for medical equipment

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A subsidiary of Dutch medical device maker Philips has agreed to pay over $24 million to resol..

Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict – interpreter

Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict – interpreter

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in th..

Sterling slides below $1.15 for first time since 2020

Sterling slides below $1.15 for first time since 2020

By Tom Wilson and Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling skidded against the dollar on Thursday to its lowest level since March 2020 ..

EU regulator backs two Omicron-adapted COVID boosters

EU regulator backs two Omicron-adapted COVID boosters

By Natalie Grover and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -The European Union’s drug regulator on Thursday backed two separate COVID-19 vacc..

High inflation is bad for UK productivity – BoE’s Mann

High inflation is bad for UK productivity – BoE’s Mann

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s very high inflation risks distracting businesses from the longer-term decisions needed to boo..

Euro zone economy faces growing risk of recession, survey shows

Euro zone economy faces growing risk of recession, survey shows

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – Manufacturing activity across the euro zone declined again last month as consumers feeling ..

New U.S. rules on EV subsidies slam Hyundai, Kia’s dreams

New U.S. rules on EV subsidies slam Hyundai, Kia’s dreams

By Heekyong Yang and Ben Klayman SEOUL/DETROIT (Reuters) -After grabbing the No. 2 spot in the U.S. electric vehicle market with styli..

Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs

Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs

JARINJE, Kosovo (Reuters) -Dozens of U.S. NATO peacekeepers patrolled northern Kosovo on Thursday to preserve calm after Pristina anno..

First year of N.Ireland protocol required 1 million customs declarations

First year of N.Ireland protocol required 1 million customs declarations

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Over 10,000 firms completed one million customs declarations to move goods from Britain into Northern Ireland..

Tennis-Williams retirement on hold after win over world number two

Tennis-Williams retirement on hold after win over world number two

By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -Playing more like a world number one than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams tu..

UK factories suffer worst month since May 2020 as economy stumbles – PMI

UK factories suffer worst month since May 2020 as economy stumbles – PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturing output and new orders fell by the most in more than two years in August in the face of ..

London stocks fall 1% on weak global growth outlook

London stocks fall 1% on weak global growth outlook

By Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 index fell sharply on Thursday as mining stocks dragged th..

Australia’s property downturn puts home buyers in double mortgage bind

Australia’s property downturn puts home buyers in double mortgage bind

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s housing market downturn is squeezing many home sellers into a double bind: They̵..

Boeing expects MAX 7 to be certified before MAX 10 – executive

Boeing expects MAX 7 to be certified before MAX 10 – executive

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Boeing Co expects the 737 MAX 7 will be certified by the end of the year and the larger MAX 10 in the first half ..

After long drought, China plots ambitious water infrastructure push

After long drought, China plots ambitious water infrastructure push

By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – After a record heatwave parched large areas of the Yangtze basin, Chinese provinces are pl..