By Mathieu Rosemain and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -French media group Vivendi said it will pursue a London listing for Canal+, while its Havas advertising business will be listed in Amsterdam under its break-up plans. Vivendi will essentially become a listed investment holding company under the plans fleshed out on Monday, managing notably a 10% …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said on Monday its U.S. partner Kroger had placed an order for a wide range of new automated technologies to roll out in warehouses across its network. Ocado shares slumped last month after its Canadian supermarket partner Sobeys paused the opening of a …
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By Alexander Hübner and Christoph Steitz MUNICH (Reuters) – Shares in Varta plunged on Monday after the German battery maker said restructuring options to avert insolvency would leave equity investors with nothing. The stock was down 80% after the open on Monday at a record low, following a statement on Sunday that two remaining turnaround …
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By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ryanair’s profit slumped by almost half in its April-June quarter from a year earlier, falling well short of analysts’ estimates as fares plunged 15% with management saying that ticket prices were continuing to deteriorate. The warning by Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers underscores worries about a weaker-than-expected summer for …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Boeing is seeing a significant improvement in production flow at its 737 MAX factory, its new commercial planes chief said on Sunday, as the U.S. planemaker battles to overcome a safety crisis. Speaking to reporters in London ahead of this week’s Farnborough Airshow, Stephanie Pope said the changes Boeing was making to the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus is looking at opportunities to create scale in defence, space and particularly satellites markets, CEO Guillaume Faury said on Sunday. Airbus and France’s Thales are exploring a tie-up of some space activities as new competition disrupts the sector, two industry sources said last week. The sources said preliminary talks, first reported …
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LONDON (Reuters) – There are some signs of a decline in airline yields but this is not yet affecting demand for new aircraft, Airbus’s planemaking chief Christian Scherer said on Sunday. Speaking ahead of the Farnborough Airshow, Scherer also said Airbus aimed to beat its recently reduced delivery target of 770 planes for this year. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Rachel Reeves said she will consider giving inflation-busting pay increases for almost 2 million government employees later this month to avoid crippling public sector strikes. Two pay review bodies who advise the government have recommended a 5.5% wage rise for 460,000 teachers and 1.4 million staff in the state-run National Health …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s carrier ITA Airways expects its revenues to exceed 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion) in 2025, earlier than forecast, its chairman was quoted as saying, after it reorganises operations under an agreement to sell part of the business. Earlier this month, German airline Lufthansa won European Union antitrust approval to buy 41% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new Labour government is reviewing the pensions system to look at ways to shift more investment into productive assets with the aim of boosting economic growth and improving retirement incomes, it said on Saturday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made tackling the country’s anaemic growth one of his government’s core aims …
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