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Imperial sees duty-free cigarette sales recovery as air travel returns
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) - Imperial Brands said on Tuesday it was starting to see some recovery of sales of cigarettes in duty-free shops at airports and in popular European holiday destination...
May 17, 2022
Citi, UK’s BII agree $100 million risk-sharing lending deal for Africa
LONDON (Reuters) -British International Investment (BII) and U.S. bank Citigroup Inc have signed a $100 million risk-sharing facility aimed at boosting lending to small businesses across Africa by up ...
May 17, 2022
U.S. to suggest tariffs on Russian oil as alternative to embargoes -officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury officials said on Tuesday they plan to propose at this week's G7 finance meeting that European countries impose tariffs on Russian oil, as a faster alternative to an ...
May 17, 2022
ECB’s Centeno says policy normalisation must happen in sustainable way
LISBON (Reuters) -The normalisation of the European Central Bank's monetary policy after a long period of ultra-low interest rates is needed and must happen in a sustainable way, increasing the ECB's ...
May 17, 2022
Volkswagen’s Skoda hopes for eastern European gigafactory decision by 2023
MLADA BOLESLAV, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech carmaker Skoda, owned by Germany's Volkswagen, is confident that its parent will take a decision on its fourth large battery factory in Europe by 2023 ...
May 17, 2022
BNP Paribas shareholder meeting disrupted by green activists
PARIS (Reuters) - Environmental activists briefly disrupted BNP Paribas' annual shareholder meeting in Paris on Tuesday, accusing France's largest listed bank of being Europe's main financing partner ...
May 17, 2022
China’s Liu tells tech execs government-market relations should be ‘properly managed’
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He told tech executives on Tuesday that relations between the government and market need to be "properly managed", the latest sign that authorities are loo...
May 17, 2022
Bankers brush off concerns about Brazil’s polarized election
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) - On one side is a president questioning the integrity of the electoral system. On the other, a challenger warning he could roll back the country's biggest privat...
May 17, 2022
Small players lose faith in crypto after sell-off
By Hannah Lang, Savio Shetty and Lisa Pauline Mattackal WASHINGTON/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Nofe Isah, a 25-year old based in Nigeria, has been investing in crypto since January. Last week, she lost all of ...
May 17, 2022
Suspect arrested in Koreatown salon shooting, Dallas police say
(Reuters) - Dallas police on Tuesday said a suspect has been arrested in last week's Koreatown hair salon shooting that wounded three women in an incident that echoed last year's Atlanta-area shooting...
May 17, 2022
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