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UK public sector pay won’t keep up with inflation: transport minister

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British public-sector pay will not be able to keep up with soaring inflation, transport minister Mark Harper said on Sunday, as the country faces a wave of industrial disputes. Industrial action is becoming more widespread across Britain’s transport network and last week Britain’s Royal College of Nursing trade union announced …

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French retailer Casino launches stake sale in Brazil’s Assai

PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket retailer Casino said on Monday that it had launched a stake sale in Brazilian cash-and-carry chain Assai as part of its general debt-cutting plans, lifting its struggling shares. Casino said it was selling 140.8 million shares in Assai, representing 10.4% of the company’s share capital, and that it could sell …

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UK car distributor Inchcape’s finance boss steps down

(Reuters) – British car distributor Inchcape said on Monday finance chief Gijsbert de Zoeten was stepping down after a “lapse in judgement” that involved behaviour the company said fell short of standards expected of its executives. Inchcape, which appointed insider Adrian Lewis as acting group chief financial officer while it looks for a permanent replacement, …

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Take Five: Everything to play for

LONDON (Reuters) – The final month of the year is almost here but there’s no time yet to slow down, with latest U.S. jobs numbers and euro zone inflation data coming up. And don’t forget the turbulence in crypto land, growing concern about China’s economic outlook given a COVID-19 resurgence and an extraordinary weekend of …

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Few Credit Suisse clients have closed accounts – CEO of the bank’s Swiss unit

ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of Credit Suisse’s Swiss unit said “some customers have withdrawn some of their money, but very few have actually closed their accounts.” Last week, Switzerland’s second-largest bank said it expects to make a pre-tax loss of up to 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.6 billion) during Q4 and revealed that wealthy …

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Twitter CEO Musk says user signups at all-time high, touts features of “everything app”

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk says new user signups to the social media platform are at an “all-time high”, as he struggles with a mass exodus of advertisers and users fleeing to other platforms over concerns about verification and hate speech. Signups were averaging over two million per day in the last …

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France’s Le Maire: We went too far in use of consulting firms

PARIS (Reuters) – The French government made excessive use of consultancy firms in the past and is now striving to correct that, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Emmanuel Macron’s government has come under pressure in recent months for being too dependent on consultancy groups. Financial prosecutors said earlier this week they were …

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France’s Le Maire: Europe must defend its economic interests against U.S. subsidy package

PARIS (Reuters) – France may try to negotiate some exemptions from the duties and limits imposed by the U.S. anti-inflation act but Europe must act to protect the bloc’s economic interests, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Le Maire will accompany French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to the United States …

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