Exclusive-EU watchdog considers collateral changes to ease energy crunch
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union’s securities watchdog said on Monday it was considering a rare move to relieve..
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EU plans to make fossil fuel firms share excess profits, draft shows
By Kate Abnett and Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission wants to force fossil fuel firms that have pocketed gains ..
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With selfies and salutes, Britain’s generations mark queen’s passing
By Humza Jilani and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Some shed tears or wore military uniforms and medals, others t..
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Dollar falls ahead of U.S. inflation data; euro jumps
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest level in about two weeks against a basket of cu..
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Duchess Meghan pauses Spotify podcast during mourning for Queen Elizabeth
LONDON (Reuters) – Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has paused new episodes of her Spotify podcast during the official mourning pe..
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Explainer-How will the public be able to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth?
LONDON (Reuters) – The body of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will lie in state inside Westminster Hall for the public to pay t..
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Explainer-The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s shutdown
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The last operating reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine..
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Electrolux flags cost cuts, warns on profit as inflation squeezes demand
By Marie Mannes COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Sweden’s Electrolux on Monday announced plans to cut costs and warned its profit would dro..
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From free crumpets to store discounts, UK grocers lure workers
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – With job vacancies in Britain close to a record high, retailers including Tesco Plc have begun..
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EU eyes levy on fossil fuel firms to help consumers survive energy crisis
By Kate Abnett and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Fossil fuel firms may have to share their excess profits to help European house..
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Sterling falls to weakest since early 2021 against euro
LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling briefly fell to its lowest level since early 2021 against a robust euro on Monday, while news that Britain&..
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HSBC eyes resuming buybacks in second half of 2023
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC is likely to resume share buybacks in the second half of next year, its Chief Financial Offic..
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Swiss confirm favoured location for $21 billion nuclear waste store
ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland confirmed on Monday that its favoured location for a 20 billion Swiss franc ($20.94 billion) underground..
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Sporting events cancelled, tributes paid after Queen Elizabeth dies
(Reuters) -The world of sport reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday with a raft of cancellations across cricket, golf, r..
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Saudi Arabia’s king, crown prince send condolences on Queen Elizabeth’s death
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman sent condolences to British K..
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In France, Eiffel Tower goes dark in tribute to Queen Elizabeth
PARIS (Reuters) -The Eiffel Tower’s lights went dark early on Thursday night in tribute to Queen Elizabeth, with Parisians recal..
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BMW PGA Championship halts play after death of Queen Elizabeth II
The death Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II led to the stoppage of play at the BMW PGA Championships at Surrey, England. The flags..
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Tod’s sales rise 17% in first half of year
MILANO (Reuters) – Sales at Italian fashion group Tod’s rose by 17% in the first half of the year, broadly in line with ma..
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BoE’s Bailey speaks about surging inflation and rate hikes
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and other top officials from the British central bank spoke to lawmake..
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Murmurs of ‘sterling crisis’ no longer fanciful: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Even though fears of another “sterling crisis” have been wide of the mark for decad..
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Europe’s alternatives if Russia shuts off gas supply
(This September 2 story corrects to show Germany plans to build five LNG terminals not two) By Nina Chestney LONDON – The Nord S..
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UK housing market keeps momentum but slowdown ahead: Halifax
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose in August although a torrid economic outlook spells trouble for the housing market in the ..
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EU, U.S. step up Russian aluminium, nickel imports since Ukraine war
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union and United States have ramped up buying key industrial metals from Russia, data sh..
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Analysis-Europe’s banks dim lights as they brace for winter blackout
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Europe’s biggest banks are preparing back-up generators and t..
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Britain’s Lloyds racks up $350 million of likely scam COVID loans
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Lloyds Banking Group has been hit by more than 300 million pounds ($348 million) ..
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Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners’ green power talk angers Texas locals
By Avi Asher -Schapiro CORSICANA, Texas (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As temperatures crept above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C..
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Factbox-Hurdles for Germany’s planned nuclear winter reserve
(Reuters) – Germany wants to keep two southern nuclear plants, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 open in reserve mode beyond their sch..
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UniCredit sets out $8 billion aid package for Italy clients hit by surging prices
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s second-biggest bank, UniCredit, on Monday unveiled a set of measures worth up to 8 bill..
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Belgian motorists beat fuel inflation with cross-border trips to France
HALLUIN, France (Reuters) – French government support for gasoline prices has led to long queues of cars from Belgium queuing at..
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Incoming Starbucks boss to bring consumer insight to coffee culture
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -Laxman Narasimhan may have no experience of running coffee shops, but the outgoing CEO of British pac..
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Tennis-Williams retirement on hold after win over world number two
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) -Playing more like a world number one than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams tu..
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UK factories suffer worst month since May 2020 as economy stumbles – PMI
LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturing output and new orders fell by the most in more than two years in August in the face of ..
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London stocks fall 1% on weak global growth outlook
By Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 index fell sharply on Thursday as mining stocks dragged th..
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Australia’s property downturn puts home buyers in double mortgage bind
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s housing market downturn is squeezing many home sellers into a double bind: They̵..
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Boeing expects MAX 7 to be certified before MAX 10 – executive
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Boeing Co expects the 737 MAX 7 will be certified by the end of the year and the larger MAX 10 in the first half ..
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After long drought, China plots ambitious water infrastructure push
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – After a record heatwave parched large areas of the Yangtze basin, Chinese provinces are pl..
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Volkswagen’s Mexico factory workers reject union pay deal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Volkswagen workers at its main Mexico factory rejected a deal for a 9% pay hike, an official statement s..
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