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Exclusive: EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
By Stephanie Nebehay and Francesco Guarascio GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to c...
Oct 28, 2021
Mastercard’s third-quarter profit soars 60% on spending recovery
(Reuters) -Mastercard Inc reported a nearly 60% rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, spurred by an improvement in domestic spending and a healthy recovery in cross-border spending. The payments g...
Oct 28, 2021
UK complies with EU trade deal, Johnson’s spokesman says
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is fully in compliance with the rules of its post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, and wants further talks with French and EU officials over why a UK trawler has be...
Oct 28, 2021
Food tech company Nick’s raises $100 million in funding round
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish food tech firm Nick's said on Thursday it had raised $100 million in a funding round led by investment companies Kinnevik, Temasek and Ambrosia Investments. Nick's, which...
Oct 28, 2021
Airtel Africa eyes broadband and mobile money boost after bumper first half
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband and phone-based financial services, its chief executive said on Thursday, after posting rapi...
Oct 28, 2021
ECB holds policy unchanged, keeping stimulus taps wide open
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left policy unchanged on Thursday as widely expected, holding fire before a set of crucial decisions in December on ending pandemic emergency stimulus a...
Oct 28, 2021
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s third-quarter profit drops 27.5%
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co Ltd, which is backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday reported a 27.5% drop in third-quarter net profit. BYD made a 1.27 billion...
Oct 28, 2021
Shell says break-up of group would not work in real life
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Breaking up oil major Royal Dutch Shell into separate fossil fuels and renewables companies might be financially compelling but would not work in real life, finan...
Oct 28, 2021
Futures rise on positive earnings; GDP data awaited
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in Caterpillar, Merck and Ford after upbeat quarterly earnings, while investors awaited data that will likely ...
Oct 28, 2021
Cemex posts 10% sales rise on strong U.S., Mexico demand
(Reuters) - North America's top cement producer Cemex SAB de CV reported a 10% rise in quarterly sales on Thursday, helped by strong demand in the United States and Mexico, even as it faced supply cha...
Oct 28, 2021
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