LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on 18 more Russian oil tankers and four liquefied natural gas vessels, the largest batch of sanctions to date against Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”. Britain says the ‘shadow fleet’ uses illicit practices to avoid Western restrictions on Russian oil. The announcement came after the United …
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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – U.S. environmental groups have stepped up a campaign to get cement maker Holcim to curb its carbon footprint, writing to its chairman and potential investors in its North American business before it is spun off next year. Swiss sustainability-focused proxy adviser Actares, which represents individual shareholders in Holcim, has …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British American Tobacco (BAT) will launch a version of its Velo nicotine pouches using synthetic nicotine in the United States, David Waterfield, president of the company’s U.S. subsidiary Reynolds American, said on Wednesday. Smoking alternatives like vapes from big tobacco companies, including BAT, usually contain naturally occurring nicotine derived from the tobacco …
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By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New forecasts by the International Monetary Fund point to a difficult future for the global economy marked by lackluster medium-term growth, escalating trade tensions and high levels of debt, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Georgieva painted a sobering picture in a speech ahead …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The number of women who hold executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen for the first time in eight years in an “unacceptable” reversal that could delay gender parity for another five generations, a consultancy said on Thursday. The Pipeline, which analyses gender diversity at senior corporate levels, said the average proportion …
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By Mateusz Rabiega GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s largest fashion retailer LPP said on Thursday its deputy CEO Przemyslaw Lutkiewicz resigned from his position due to health reasons. The firm’s CEO is set to put forward Marcin Bojko as a candidate for the deputy role, said LPP in a separate statement. Bojko, who has been acting …
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By Ankika Biswas, Paolo Laudani and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European stocks closed less than 1% away from record high levels on Thursday after the European Central Bank delivered a widely expected 25-basis-point rate cut, even though it refrained from offering new clues about its next move. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index ended higher by …
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By Pranav Kashyap and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -The UK’s FTSE 100 closed at a near five-month high on Thursday, as pest control group Rentokil announced an overhaul of its struggling North America business, while investors continued to bet on further policy easing by the Bank of England (BoE). The blue-chip index rose 0.7% to close …
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia expects the local subsidiaries of European banks Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) and UniCredit to participate in the mass launch of the digital rouble in July 2025 or face potential fines, the central bank said on Thursday. Austria’s RBI and Italy’s UniCredit are two of Russia’s 13 systemically important banks but …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A co-founder of struggling Swedish battery maker Northvolt is willing to inject 100 million crowns ($9.50 million) in the group and may be joined by pension funds AMF and AP, broadcaster SVT reported late on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Northvolt is in talks with investors and lenders to secure short-term funding of some …
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