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Reckitt price hikes drive 5.6% first-quarter sales growth
LONDON (Reuters) -Reckitt Benckiser Group beat first-quarter sales expectations on Friday, having increased prices to offset soaring raw material costs and flat volumes. Consumer goods makers from Pro...
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Dutch telco KPN reports 4.5% rise in Q1 core profit
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch telecom company KPN said on Friday its core profit increased 4.5% in the first three months of the year, driven by growing demand from consumers and businesses. The largest...
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AstraZeneca beats Q1 estimates, keeps 2022 forecasts
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca on Friday beat first-quarter sales and profit expectations and stood by its forecasts for 2022 as newer therapies for kidney disease and rare conditions offset an expected decli...
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Danske Bank Q1 profit misses estimates, keeps guidance
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danske Bank on Friday reported worse-than-expected first-quarter profits, hampered by macroeconomic uncertainty and turbulent financial markets, but it maintained its full-year ...
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Hong Kong’s mandatory COVID testing in schools fuels plastic waste woes
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVID-19 tests will add massively to the city's plastic waste problem, environmental activists say, with...
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Eni Q1 profits soar on high oil prices
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian energy group Eni said profits in the first quarter soared above expectations on the back of booming oil and gas prices stoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Adjusted net pro...
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Analysis-Musk’s Twitter free speech promise may be tested in Middle East
By Andrew Mills and Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Twitter buyer Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist, but that could be put to the test in the Middle East where critics say authoritarian...
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Signify earnings beat estimates on demand for energy saving lights
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Signify, the world's biggest maker of lights, reported a 9% jump in first-quarter core earnings on Friday, topping analysts' expectations, as growing demand for energy saving ligh...
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Gas prices boost OMV Q1 sales but Nord Stream hurts net result
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Austrian oil and gas group OMV reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue on Friday, citing higher market prices, though it made a loss over the period due to impairment...
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French economy grinds to a halt in first quarter, worse than forecast
PARIS (Reuters) - France's economy ground unexpectedly to a halt in the first quarter as consumer spending dropped in the face of an energy price shock and war in Ukraine, preliminary data from the IN...
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