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By Dominique Patton PARIS (Reuters) -French automaker Renault said on Thursday its first-half sales volume rose 1.9% from the year-ago period on strong performance for its hybrids in Europe, its key region. The company sold 1,154,700 vehicles globally compared to 1,133,478 units last year, with almost three-quarters of that volume going to Europe. It said …

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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU competition policy should be revamped to help companies scale up and better compete in global markets, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday, an indication that she may loosen the bloc’s merger rules if she gets another term. “I believe we need a new …

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By Olivier Sorgho and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) -Nokia reported a 32% drop in second-quarter operating profit, citing weak demand for 5G telecom equipment, but the Finnish telecoms group said sales should recover towards the end of 2024 with the help of orders from North America. The profit, that excludes certain charges and asset revaluations to …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told banks, payment firms and lenders to do more to ensure parliamentarians, senior public servants and their families are not treated unfairly, the watchdog said in a statement on Thursday. “Public service naturally comes with greater scrutiny. But it must be proportionate and shouldn’t disadvantage people …

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By Marie Mannes and Nick Carey STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Volvo Cars cut its full-year retail sales forecast on Thursday, blaming European tariffs on EVs made in China that will hit one of the Swedish automaker’s key electric models until it shifts production to Belgium.  While reporting better than expected second-quarter results that sent its shares up …

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By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) – Financial regulators and supervisors in some G20 countries are overlooking the risks posed by biodiversity loss and deforestation because of insufficient data, focusing instead on climate risks, a report by the G20’s financial watchdog found. Regulators who have assessed nature-related risks found that biodiversity and nature loss could result …

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By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new Labour government has said it will explore how to effectively regulate artificial intelligence models, but stopped short of proposing any specific laws. King Charles set out newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in a speech on Wednesday to open the new session of parliament. It included …

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ROME (Reuters) – Rome prosecutors on Wednesday requested that former Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli and other ex-managers of Italy’s most successful soccer club face trial over allegations of false accounting during their tenure, judicial sources said. Agnelli and other defendants including former vice-chairman and Ballon d’Or winner Pavel Nedved would face various charges including stock …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The new British government on Wednesday said that the delivery process for critical infrastructure would be streamlined and more power given to local leaders under a proposed planning overhaul aimed at unlocking growth. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made boosting Britain’s anaemic growth one of the government’s core aims since winning …

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