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Swedish economic growth set to slow significantly – finance minister
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish economic growth is expected to slow significantly during the second half of the year as high inflation hampers economic activity, Sweden's finance minister said on Thursd...
Aug 18, 2022
Russia’s Ochakovo ups soft drink bottling capacity as Western rivals leave
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian drinks producer Ochakovo on Thursday said it had increased the annual bottling capacity of its CoolCola, Fancy and Street soft drinks by 2.5 times to try and plug the gap in...
Aug 18, 2022
MercadoLibre to create cryptocurrency as part of loyalty program
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -South American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre Inc on Thursday announced the creation of a new cryptocurrency called MercadoCoin, which will be implemented as part of its loyalty pr...
Aug 18, 2022
Mexican fintech Covalto to list on Nasdaq via SPAC
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican digital and banking services platform Covalto said on Thursday it will list on the Nasdaq exchange through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the first time ...
Aug 18, 2022
Swedish government slashes growth outlook for 2023 as war and inflation hits
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's Social Democratic government on Thursday cut its outlook for growth next year as it warned the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine and soaring inflation would increasingly ...
Aug 18, 2022
Google employees petition bosses for abortion policy changes
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Over 650 workers at Google owner Alphabet Inc are demanding it offer abortion benefits to contractors, suspend donations to anti-abortion politicians and bet...
Aug 18, 2022
Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index unexpectedly rises in August
(Reuters) - A gauge of factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly accelerated in August to the briskest pace since April and firms reported input price pressures eased to the lowest...
Aug 18, 2022
Salman Rushdie attack suspect indicted, to appear in court Thursday
By Tyler Clifford MAYVILLE, N.Y (Reuters) -A man suspected of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York will be arraigned on a grand jury indictment on Thursday during a court hea...
Aug 18, 2022
Russia engaging in ‘quiet’ diplomacy with U.S. on Griner prisoner swap, official says
(Reuters) -Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was engaged in "quiet diplomacy" with the United States regarding a potential prisoner swap that would include basketball star Brittney Griner....
Aug 18, 2022
Chile’s GDP up 5.4% in Q2, below estimates
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's economy expanded 5.4% in the second quarter of 2022 from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Thursday, driven by services activities but below expectations of a 5....
Aug 18, 2022
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