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Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket

Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket

  PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a t..

Global money market funds draw large inflows in the week to Oct. 2

Global money market funds draw large inflows in the week to Oct. 2

  (Reuters) – Global money market funds attracted large inflows in the week to Oct. 2 as investor caution ahead of a key U...

Greece’s growth seen nearly unchanged in 2025, draft budget shows

Greece’s growth seen nearly unchanged in 2025, draft budget shows

  By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government is forecasting economic growth of 2.3% in 2025, outperformi..

Pfizer wins bid to invalidate GSK’s patents over RSV vaccine

Pfizer wins bid to invalidate GSK’s patents over RSV vaccine

  LONDON (Reuters) – Pfizer on Monday won a bid in a London court to invalidate two of GSK’s patents relating to a re..

Adani Group in talks to buy Heidelberg’s Indian cement operations, paper says

Adani Group in talks to buy Heidelberg’s Indian cement operations, paper says

  BENGALURU (Reuters) -The Adani Group is in talks to buy the Indian cement operations of Germany’s Heidelberg Materials in..

Factbox-2024 Nobel prizes announced this week

Factbox-2024 Nobel prizes announced this week

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology ..

Soccer-Beleaguered Man United battle to 0-0 draw at Villa

Soccer-Beleaguered Man United battle to 0-0 draw at Villa

  BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Manchester United ground out a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa on Sunday with the club suffering their w..

UK pay growth weakest since February 2021, REC survey show

UK pay growth weakest since February 2021, REC survey show

  LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobs market showed more signs of cooling in September as pay growth increased at the s..

ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy

ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Oct 17 as economic growth is weak and..

Dollar hovers near six-week high ahead of US jobs report; sterling attempts recovery

Dollar hovers near six-week high ahead of US jobs report; sterling attempts recovery

  By Ankur Banerjee and Medha Singh SINGAPORE/LODNON (Reuters) – The dollar hovered near a six-week high on Friday ahead of..

Bayer sees Intacta2 Xtend GMO seed covering 30% of Brazil’s soybeans

Bayer sees Intacta2 Xtend GMO seed covering 30% of Brazil’s soybeans

  SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer forecasts that some 30% of Brazil’s soybean area will be sowed with its..

England’s NHS to offer Lilly’s weight-loss drug to some patients

England’s NHS to offer Lilly’s weight-loss drug to some patients

  (Reuters) – England’s National Health Services will offer Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug to nearly a quarter mi..

Telecom Italia board to meet Friday over bid for Sparkle unit, sources say

Telecom Italia board to meet Friday over bid for Sparkle unit, sources say

  MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) will hold a board meeting on Friday over a 700 million euro ($772 million) non-bin..

Exclusive-Germany to vote against EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, sources say

Exclusive-Germany to vote against EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, sources say

  By Andreas Rinke FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany on Friday will vote against the introduction of European Union tariffs on Chinese..

Sabadell CEO says 2024 full-year profit could top 1.6 billion euros

Sabadell CEO says 2024 full-year profit could top 1.6 billion euros

  MADRID (Reuters) – The CEO of Spain’s Sabadell, Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno, on Thursday said the bank could earn more tha..

SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year

SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year

By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital..

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

  A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely t..

France to stick with wind power development targets

France to stick with wind power development targets

PARIS (Reuters) – France is aiming for a target growth rate of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) per year in onshore wind power, Energy ministe..

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target on a durab..

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) is tracking tightness in the aluminium market, which has see..

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the ra..

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its..

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

  ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the head of the U.S. fund BlackRock Inc, Larry Fink, in Rome o..

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

  PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still li..

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

  PARIS (Reuters) – Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxo..

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

  LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a qua..

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

  BERLIN (Reuters) – Thai retail and property conglomerate Central Group said on Monday it will take over the operational b..

Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided

Labour’s move to tax private education leaves Britain divided

  By Sarah Young MALVERN, England (Reuters) – Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced b..

UK business confidence falls from eight-year high, Lloyds says

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..

Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users

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..

Oil steady but on track for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook

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..

Moncler CEO strengthens grip on company with LVMH deal

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..

Aeffe sells ‘Moschino’ brand for perfumes to Euroitalia

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..

Exclusive-African countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap

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..

UK’s FTSE 100 closes slightly up as falling energy shares offset China-driven rally

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..

Exclusive-Ubisoft activist investor says it has support of 10% of shareholders in management tussle

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..

Dollar firm following sharp rebound as Fed speakers eyed

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..