LONDON (Reuters) – Shopper numbers in central London on Christmas Eve were 30.3% lower than the previous Friday as the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus kept many people from high streets, according to data from Springboard. City centres outside London saw a 10% drop in shoppers in the hours up to midday …
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(Reuters) -Global airline carriers have canceled more than 2,000 flights so far on Friday, the FlightAware website said, in an indication of how COVID-19 is affecting holiday travel. The website showed that as of 8:20 a.m. Eastern Time (1320 GMT), 2,028 flights around the world had been scrapped. FlightAware said there had been 448 cancellations …
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By Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -European shares closed lower in light holiday trading on Friday, following a recent rally in global shares on signs the Omicron coronavirus variant may not derail global economic recovery. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.1% to 483.01 in a shortened trading session ahead of Christmas. The benchmark has added 1.9% …
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By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -UK shares closed nearly flat in light pre-Christmas trading on Friday, but posted strong weekly gains on hopes the global economy can weather the impact from the Omicron coronavirus variant. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index , which was flat at 7372.10 at the close of a shortened trading session, is …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has joined the board of Russia’s largest petrochemical producer Sibur, the company said. Large Russian corporations frequently employ former high-ranking European politicians to utilise their ties and influence. Ex-German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is the chairman of the shareholders’ committee at Nord Stream’s operating company, while Russian …
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ASHGABAT (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom is on track to buy about 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year, up from 5.5 bcm a year earlier, Alexander Blokhin, the Russian ambassador to the Central Asian nation, said on Friday. Gazprom resumed purchases of Turkmen gas in the second half of 2019 …
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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s move to block Facebook-owner Meta Platform Inc’s acquisition of Giphy signalled a new determination to scrutinise digital deals. Meta on Thursday appealed the ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority, which said the 2020 deal must be unwound and Giphy sold as a going concern. The November decision was …
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(Reuters) -Reckitt Benckiser said on Friday it plans to sell its E45 skincare brand and related sub-brands to Karo Pharma for 200 million pounds ($267.98 million), as the British consumer goods maker shifts focus to higher growth areas. The Durex condom and Lysol disinfectant maker said the businesses generated a combined net revenue of 43 …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The board of Russia’s Gazprom has approved signing a memorandum with Linde and RusKhimAlyans to build a third line at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Gazprom said on Friday. The LNG plant is a part of a gas chemical complex that will include a …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas giant Gazprom has not booked gas transit capacity for exports via the Yamal-Europe pipeline for Dec. 24, auction results showed on Friday. The Russian flows to Germany via the Yamal-Europe pipeline stayed in reverse mode on Thursday for a third successive day, data from German network operator Gascade showed, keeping …
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