UK house prices rise 0.7% in September, Nationwide says
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in September from August, with the annual growth rat..
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Exclusive-ByteDance plans new AI model trained with Huawei chips, sources say
(Reuters) – TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compat..
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UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year h..
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Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users
(Reuters) -Audio streaming platform Spotify was back up after an approximate three-hour-long outage on Sunday, which at its pea..
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Dollar drops after inflation data, Yen rebounds on Ishiba win
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar weakened on Friday after a reading of U.S. inflation indicated price pressures con..
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Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook
By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices held on Friday but remained on track for a weekly fall as investors weighed expect..
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Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal
By Elisa Anzolin and Mimosa Spencer MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) -Moncler’s Chairman and CEO Remo Ruffini is tightening his cont..
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Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian fashion group Aeffe has agreed to transfer the ownership of its ‘Moschino’ brand in..
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Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
LONDON (Reuters) – At least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt..
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UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 closed up on Thursday, though lagging its Europea..
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Europe’s STOXX 600 clocks all-time closing high on China stimulus boost
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and min..
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Stocks rise to records with Micron rally; oil prices slide
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -A widely followed global stock index and the S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday aft..
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Exclusive-Ubisoft activist investor says it has support of 10% of shareholders in management tussle
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – An activist investor pushing for a sale of “Assassin’s Creed” maker Ubis..
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Discounter Pepco’s sales hurt by supply chain disruption
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group said its fourth-quarter underlying revenue was lower th..
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Dollar firm following sharp rebound as Fed speakers eyed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held firm on Thursday following its sharpest rally since early June as tra..
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Polish fashion retailer LPP confirms annual revenue goal of up to $5.5 billion
GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s largest apparel retailer LPP confirmed its full-year revenue target of 20-21 billion zl..
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UniCredit starts process to bring life insurance business in house
MILAN (Reuters) – UniCredit has told Allianz and CNP Assurances that it will buy their stakes in the life insurance joint..
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European shares end marginally lower as energy stocks drop
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 closed slightly lower on Wednesday as energy stocks ..
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Meta shows off prototype augmented-reality glasses at Connect event
By Katie Paul MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms showed off its first working prototype of augmented-re..
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Fonterra’s annual profit falls 25%; shares rise on dividend declaration
By Rajasik Mukherjee (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Fonterra posted a 25% drop in its fiscal 2024 profit on Wednesday, hurt by ..
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Soccer-‘I thought it was AI,’ says Wimbledon director of flooding images at stadium
(Reuters) – AFC Wimbledon’s managing director thought he was looking at AI-created images when he saw pictures of f..
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Solvay to cut 68 jobs in Salindres site throughout 2025
(Reuters) – Belgian chemicals group Solvay announced on Tuesday plans to enter into talks with labour unions to cease pro..
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ECB started issuing fine notices to banks not meeting climate expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has started issuing fine notices to lenders not meeting its long-defined e..
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Spotify expands AI Playlist feature to new markets including US, Canada0
(Reuters) – Spotify is expanding its tool that helps create playlists using generative artificial intelligence for premiu..
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UK employers give joint-lowest pay rises since June 2022, Brightmine says
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers gave staff the joint-lowest pay rises since June 2022 in the three months to the end..
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Analysis-SocGen’s CEO Krupa tightens screws on costs as bank’s turnaround plan falls flat
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Societe Generale’s CEO Slawomir Krupa is set to turn the screws further on costs a..
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Nike veteran Hill to replace Donahoe as CEO; shares jump
By Juveria Tabassum, Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) -Nike said on Thursday that former senior executive Elliott Hill will rejoin the comp..
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EU regulator backs use of Novo’s Wegovy for obesity-related heart condition
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency backed the use of Novo Nordisk’s popular drug Wegovy to help ease heart failure in peop..
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Analysis-Extreme weather adds to fiscal strains in central Europe
By Jan Lopatka, Karol Badohal and Gergely Szakacs PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept throug..
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Yen slides as BOJ governor steers clear of rate hike talk
By Linda Pasquini and Wayne Cole LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – The yen weakened on Friday after the Bank of Japan signalled it was i..
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Nike’s next CEO Hill brings a bootstraps mentality
By Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) – Elliott Hill started at Nike as an intern in 1988 but steadily scaled its ranks, banking on v..
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Sterling rises vs dollar, euro boosted by strong UK retail sale data
By Linda Pasquini (Reuters) – Sterling edged up against the dollar and the euro on Friday, as strong UK retail sale data provide..
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Oil prices set to end week higher after US rate cut
By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Oil prices eased on Friday, but were on track to register gains for a second straight week following a lar..
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Stocks pinned near all-time highs, yen slips after Ueda’s comments
By Sruthi Shankar and Stella Qiu (Reuters) – World stocks hovered near record highs on Friday, underpinned by a big interest rat..
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European shares slip but set for weekly gains; Mercedes drops
By Shubham Batra (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Friday after a rally in the previous session spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserv..
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London blue-chips slip as sterling jumps after retail sales beat
(Reuters) – UK shares slipped on Friday while the British pound jumped, though the stock index was set to eke out weekly gains r..
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Global investors brace for turmoil as big Fed cut sows confusion
By Naomi Rovnick and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) -Big global investors are on alert for wild market swings after a jumbo U.S. rate ..
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