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Jeers, scuffles as trial of 2013 Spanish train disaster that killed 80 begins

Jeers, scuffles as trial of 2013 Spanish train disaster that killed 80 begins

MADRID (Reuters) -The trial of a Spanish train driver and a former head of traffic safety at national rail-infrastructure operator Adi..

France to turn off hot water in public offices to save energy

France to turn off hot water in public offices to save energy

PARIS (Reuters) -France will turn off the hot water in the toilets of public buildings and order municipalities to reduce water temper..

Italy’s De Nora teams up with GES on hydrogen battery project

Italy’s De Nora teams up with GES on hydrogen battery project

ROME (Reuters) – Italian electrode maker De Nora and Green Energy Storage (GES) said on Wednesday they had established a partner..

China, equities weigh as EM sees another month of outflows – IIF

China, equities weigh as EM sees another month of outflows – IIF

By Rodrigo Campos (Reuters) – Emerging market portfolios saw another month of foreign outflows in September, the seventh of the ..

Polish central bank holds rates, points to slowdown ahead

Polish central bank holds rates, points to slowdown ahead

By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) -The National Bank of Poland (NBP) kept its main interest rate on hold at 6.75% on Wednesday, it said, ..

Philip Morris offers EU concessions in $16 billion Swedish Match deal

Philip Morris offers EU concessions in $16 billion Swedish Match deal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Marlboro maker Philip Morris has offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns over its $16 billion ..

Glencore to place Nordenham zinc smelter on care and maintenance from Nov 1

Glencore to place Nordenham zinc smelter on care and maintenance from Nov 1

LONDON (Reuters) -Miner and trader Glencore will place its Nordenham zinc smelter in Germany on care and maintenance from Nov. 1, it s..

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Industry experts weigh in on protecting businesses

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Industry experts weigh in on protecting businesses

Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the yearly reminder for us all to re-evaluate and tighten our cyber hygiene. But after witnessing a s..

Adaptavist’s Reinventing Work Study reveals ‘Cost of Working’ Crisis

Adaptavist’s Reinventing Work Study reveals ‘Cost of Working’ Crisis

LONDON — 21 September 2022 — Adaptavist, the leader in digital transformation technology and services, today revealed the findings of ..

MariaDB Welcomes Former VP and General Manager of Amazon RDS to Board of Directors

MariaDB Welcomes Former VP and General Manager of Amazon RDS to Board of Directors

London – October 3, 2022 – MariaDB® Corporation today announced Hal Berenson has joined its board of directors. Berenson is well known..

Major ROI boost for marketers as Bango adds billions of dollars of new purchase data

Major ROI boost for marketers as Bango adds billions of dollars of new purchase data

Cambridge, UK – 3 October 2022 – Bango plc (AIM:BGO), the global platform for data-driven commerce, is now the world leading source of..

Rising cost of living is a top concern for employees in sales and marketing roles

Rising cost of living is a top concern for employees in sales and marketing roles

Two thirds in UK sales and marketing roles say the cost of living crisis will have the biggest impact on their ability to hit targets..

How multilingual brands are matching the speed of their customers

How multilingual brands are matching the speed of their customers

By Eugene Ernoult, Chief Marketing Officer at website translation software specialists Weglot Marketers are certainly not ..

New report by BPC highlights opportunities and challenges of Super Apps for forward-thinking banking players

New report by BPC highlights opportunities and challenges of Super Apps for forward-thinking banking players

Super Apps originated in Asia but are on the rise in Western countries; The superpower of these apps is to leverage their data rich..

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

Factbox-Government measures to ease inflation pain

(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruptions to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have ..

Shaken by heatwaves, U.S. clinics get tips on staying cool

Shaken by heatwaves, U.S. clinics get tips on staying cool

By David Sherfinski NAGS HEAD, North Carolina (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The day a patient collapsed out in the parking lot,..

Engine parts makers must cross ‘valley of death’ to reach EV era

Engine parts makers must cross ‘valley of death’ to reach EV era

By Nick Carey and Christina Amann KIDDERMINSTER, England (Reuters) – Auto engine parts makers eyeing the promising electric-vehi..

80% of telco pros admit ARPU is the main way they measure profitability… even though they know better

80% of telco pros admit ARPU is the main way they measure profitability… even though they know better

Sagacity research shows almost all telcos are serious about being value-driven, but fewer than one in five (17%) have been successful ..

London’s Battersea Power Station reborn as office and shopping hub

London’s Battersea Power Station reborn as office and shopping hub

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Battersea Power Station reopens next week as a glitzy hub of offices, flat..

Some UK property funds defer investor withdrawals

Some UK property funds defer investor withdrawals

By Carolyn Cohn and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s top open-ended property funds are rolling out ..

Nobel physics prize goes to sleuths of ‘spooky’ quantum science

Nobel physics prize goes to sleuths of ‘spooky’ quantum science

By Johan Ahlander, Ludwig Burger and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won..

Nestle pledges $1 billion to coffee sustainability plan

Nestle pledges $1 billion to coffee sustainability plan

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) -Nestle will spend more than 1 billion Swiss francs ($1 billion) by 2030 on efforts to source coffee..

Tourism revenues on the mend in Mediterranean countries

Tourism revenues on the mend in Mediterranean countries

(Reuters) – Even if the number of visitors has still not quite recovered to pre-pandemic levels, Mediterranean countries are enj..

Apple forced to change charger in Europe as EU approves overhaul

Apple forced to change charger in Europe as EU approves overhaul

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Apple will have to change the charger for its iPhones in the European Union from autumn 202..

Robots are making French fries faster, better than humans

Robots are making French fries faster, better than humans

PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) -Fast-food French fries and onion rings are going high-tech, thanks to a company in Southern California. Mi..

L&G says not a forced seller of UK government bonds

L&G says not a forced seller of UK government bonds

By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) -Legal & General Group has not been a forced seller of gilts, the insurer said in an unscheduled..

Could a lack of technical expertise and skills derail tech businesses?

Could a lack of technical expertise and skills derail tech businesses?

By, Andy Peddar is CEO and co-founder of Deazy Such has been the rapid growth of technological innovation over the past tw..

Ubuntu Arrives on Amazon WorkSpaces: The First Fully Managed Ubuntu VDI on a Public Cloud

Ubuntu Arrives on Amazon WorkSpaces: The First Fully Managed Ubuntu VDI on a Public Cloud

29th September 2022 – Canonical is proud to announce the availability of Ubuntu WorkSpaces on AWS, a fully managed virtual deskt..

IKEA’s home deliveries will be fully electric by 2025 – CEO

IKEA’s home deliveries will be fully electric by 2025 – CEO

By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) – IKEA’s home deliveries will be made by electric vehicles by 2025 as part of a target a..

Nobel medicine prize goes to explorer of ancient DNA

Nobel medicine prize goes to explorer of ancient DNA

By Natalie Grover, Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) -Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Pr..

Factbox-The UK’s top tax rate – what is it and why does it matter?

Factbox-The UK’s top tax rate – what is it and why does it matter?

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Monday abruptly dropped his plan to eliminate the top rate of inco..

Factbox-How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?

Factbox-How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – The winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 7 in Oslo. Here is a look ..

Instant View: British pound up as govt makes U-turn on tax cut plan

Instant View: British pound up as govt makes U-turn on tax cut plan

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound rallied although UK stocks opened weak on Monday, after the government said it was maki..

Vodafone agrees to buy MasMovil’s Portugal unit Nowo

Vodafone agrees to buy MasMovil’s Portugal unit Nowo

MADRID (Reuters) – British telecom group Vodafone has agreed to buy Portuguese rival Nowo from Spanish operator MasMovil as part..

Centre-right GERB party leads in Bulgaria election -partial results

Centre-right GERB party leads in Bulgaria election -partial results

SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party of former long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is set to win Sunday..

European telcos set to win fight with Big Tech, could set global agenda

European telcos set to win fight with Big Tech, could set global agenda

By Foo Yun Chee and Supantha Mukherjee BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – European telecoms providers are set to win their decade-lo..

Roche names Sause head of diagnostics arm

Roche names Sause head of diagnostics arm

ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche Holding has named Matt Sause, head of Roche Diagnostics’ North America region, to lead the group&..