Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK posts record current account gap, but urges caution on data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's current account deficit in the first quarter ballooned to 51.7 billion pounds ($62.8 billion) or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the biggest shortfall by that measure in r...
Jun 30, 2022
German retail sales inch up in May
BERLIN (Reuters) - German retail sales increased in May, despite a slight decline in turnover in food retailing, data showed on Thursday. Retail sales rose by 0.6% in real terms compared to the previo...
Jun 30, 2022
Savings and algorithms: UK supermarkets battle cost of living crisis
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Facing the toughest economic conditions in decades, Britain's supermarkets are cutting product ranges, searching for cost savings and patrolling each other's stores t...
Jun 30, 2022
Tennis-Norrie embracing the pressure at Wimbledon
(Reuters) - Cameron Norrie said he is ready to embrace the pressure of trying to reach the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time and keep the British flag flying at Wimbledon following the ex...
Jun 30, 2022
Ferrari to churn out gas guzzlers on its slow road to electric
By Giulio Piovaccari and Nick Carey MARANELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Ferrari makes some of the fastest cars on the road, but the luxury Italian automaker is taking the slow lane to an electric future as i...
Jun 30, 2022
State agency wants net zero carbon emissions from Australia's biggest LNG plant this decade
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A state agency in Australia has backed a plan to extend the life of the country's biggest liquefied natural gas plant by 50 years, so long as it achieves net zero ...
Jun 30, 2022
With IPOs on ice, banks' stock offering fees plummet
By Andres Gonzalez, Echo Wang and Lucy Raitano (Reuters) - Recession fears and Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent a chill through equity capital markets (ECM) in the second quarter, depriving bankers o...
Jun 30, 2022
Business leaders say new Hong Kong chief must open up city, rebuild its image
By Farah Master and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Business executives in Hong Kong have a wish list for its new leader: scrap COVID-19 quarantine rules, and promote the rule of law and transpare...
Jun 30, 2022
Colombia's Petro picks Jose Antonio Ocampo as finance minister
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro said on Thursday he had picked Jose Antonio Ocampo to be finance minister in his government when he begins his term in August. Ocampo...
Jun 30, 2022
EU seeks deal on ground-breaking rules to regulate crypto
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters - The European Union on Thursday will seek agreement on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets as the rout in bitcoin piles pressure on authorities to rein in ...
Jun 30, 2022
