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Houses burnt as new wildfire rages in southwestern France
PARIS (Reuters) - A wildfire is raging in southwestern France, destroying four houses, burning 1,300 hectares and forcing the evacuation of 540 people in an area already hit this summer by huge blazes...
Sep 13, 2022
Spain August final 12-month inflation at 10.5%
(Reuters) - Spanish consumer prices rose 10.5% year-on-year in August, a tad higher than the flash estimate released last month, but down from 10.8% in the period through July, according to final data...
Sep 13, 2022
India could grow at 7% annually this decade -chief economic adviser
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India should be able to grow at about 7% annually this decade as investment spending is expected to rise and the digital economy picks up, the chief economic adviser said on Tuesd...
Sep 13, 2022
India not defending rupee, does not need to – says chief economic adviser
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India does not need to defend the rupee because its economic fundamentals are such that the currency can take care of itself, the country's chief economic adviser, V. Anantha Nag...
Sep 13, 2022
UK jobless rate hits 48-year low as people quit labour market
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's unemployment rate fell to its lowest since 1974 at 3.6% in the three months to July as more people left the labour market, according to official data ...
Sep 13, 2022
Tonic maker Fevertree’s half-year profit dips on cost pressures
(Reuters) - Tonic maker Fevertree reported a fall in profit for the first half of the year despite strong demand in Europe and the U.S., as inflationary pressures and continued exposure to elevated Tr...
Sep 13, 2022
Lazard in talks with India, China and Japan for Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring
(Reuters) - Financial advisory group Lazard is in the process of speaking to India, China and Japan for the restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt, Ramesh Pathirana, the island nation's acting cabinet spok...
Sep 13, 2022
Seattle educators to vote Tuesday on deal to end strike
(Reuters) - Seattle educators will vote on Tuesday on an agreement with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) to end a strike over pay, staffing and mental health support, the school system said. Almost 95% of...
Sep 13, 2022
Vedanta-Foxconn sign MoU with Modi’s home state for $20 billion chip foray
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vedanta Ltd and Taiwan's Foxconn signed an agreement on Tuesday with India's Gujarat to set up its $20 billion semiconductor project at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state....
Sep 13, 2022
From block to blue ticks: How China became big business for Twitter
By Fanny Potkin, Eduardo Baptista and Tony Munroe SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the s...
Sep 13, 2022
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