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Industrial gases firm Linde lifts profit outlook after Q2 beat
(Reuters) -Linde, the world's largest industrial gases company, on Thursday raised its full-year earnings guidance after reporting second-quarter profit above market expectations, as higher pricing of...
Jul 27, 2023
Mexico’s Cemex profit climbs modestly on price hikes, strong peso
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican cement maker Cemex on Thursday posted a slight rise in second-quarter net profit, on the back of double-digit price hikes and a strong peso. Net profit wa...
Jul 27, 2023
Yandex’s Q2 net profit falls as costs rise versus 2022 ‘anomaly’
By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) -Russian tech giant Yandex reported a 27% fall in second-quarter net profit on Thursday as costs rose from a year earlier when the company tightened sp...
Jul 27, 2023
Marketmind: ECB to follow Fed hike, Meta surges
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With markets still betting Wednesday's interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve was the last in the cycle, the European Central Ba...
Jul 27, 2023
UK retail sales slide at fastest pace in more than a year: CBI
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell in July at the fastest rate since April 2022 and stores are bracing for worse times ahead, with many chains cutting orders placed with suppliers, an indust...
Jul 27, 2023
Record 2022 temperatures will be average for UK by 2060 -Met Office
LONDON (Reuters) - The searing temperatures experienced in Britain in 2022, when the country recorded its hottest day on record, will be considered average by 2060 and 'cool' by the end of the century...
Jul 27, 2023
Central IL residents find ways to beat the extreme heat
PEORIA, Ill. – People who must be outside in the extreme heat this week are trying to find ways to stay cool. Temperatures in central Illinois will reach near 100 degrees the next couple days, w...
Jul 27, 2023
Hedge funds rush to buy China stocks on economy stimulus prospects – Goldman
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global hedge funds snapped up Chinese equities following the politburo meeting this week, buying on Tuesday at their fastest pace since October 2022, Goldman Sachs...
Jul 27, 2023
EU antitrust regulators to investigate Microsoft over Teams, Office tying
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The mov...
Jul 27, 2023
Zara owner Inditex to stop sourcing from Myanmar
LONDON (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex is in the process of stopping sourcing from Myanmar, the company told Reuters on Thursday, as a result of a campaign by global workers' union IndustriALL to convin...
Jul 27, 2023
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