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Olympics-Flame arrives in Marseille amid tight security

Olympics-Flame arrives in Marseille amid tight security

Olympics-Flame arrives in Marseille amid tight security By Clotaire Achi and Julien Pretot MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – The Oly..

UK tells tech firms to ‘tame algorithms’ to protect children

UK tells tech firms to ‘tame algorithms’ to protect children

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok will have to “tame” th..

British pub group JD Wetherspoon expects profit at upper end of market forecast

British pub group JD Wetherspoon expects profit at upper end of market forecast

British pub group JD Wetherspoon expects profit at upper end of market forecast (Reuters) – British pub group J D Wetherspoon on..

Alstom to ask shareholders for $1 billion in rights issue to slash debt

Alstom to ask shareholders for $1 billion in rights issue to slash debt

(Reuters) – French train maker Alstom on Wednesday said it would ask shareholders for around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) throu..

Munich Re Q1 net profit up 68%, in line with preliminary figures

Munich Re Q1 net profit up 68%, in line with preliminary figures

Munich Re Q1 net profit up 68%, in line with preliminary figures FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The German reinsurer Munich Re on Wednesd..

Exclusive-Amazon breaks into Europe 5G networks with Telefonica cloud deal

Exclusive-Amazon breaks into Europe 5G networks with Telefonica cloud deal

Exclusive-Amazon breaks into Europe 5G networks with Telefonica cloud deal By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Telefonic..

Stocks rally anew on US rate cut hopes; dollar steady

Stocks rally anew on US rate cut hopes; dollar steady

By Herbert Lash and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares traded close to one-month highs on Tuesday, boosted by rev..

Meta to expand AI image generation offerings for ads

Meta to expand AI image generation offerings for ads

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday it was expanding its suite o..

UK’s FTSE 100 notches record closing high in broad rally

UK’s FTSE 100 notches record closing high in broad rally

By Shubham Batra, Pranav Kashyap and Medha Singh (Reuters) -The UK’s FTSE 100 notched a record closing high on Tuesday in a bro..

Race for Europe’s first ‘real-time’ stock trade tape heats up

Race for Europe’s first ‘real-time’ stock trade tape heats up

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks and asset managers are vying with Europe’s exchanges to develop technology that can dee..

US dollar edges lower but up against yen, Aussie

US dollar edges lower but up against yen, Aussie

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped on Tuesday but strengthened against the Japanese yen as expec..

Apple unveils new AI-focused chip in upgraded iPad Pro

Apple unveils new AI-focused chip in upgraded iPad Pro

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple unveiled its latest iPad Pro on Tuesday with a new chip for artificial intelligence computing as..

‘Livestream’ shopping thwarts some high-tech tools to stop fake merch

‘Livestream’ shopping thwarts some high-tech tools to stop fake merch

By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Livestream shopping where buyers and sellers transact in real-time video is growing in..

UK construction growth hits 14-month high in April, PMI survey shows

UK construction growth hits 14-month high in April, PMI survey shows

(Reuters) – British construction companies enjoyed their fastest expansion in more than a year during April, despite a further ..

UBS shares soar as profit smashes forecasts, share buyback plans affirmed

UBS shares soar as profit smashes forecasts, share buyback plans affirmed

ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit that trounced forecasts and said it was sticking with plans for ..

Saudi Aramco maintains $31 billion dividend despite lower Q1 net income

Saudi Aramco maintains $31 billion dividend despite lower Q1 net income

By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabian state-owned oil giant Aramco expects to pay $31 billion in dividends to the Saudi ..

People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, scientists say

People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, scientists say

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer&#..

European shares close at highest in a week; Indra surges

European shares close at highest in a week; Indra surges

European shares close at highest in a week; Indra surges By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European shares closed at th..

Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI, The Information reports

Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI, The Information reports

Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI, The Information reports (Reuters) -Microsoft is training a new, in-hous..

Dollar weaker on renewed Fed rate cut hopes; yen wobbles

Dollar weaker on renewed Fed rate cut hopes; yen wobbles

Dollar weaker on renewed Fed rate cut hopes; yen wobbles By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar index was lower on Monday..

Global shares gain on rate cut bets; yen weakens

Global shares gain on rate cut bets; yen weakens

Global shares gain on rate cut bets; yen weakens By Herbert Lash and Nell Mackenzie NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global stock..

ECB grows more confident about cutting rates, policymakers say

ECB grows more confident about cutting rates, policymakers say

ECB grows more confident about cutting rates, policymakers say By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa VILNIUS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The..

Swedish central bank to cut key rate this week, Reuters poll shows

Swedish central bank to cut key rate this week, Reuters poll shows

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s central bank will cut its key interest rate this week by a quarter percen..

Swiss National Bank exploring ways to tokenise financial assets

Swiss National Bank exploring ways to tokenise financial assets

Swiss National Bank exploring ways to tokenise financial assets ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank is examining the best..

Sabadell board meets to consider BBVA’s $13 billion offer, sources say

Sabadell board meets to consider BBVA’s $13 billion offer, sources say

Sabadell board meets to consider BBVA’s $13 billion offer, sources say By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Sabadell’s board ..

World shares climb on Fed cut bets, China gains; yen weakens

World shares climb on Fed cut bets, China gains; yen weakens

World shares climb on Fed cut bets, China gains; yen weakens By Nell Mackenzie and Rae Wee LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. stocks looked to ope..

BioNTech says 90% of 2024 revenues will accrue at end of year

BioNTech says 90% of 2024 revenues will accrue at end of year

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s BioNTech, whose COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with Pfizer was widely used dur..

Shares in Spain’s Indra surge after net profit rises 40%

Shares in Spain’s Indra surge after net profit rises 40%

Shares in Spain’s Indra surge after net profit rises 40% By Matteo Allievi (Reuters) -Shares in Spanish defence and technology f..

Maersk says Red Sea disruption will cut capacity by 15-20% in second quarter

Maersk says Red Sea disruption will cut capacity by 15-20% in second quarter

Maersk says Red Sea disruption will cut capacity by 15-20% in second quarter COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The disruption to container shippin..

Westpac raises share buyback by $661 million even as costs and competition bite

Westpac raises share buyback by $661 million even as costs and competition bite

Westpac raises share buyback by $661 million even as costs and competition bite By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) -Australian bank Westpac r..

Global equity funds attract robust weekly inflows, led by Asia

Global equity funds attract robust weekly inflows, led by Asia

(Reuters) – Global equity funds experienced renewed interest from investors in the seven days through May 1, buoyed by a surge ..

Sterling shrugs off local election to focus on US payrolls data

Sterling shrugs off local election to focus on US payrolls data

Sterling shrugs off local election to focus on US payrolls data By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose on Friday agains..

Oil prices set for steepest weekly drop in three months

Oil prices set for steepest weekly drop in three months

By Ahmad Ghaddar and Deep Kaushik Vakil LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Friday after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data, bu..

Dollar drops as employers add fewer jobs than expected in April

Dollar drops as employers add fewer jobs than expected in April

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell to a three-week low against the yen on Friday after data showed that U.S..

Analysis-Apple has big AI ambitions – at a lower cost than its rivals

Analysis-Apple has big AI ambitions – at a lower cost than its rivals

Analysis-Apple has big AI ambitions – at a lower cost than its rivals By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -For most of the past year and..

Stocks jump, yields fall on hopes U.S. labor tightness ebbing

Stocks jump, yields fall on hopes U.S. labor tightness ebbing

Stocks jump, yields fall on hopes U.S. labor tightness ebbing By Alden Bentley and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street fo..

Analysis-Traders prep for another round of yen whack-a-mole

Analysis-Traders prep for another round of yen whack-a-mole

Analysis-Traders prep for another round of yen whack-a-mole By Amanda Cooper and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Japan’..