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Small business distress index hits mid-2020 high

Small business distress index hits mid-2020 high

By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) – Corporate distress among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit its highest since mi..

Auto lobby urges Spain’s next government to commit to decarbonisation

Auto lobby urges Spain’s next government to commit to decarbonisation

((This July 12 story has been corrected to clarify that the forecast is for all car sales in Spain, not just EV sales, in paragraph 8)..

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of favourable regulatory and investment moves have st..

Italy’s luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local

Italy’s luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s luxury fashion groups, which for decades jealously guarded their independence, have started team..

Euro zone ministers agree on gradual wind-down of spending

Euro zone ministers agree on gradual wind-down of spending

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Thursday that the single currency area needed a “determined, gr..

Ericsson’s quarterly operating profit declines, beats expectations

Ericsson’s quarterly operating profit declines, beats expectations

LONDON (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson reported a 62% fall in second-quarter adjusted operating profit on Friday, slightly b..

Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source

Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source

By Jonathan Spicer and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone..

Bosch ups investment in hydrogen, begins fuel-cell power module production

Bosch ups investment in hydrogen, begins fuel-cell power module production

BERLIN (Reuters) – German auto supplier Bosch will invest almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell technol..

Elon Musk thinks China is interested in an international AI framework

Elon Musk thinks China is interested in an international AI framework

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday he thinks China is interested in a cooperative international framework o..

UK’s Domino’s Pizza Group names new CEO

UK’s Domino’s Pizza Group names new CEO

(Reuters) -Domino’s Pizza Group said on Thursday Andrew Rennie, who has served as the Europe chief for a major franchise operat..

Discount retailer Pepco’s sales growth slows

Discount retailer Pepco’s sales growth slows

LONDON (Reuters) -European discount retailer Pepco Group reported a slowdown in underlying sales growth in its latest quarter on Thurs..

Big companies toughen banking partner screening after crisis – survey

Big companies toughen banking partner screening after crisis – survey

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Large companies are spreading out their counterparty risk and increasing screening of their banking partner..

Wall Street cheers cool CPI with stock rally; dollar, yields decline

Wall Street cheers cool CPI with stock rally; dollar, yields decline

(Reuters) -Wall Street stocks advanced on Wednesday and the dollar and Treasury yields fell after new U.S. inflation data showed a slo..

British digital bank Monzo in talks to buy Nordic lender Lunar

British digital bank Monzo in talks to buy Nordic lender Lunar

LONDON (Reuters) – British digital bank Monzo is in early stage discussions about a potential acquisition of Nordic lender Luna..

Germany more flexible on hydrogen transition, emphasises speed – draft

Germany more flexible on hydrogen transition, emphasises speed – draft

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany is set to hold on to its hydrogen economy goals up to 2030 and beyond while pressing for speed and..

Smurfit Kappa eyes wider North Africa expansion after Morocco opening

Smurfit Kappa eyes wider North Africa expansion after Morocco opening

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Europe’s largest paper and packaging producer Smurfit Kappa expects the opening of its first North African pla..

Edge computing is essential to accelerating the UK’s regional regeneration

Edge computing is essential to accelerating the UK’s regional regeneration

By Wendy Shearer, director of Smart Cities and Ecosystems at Pulsant. Regional investment, innovation and growth will d..

 3 DataOps principles to accelerate time to value for external data – Today

 3 DataOps principles to accelerate time to value for external data – Today

By Dan Lynn, SVP of Product at Crux As the appetite for data grows, DataOps professionals have mostly confronted the myr..

How AI is going to re-write the rulebook for financial services

How AI is going to re-write the rulebook for financial services

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise the financial services industry. Just ask Google, who recently lau..

Bank of England says Britain is coping with higher interest rates

Bank of England says Britain is coping with higher interest rates

By David Milliken, Huw Jones and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy is so far proving resilient to a surge i..

Exclusive-SoftBank considering US listing for its PayPay business – sources

Exclusive-SoftBank considering US listing for its PayPay business – sources

TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank is considering a U.S. listing for its PayPay payments business, three sources familiar with the matter said,..

Oil steadies amid economic concerns, higher U.S. crude stocks

Oil steadies amid economic concerns, higher U.S. crude stocks

(Reuters) -Oil prices barely moved on Wednesday as markets weighed a possible build in U.S. crude stockpiles and economic concerns aga..

IBM mulls using its own AI chip in new cloud service to lower costs

IBM mulls using its own AI chip in new cloud service to lower costs

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – International Business Machines (IBM) is considering the use of artificial intelligence chips that it ..

AI for business: It’s evolution – not revolution

AI for business: It’s evolution – not revolution

My newsfeed has been overwhelmed in recent months with stories surrounding the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – half..

Building my business; with James Cunningham

Building my business; with James Cunningham

CEO of Core to Cloud How did the business start, and can you tell us about the growth of Core to Cloud since then? My ..

Zara owner boosts sustainability goals as fast-fashion feels the heat

Zara owner boosts sustainability goals as fast-fashion feels the heat

MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex said on Tuesday it will look to recycling and sustainably farmed crops to reduce its envir..

LG Chem raising $2 billion in exchangeable bonds

LG Chem raising $2 billion in exchangeable bonds

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd is raising $2 billion in bonds that will exchange for LG Energy Solution Ltd ..

Stocks rise, dollar retreats ahead of inflation data

Stocks rise, dollar retreats ahead of inflation data

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares rose and the dollar eased on Tuesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that could support..

Heathrow passenger numbers near pre-pandemic levels in June

Heathrow passenger numbers near pre-pandemic levels in June

LONDON (Reuters) – Heathrow Airport, Britain’s busiest, said 7 million passengers traveled through it last month, putting ..

U.S. says to move forward with transfer of F-16 jets to Turkey

U.S. says to move forward with transfer of F-16 jets to Turkey

VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will move forward with the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in consultation..

Analysis-Japan’s changing views on price hikes open door for BOJ policy tweak

Analysis-Japan’s changing views on price hikes open door for BOJ policy tweak

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese consumers may finally be shedding their decades-old frugal mindset, spending more on items that retai..

Food prices squeeze consumers in June, hot weather boosts summer spending: BRC

Food prices squeeze consumers in June, hot weather boosts summer spending: BRC

LONDON (Reuters) – Unusually hot weather boosted sales of sun screen and barbecue food in Britain last month, a British Retail C..

Oil rises on OPEC+ cuts, weaker dollar

Oil rises on OPEC+ cuts, weaker dollar

(Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, recouping some of the losses from the previous session, as traders focused on supply cu..

Apple opens store on China’s WeChat platform

Apple opens store on China’s WeChat platform

BEIJING (Reuters) -Tencent’s WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, ma..

Uniper chief says flexible duration LNG contracts key for Europe

Uniper chief says flexible duration LNG contracts key for Europe

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Shorter-duration contracts for LNG purchases will be important for Europe’s diversifying supply give..

Turkey backs Sweden’s NATO entry

Turkey backs Sweden’s NATO entry

(Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan agreed Monday to support Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a move that will e..

L&T, Spain’s Navantia to jointly bid for $5-billion India submarine tender

L&T, Spain’s Navantia to jointly bid for $5-billion India submarine tender

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro on Monday said it struck an agreement with Spanish ..