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Collapsed FTX owes nearly $3.1 billion to top 50 creditors

Collapsed FTX owes nearly $3.1 billion to top 50 creditors

(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has filed for U.S. bankruptcy court protection, said it owes its 50 biggest creditors ne..

Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot produced higher virus-neutralizing..

Facctum launches FacctSet to streamline watchlist management

Facctum launches FacctSet to streamline watchlist management

  The new solution is the first purpose-built watchlist management product to address growing data management challenges  London,..

PA Consulting signs collaboration agreement with PulPac to bring Dry Molded Fiber solutions to life for global brands

PA Consulting signs collaboration agreement with PulPac to bring Dry Molded Fiber solutions to life for global brands

  PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life and PulPac, the Swedish R&D and IP company behind Dry..

Tesla reports two new fatal crashes involving driver assistance systems

Tesla reports two new fatal crashes involving driver assistance systems

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tesla Inc told U.S. auto safety regulators it has reports of two new crash fatalities..

Musk to relaunch Twitter’s blue check subscription on Nov 29

Musk to relaunch Twitter’s blue check subscription on Nov 29

(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Twitter’s sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched ..

Currency trading in a spin after Polish explosion

Currency trading in a spin after Polish explosion

By Sinéad Carew and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Trading in the dollar and the euro was volatile on Tuesday, with bot..

YouTube expands shopping features to combat digital ad slowdown

YouTube expands shopping features to combat digital ad slowdown

(Reuters) -YouTube said on Tuesday it is bringing shopping features to its TikTok-like short-form video service, as the Alphabet-owned..

Paris considers electric scooter ban over safety concerns

Paris considers electric scooter ban over safety concerns

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – Paris is considering banning its 15,000 rental electric scooters due to concerns about publ..

Spain expects to agree with banks mortgage relief measures by end of week

Spain expects to agree with banks mortgage relief measures by end of week

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government expects to reach by the end of this week an agreement with banks on mortgage relief ..

DRIVING US CRAZY: a quarter of British motorists find driving more stressful than WORK  

DRIVING US CRAZY: a quarter of British motorists find driving more stressful than WORK  

  New research to mark International Stress Awareness Week uncovers what causes our blood pressure to rise on the roads Over h..

Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay

Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay

(Reuters) -European countries are facing strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details..

New China COVID rules spur concern as some cities halt routine tests

New China COVID rules spur concern as some cities halt routine tests

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities began cutting routine community COVID-19 testing on Monday, days after China anno..

G7 launches climate ‘Shield’ fund, some countries wary

G7 launches climate ‘Shield’ fund, some countries wary

By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A G7-led plan dubbed “Global Shield” to provide f..

Musk halts Twitter’s coveted blue check amid proliferation of imposters

Musk halts Twitter’s coveted blue check amid proliferation of imposters

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Twitter Inc paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday as fake accounts mu..

Blueprint and Klaviyo combine forces to scale SMS in EMEA

Blueprint and Klaviyo combine forces to scale SMS in EMEA

8th November 2022, LONDON: Klaviyo, the unified customer platform that provides data-driven marketing tools, has today announced it ha..

Money – Is it still the family taboo

Money – Is it still the family taboo

  By Alice Edwards, Solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood With the cost of living crisis, rising interest rates and proposed tax chang..

Global economic crisis strangling progress for poor, warns U.N. development chief

Global economic crisis strangling progress for poor, warns U.N. development chief

By Laurie Goering SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Decades of development progress are at risk as economies..

Winter weather could be mild, German met office DWD says

Winter weather could be mild, German met office DWD says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany could be in for a mild winter, the meteorological office DWD said on Thursday, raising the possibi..

EU proposes tighter vehicle pollution emission standards

EU proposes tighter vehicle pollution emission standards

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Thursday broadly tighter limits for vehicle emissi..

AstraZeneca lifts 2022 earnings outlook as cancer drugs boost results

AstraZeneca lifts 2022 earnings outlook as cancer drugs boost results

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -AstraZeneca raised its full-year earnings outlook on Thursday after strong sales of its key cancer drugs ..

Twitter, social platforms could see spike in election misinformation

Twitter, social platforms could see spike in election misinformation

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Election misinformation is spreading across social media platforms like Twitter and Meta PlatformR..

Republican ‘red wave’ fizzles, but midterm race for U.S. Congress tight

Republican ‘red wave’ fizzles, but midterm race for U.S. Congress tight

By Gabriella Borter and Tim Reid BIRMINGHAM, Mich./PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) – Republicans made modest gains in U.S. midterm elec..

Christmas shopping begins early as Britons face cash crunch

Christmas shopping begins early as Britons face cash crunch

By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers are trying to navigate the hit to their finances by spreading out t..

Disney streaming beats Wall Street targets, earnings miss

Disney streaming beats Wall Street targets, earnings miss

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday its marquee streaming service, Disney+, gained ..

Blow for EU crackdown on tax deals as Fiat wins appeal

Blow for EU crackdown on tax deals as Fiat wins appeal

By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday won its fight against an EU order to pay 30 million euros ($30 million)..

Bayer beats Q3 profit forecast on strong herbicide sales

Bayer beats Q3 profit forecast on strong herbicide sales

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Agriculture and pharmaceuticals company Bayer on Tuesday reported better-than-expected quarterly..

Pandora braces for recession despite resilient demand

Pandora braces for recession despite resilient demand

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish jewellery maker Pandora reported third-quarter sales just above expectations on Tue..

Munich Re firmly sticks to 2022 target after quarterly profit rise

Munich Re firmly sticks to 2022 target after quarterly profit rise

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Munich Re on Tuesday said it posted a 44% rise in net profit in the third quarter, despite big claims from..

Commerzbank, Norsk Hydro to invest 600 million euro into 1 GW of Danish solar

Commerzbank, Norsk Hydro to invest 600 million euro into 1 GW of Danish solar

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – A joint venture of subsidiaries of Germany’s Commerzbank and Norway’s Norsk Hydro will..

Factbox-‘Beaver blood moon’ offers world’s last total lunar eclipse until 2025

Factbox-‘Beaver blood moon’ offers world’s last total lunar eclipse until 2025

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Nighttime skywatchers from East Asia to North America will be treated to the rare spectacle of a ..

Developing countries need $1 trillion a year in climate finance -report

Developing countries need $1 trillion a year in climate finance -report

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries and development banks to sec..

Bosch agrees to pay $25 million to settle California diesel emissions probe

Bosch agrees to pay $25 million to settle California diesel emissions probe

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -German auto supplier Bosch has agreed pay $25 million to resolve California’s probe into the comp..

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt to announce a tax raid on inheritance -Telegraph

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt to announce a tax raid on inheritance -Telegraph

(Reuters) – British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is to announce a tax raid on inheritance as he attempts to balance the books in..

Global hedge funds advance in October amid stocks rally

Global hedge funds advance in October amid stocks rally

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds posted a 2% gain in October, helped by a rally in stock markets and a combination of hig..

New Swedish government to cut fuel taxes, boost defence, police in budget

New Swedish government to cut fuel taxes, boost defence, police in budget

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s new right-wing government will cut fuel taxes and give extra cash to the military and polic..

Ford’s EV guru Field talks bottlenecks and opportunities

Ford’s EV guru Field talks bottlenecks and opportunities

By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – An inadequate charging network and insufficient access to battery raw materials are critical bottlen..