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COVID or no COVID, Beijing diners won’t be denied their Peking duck
By Thomas Suen and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have set up stalls on ...
May 18, 2022
Burberry says year ahead depends on China recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - British luxury brand Burberry said its outlook for the year ahead depended on how quickly China, its biggest market, recovered from COVID-19 lockdowns, after meeting expectations fo...
May 18, 2022
UK inflation hits 9%, highest since 1980s
LONDON (Reuters) -British consumer price inflation hit an annual rate of 9.0% in April, the highest since official estimates began in the late 1980s, data showed on Wednesday. A Reuters poll of econom...
May 18, 2022
Japan nuclear regulator grants initial nod to Fukushima water release plan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power's (Tepco) plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear...
May 18, 2022
European new car sales drop tenth month in a row in April – ACEA
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of new cars sold in Europe declined for the 10th month in a row as supply chain issues continue to take a heavy toll on car production, industry data showed on Wednesday....
May 18, 2022
Offshore wind faces shake-up as tenders abandon price-only criteria – report
OSLO (Reuters) - A new set of factors beyond bidding price is gaining traction in global tenders to award licences for offshore wind farms and will determine the winners and losers in a highly competi...
May 18, 2022
Exclusive: China in talks with automakers on EV subsidy extension – sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is in talks with automakers about extending costly subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) that were set to expire in 2022, aiming to keep a key market growing as the broader e...
May 18, 2022
Stellantis sees India as profitable auto growth market amid challenges in China, Russia
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Stellantis chief Carlos Tavares expects India to be a profitable market and a bigger growth opportunity than the carmaker previously expected as it faces challenges...
May 18, 2022
Siemens Energy plans bid for remaining Siemens Gamesa stake – sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens Energy is preparing a bid to buy the remaining third of Spanish-listed wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa it does not already own, two people familiar with the matter said...
May 18, 2022
Dutch bank ABN Amro’s Q1 profit beats estimates
(Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN Amro on Wednesday reported first-quarter net profit above market expectations at 295 million euros ($310.6 million), helped by the reopening of Dutch society as pandemic res...
May 18, 2022
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