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Take Five: April showers earnings and elections
(Reuters) - From HSBC and Volvo in Europe to Apple and McDonalds on Wall Street, first-quarter earnings are coming in thick and fast. But will they give lacklustre stock markets a lift? In France, a M...
Apr 22, 2022
Biden’s Earth Day includes mission to rescue world’s giant trees
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden marks Earth Day on Friday with a trip to lush but fire-prone Washington state and the signing of an executive order to p...
Apr 22, 2022
Analysis-Musk tears up buyout playbook with $46.5 billion Twitter financing
By Krystal Hu and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - It is the biggest acquisition financing ever put forward for one person. Elon Musk is doing it his way. More than two-thirds of the $46.5 billion financing pa...
Apr 22, 2022
China capable of adapting to U.S. Fed policy changes – FX regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is capable of adapting to policy changes from the U.S. Federal Reserve and authorities expect uncertainties abroad to have a smaller impact on the Chinese currency, the forei...
Apr 22, 2022
Major French unions: current pay rise offer in logistics sector is unacceptable
PARIS (Reuters) - Major French trade unions said in a joint statement on Friday that a proposed pay rise for workers in the logistics sector was "unacceptable" and that they had ended wage talks on th...
Apr 22, 2022
A Le Pen upset win would spark selloff in French bonds, euro -fund managers
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Sanjana Shivdas (Reuters) - Investors have discounted Marine Le Pen winning the French presidency on Sunday, so an upset would cause a selloff in French government bonds ...
Apr 22, 2022
Lagarde tells ECB policymakers to hold back criticism, leaks – sources
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told policymakers to hold back on dissenting views on decisions for several days, a move...
Apr 22, 2022
Ferrari to recall 2,222 cars in China on braking issues
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Luxury sports car maker Ferrari will recall 2,222 cars in China due to a potential fault in its braking systems, China's market regulator said in a statement on Friday. Starting f...
Apr 22, 2022
Honeywell seeks to invest about $200 million in Egypt -ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) - Honeywell International seeks to invest about $200 million in petrochemicals and the production of green fuels for aircraft in Egypt, the Ministry of Petroleum has quoted Honeywell's...
Apr 22, 2022
Two-speed euro zone economy as services shine, factories struggle -PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business growth unexpectedly accelerated this month, with the bloc's dominant services sector seeing a sharp increase in activity as consumers shrugged off soaring prices,...
Apr 22, 2022
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