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Equities, oil prices slide on China unrest
Nov 28, 2022
LONDON — Stocks and oil prices fell Monday on concerns about protests across China calling for political freedoms and an end to the government's hardline zero-COVID policy, fuelling uncertainty in the world's number-two economy.Hundreds of people took to the streets in China at the weekend in the country's biggest demonstrations since pro-democracy ...
Meta calls for UK gov't rethink over plans to scrap EU laws
Nov 27, 2022
LONDON — Facebook owner Meta is urging UK lawmakers considering legislation to scrap ...
Owner of Ikea stores sees profit fall on Russia exit
Nov 26, 2022
STOCKHOLM — The owner of most Ikea stores, Ingka, reported on Friday a more than five ...
Grinding inflation clouds 'Black Friday' shopping bonanza
Nov 24, 2022
NEW YORK — The Black Friday kick-off of the holiday shopping season is expected to bring especially deep discounts in 2022, but one challeng ...
European Space Agency adopts budget of nearly 17 billion euros
Nov 23, 2022
PARIS — The European Space Agency said Wednesday it has adopted a budget of nearly 17 billion euros for the three next years, a significant ...
Italy's draft budget centres on energy aid, growth
Nov 22, 2022
ROME — Italy's new far-right government unveiled its first budget on Tuesday, with most of the nearly 35 billion euros in spending for 2023 ...
Nespresso chief confident inflation will not roast sales
Nov 21, 2022
ZURICH — Despite Europe feeling the pinch from soaring inflation, Nespresso boss Guillaume Le Cunff told AFP he believes their coffee capsul ...
Spain's high-speed rail competition heats up with new entrant
Nov 21, 2022
MADRID — Competition in Spain's high-speed rail market is heating up with a new operator starting passenger services on Friday, making it Eu ...
COP27 summit strikes historic deal to fund climate damages
Nov 20, 2022
SHARM EL SHEIKH — An often fraught UN climate summit wrapped up on Sunday with sweeping agreement on how to tackle global warming and a "his ...
Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns
Nov 20, 2022
 WASHINGTON — Twitter's owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a "hellscape", but experts fear a staff exodus followi ...
French-speaking bloc starts Tunisia summit focused on economy
Nov 19, 2022
DJERBA — The world's French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, more than a year a ...
UK austerity budget stings markets
Nov 17, 2022
LONDON — A British austerity budget hit the pound and gilts on Thursday, with stocks suffering worldwide on the glum economic outlook and th ...
UK inflation accelerates to 41-year peak
Nov 16, 2022
LONDON — British inflation has jumped to a 41-year high on soaring energy and food bills in a worsening cost-of-living crisis, data showed W ...

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