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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Monsanto will pay $160 million to settle a lawsuit by the city of Seattle that accused the unit of Germany’s Bayer of polluting the city’s drainage system and the local Lower Duwamish River with toxic chemicals known as PCBs. City Attorney Ann Davison announced the settlement on Thursday, calling it …

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By Jan Strupczewski and Marcela Ayres RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s idea to tax the world’s super-rich to reduce inequality was well received at a meeting of G20 finance ministers this week, but will be very challenging to implement, top European and U.S. officials said on Thursday. With its presidency of the Group of …

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By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) -Italian utility Enel said on Thursday it would pay a dividend on its 2024 results above the group’s planned floor, after reporting a 9% rise in its first-half core profit. “Results registered and the visibility on the second half of the year position us in the high end of the …

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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Vodafone reported a slow down in top-line growth on Thursday, ending four quarters of accelerating improvement, after law changes related to selling TV services in Germany caused its largest market to go into reverse. The European and African mobile operator said the decline in Germany was expected and it was …

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By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Roche on Thursday raised its full-year earnings forecast after exceeding expectations for the first half, driven by strong demand for newer drugs such as eye medicine Vabysmo. The Swiss drugmaker said it expects growth in adjusted earnings in the “high single-digit range”, excluding the effect of currency swings and resolution …

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By Stephanie Hamel (Reuters) -Airline group Air France-KLM reported a worse-than-expected 30% drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, as higher labour and fuel costs erode margins even as revenues are boosted by higher fares. Second-quarter operating profit fell to 513 million euros ($557 million), below the 547 million euros expected in a company-provided consensus …

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By Clara Denina and Felix Njini LONDON (Reuters) -Anglo American took a further $1.6 billion writedown on its British fertiliser project on Thursday but said it expects to reach a deal to sell its coal assets by early 2025 despite a fire at one of its mines. CEO Duncan Wanblad is under pressure to boost …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Turbine and engine maker Siemens Energy will build a 280-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen electrolysis system for Northern German utility EWE which is expected to begin operating in 2027, the two companies said on Thursday. The awarding of the contract is one of a flurry of deals after Germany last week handed 4.6 …

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ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland’s Galderma reported a 10.8% rise in net sales on a constant currency basis in the first half of 2024, driven by growth in all product categories, and prompting an upbeat outlook from the skin care company on Thursday. Net sales were $2.2 billion in the six months through June, and Core EBITDA …

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