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China’s top brokerage CITIC posts 46% third-quarter profit jump
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - CITIC Securities Co Ltd reported a 45.8% rise in third-quarter net profit, as China's biggest brokerage posted strong growth in commission fees after rapidly expanding its...
Oct 28, 2021
Tax rises and higher inflation to crimp UK living standards – IFS
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Higher inflation and rising taxation to fund growing demand for healthcare and other public services will cause living standards in Britain to barely rise over the...
Oct 28, 2021
Soaring U.S. business starts in pandemic show new normal evolving
By Howard Schneider ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) - The pandemic shuttered large parts of the U.S. economy in 2020 and may have driven hundreds of thousands of businesses into failure, but for entrepreneu...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. climate credibility on the line as Biden heads to COP26
By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden wants to show the U.N. climate conference in Scotland that the United States is back in the fight against global warming. B...
Oct 28, 2021
Saudi petrochemicals producer SABIC posts fivefold profit jump
DUBAI (Reuters) - Petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) on Thursday reported a fivefold increase in third-quarter profit helped by higher average selling prices. SABIC reported a po...
Oct 28, 2021
Scottish university hands over looted Benin Bronze to Nigeria
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A Scottish university will on Thursday hand over to a Nigerian delegation a Benin Bronze that was among thousands looted by British troops in 1897, the third Euro...
Oct 28, 2021
Nordic economies seen growing steadily in 2021, 2022 – Reuters poll
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Lifted pandemic curbs are boosting economic recovery for the Nordic economies as high consumer and corporate spending drive growth, a Reuters poll of economists suggested. The Da...
Oct 28, 2021
Volkswagen CEO: we will keep up with Tesla but not without cuts
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess on Thursday said he was confident that Europe's largest carmaker could keep up with Tesla, but added this would require further cost cuts...
Oct 28, 2021
Huawei spin-off brand Honor enters top three in China shipment ranking -research
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Honor, the Chinese smartphone brand spun out of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, saw shipments soar in the latest quarter to become the country's third-ranked brand, said research firm...
Oct 28, 2021
Switzerland’s Pictet, Bangkok Bank form wealth management alliance
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pictet Group and Bangkok Bank PCL on Thursday said they have formed a wealth management strategic alliance for the bank's clients in Thailand. Pictet, the Geneva-based wealth and...
Oct 28, 2021
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