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Bank of England poised to act under new inflation strain
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Facing pressure to curb surging inflation, the Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates again on Thursday and signal further unwinding of its pandemic stimulu...
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Marketmind: Let the fun begin
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. If you were hoping for calm before Thursday's Bank of England and European Central Bank meetings, forget it. U.S. stock futures are down sharp...
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Catering giant Compass on track to scale pre-pandemic growth
(Reuters) - Compass Group, the world's largest catering company, said on Thursday its first-quarter revenue had reached 97% of its pre-pandemic levels, largely boosted by new businesses and strong cli...
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Sales of Nintendo Switch top 100 million, surpassing Wii’s lifetime figure
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million uni...
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ING quarterly pretax profit surges 27%, lending and fees grow
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ING Groep NV, the largest Dutch bank, on Thursday reported a 27% rise in fourth-quarter pretax profit to 1.33 billion euros ($1.50 billion) on better fee income and strong loan g...
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Shell again boosts dividend, buybacks as profits soar
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell bossted its dividend and share repurchases on Thursday after its fourth quarter profits soared to $6.4 billion at the end of last year on the back of higher oil a...
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Swisscom names Aeschlimann CEO, one-offs swell 2021 net profit
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swisscom named Christoph Aeschlimann as new chief executive on Thursday to succeed Urs Schaeppi when he steps down on June 1 after nine years in the post, the company said as it rep...
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Danske Bank reports Q4 net profit above estimates
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danske Bank on Thursday said it expected to increase profits this year after reporting better-than-expected fourth quarter net profit, buoyed by customer activity and fewer cost...
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Spanish bank Unicaja books 18 million euro loss in Q4 on one-off charges
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Unicaja on Thursday said it booked an underlying loss of 18 million euros in the fourth quarter due to pressure from lending income and one-off charges related to its contri...
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Builder Skanska’s profit beats forecasts
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Skanska reported on Thursday a quarterly profit above market expectations, and said market activity in construction had picked up gradually during the year. Fourth-quart...
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