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COP27 host Egypt aims to share climate finance model
By Aidan Lewis and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - COP27 host Egypt has secured nearly $10 billion in funding in ways it hopes can provide a template for other developing nations to ob...
Nov 18, 2022
Blackouts hit Ukraine’s small businesses, and wider economy, hard
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) - Oleksii Revutskyi rolls his eyes when talking about the challenges Ukrainian businesses have faced lately. "Two years of quarantine, a year of war - bring on the alie...
Nov 18, 2022
Carvana to layoff 1,500 employees – CNBC reporter tweet
(Reuters) - Carvana Co will lay off 1,500, or 8%, of its workforce, a CNBC reporter said in a tweet on Friday. The used-car retailer did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a comment. (Re...
Nov 18, 2022
IMF cuts Nigeria 2022 growth forecast to 3%
ABUJA (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund has revised Nigeria's 2022 real GDP growth forecast down to 3% from 3.4% earlier, citing weak oil production and the adverse effects of recent flooding...
Nov 18, 2022
Lufthansa still interested in buying into ITA Airways
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa is still interested in buying into state-controlled Italian carrier ITA Airways, a spokesman said on Friday, despite reports that its original partner in the mooted deal h...
Nov 18, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to lead U.S. House Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries launched a bid on Friday to become Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after the chamber's speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced th...
Nov 18, 2022
Western New York eyes weekend deluge of lake-effect snow
By Lindsay DeDario BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Parts of Western New York state woke up on Friday to nearly 2 feet (0.6 meter) of "lake effect" snow, about half of the total accumulations that forecaster...
Nov 18, 2022
COVID variants BQ.1/BQ.1.1 make up nearly half of U.S. cases – CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. national public health agency said on Friday that Omicron sub-variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 estimated to account nearly half of the COVID-19 cases in the country for the week ended Nov...
Nov 18, 2022
Volkswagen-SAIC venture to close manual transmission plant in China
BERLIN (Reuters) - A manual transmission plant owned by Volkswagen's joint venture with SAIC Motors will close next March, the carmaker said on Friday. The news was communicated to staff this week in ...
Nov 18, 2022
Analysis-Tough budget leaves UK’s growth challenge unmet
By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt says higher taxes and curbs on spending are the price that must be paid to allow the economy to grow in ...
Nov 18, 2022
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