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Spanish court starts new probe against Shakira for alleged tax fraud
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court said on Thursday it has started a new investigation against Colombian superstar Shakira linked to alleged fraud on income and value-added taxes in 2018. The court in...
Jul 20, 2023
Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%
BEIJING (Reuters) - An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor that the country's youth unemployment rate might have hit close to 50% in March has revived a debate about official statistics and ...
Jul 20, 2023
European shares slip as investors digest mixed earnings
(Reuters) - European shares edged lower at open on Thursday, as investors assessed mixed earnings from companies in the region while disappointing results from U.S. heavyweights Tesla and Netflix also...
Jul 20, 2023
Reliance spin-off Jio Financial valued at $20 billion, above estimates
By Chris Thomas and Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) -Jio Financial Services (JFS) has been valued at around $20 billion after its stock price was set at a much higher-than-expected 261.85 rupees ($...
Jul 20, 2023
UBS says $100 million blended finance initiative receives new backers
ZURICH (Reuters) - British and U.S. development finance organisations have agreed to be anchor investors in a new $100 million private-public finance initiative led by UBS' philanthropic arm and non-p...
Jul 20, 2023
Wildfires in Greece largely contained, new heatwave looms
ATHENS (Reuters) - Wildfires across Greece were largely contained on Thursday after razing swathes of forest and dozens of homes for days, though a new heatwave loomed, threatening to stoke tinderbox ...
Jul 20, 2023
Transatlantic travel sets up European airlines up for bumper earnings
By Joanna Plucinska and Rajesh Kumar Singh LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - North American tourists thronging the streets of Europe's top destinations are set to fuel healthy earnings for airlines this quar...
Jul 20, 2023
Japan’s govt cuts growth forecast, sees inflation exceeding BOJ target
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government cut this year's economic growth forecast but expects inflation to sharply exceed the central bank's 2% target in new projections released on Thursd...
Jul 20, 2023
Nokia profit falls as North American slowdown dents margins
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnish telecom gear group Nokia on Thursday reported a drop in second-quarter profit due to a drop in margin as growth in sales of 5G gear in markets such as India failed to offs...
Jul 20, 2023
Google explores AI tools for journalists, in talks with publishers -spokesperson
(Reuters) - Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news articles and is in talks with news organizations to use the tools to assist journalists, a company spokesperson said l...
Jul 20, 2023
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