LONDON (Reuters) -Kantar, the market research group owned by Bain Capital and advertising group WPP, said on Monday it had appointed former Daily Mail and General Trust boss Paul Zwillenberg as its chief executive, replacing Chris Jansen. Zwillenberg will join Kantar on Sept. 29 and assume day-to-day leadership of the business on Jan. 1, Kantar …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -London-listed Savannah Resources said on Monday it has increased its estimate for the reserves of its lithium mine project in northern Portugal by 40% after completing additional prospecting work. The estimated reserves of the Barroso deposit of spodumene — a lithium-bearing mineral — now stand at more than 39 million …
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(Reuters) -Sterling gained against the dollar and the euro on Monday as investors braced for a week of pivotal central bank decisions in which the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates and the Bank of England to hold policy steady. Sterling rose to its highest level against the dollar since early July …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States was prepared to impose fresh energy sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO nations ceased purchasing Russian oil and implemented similar measures. More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and European Union still import billions of …
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(Reuters) – British electronics retailer AO World laid out plans for its first-ever share buyback and raised the lower end of its annual adjusted pre-tax profit forecast on Monday, with the announcement sending its shares as much as 15.6% higher. Amid sticky inflation, AO World’s discounted pricing via its membership program has helped retain customers …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should not adjust policy in the case of small deviations from its inflation target and should instead focus on the big picture, ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir said on Monday. The ECB left interest rates unchanged on Thursday and maintained an upbeat view on the economy, indicating that it was …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Old-fashioned barter is on the rise in Russia’s foreign trade for the first time since the 1990s, as companies seeking to outfox Western sanctions swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials. Even as Russia builds warm ties with China and India, the return of barter shows just how …
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September 15 (Reuters) -Italy posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of 7.908 billion euros ($9.28 billion) in July, compared with a surplus of 6.817 billion euros in the same month of 2024, data showed on Monday. Exports rose 7.3% year-on-year, while imports increased 6.1%, national statistics office ISTAT reported. With European …
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosthetics maker Ottobock said on Monday that it is preparing for an initial public offering on the Frankfurt stock exchange, in an important test of market strength for equity listing projects in the region. “The IPO is expected to consist of shares from the holdings of the existing shareholder as well …
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(Reuters) -The London Stock Exchange Group said on Monday that it has made its first transaction on a blockchain-based infrastructure platform it has launched for private funds as the data and analytics group expands its offerings. The Digital Markets Infrastructure platform, developed in partnership with Microsoft , will help with end-to-end transactions – from issuance …
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