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Norway’s Northern Lights CCS project starts operations with first CO2 injected

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) -The first volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been injected and stored as part of Norway’s Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, marking the start of operations, owners Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies said on Monday. The CO2 is being stored in a reservoir 2,600 meters (8,530 ft) below …

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Lufthansa Group to tighten control over subsidiaries, Handelsblatt reports

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Lufthansa Group is seeking a tighter grip over its European subsidiaries such as Austrian Airlines and Swiss to improve efficiency, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday. The units, which include Brussels Airlines, will cede control over supply capacity, network planning and sales to the group from the beginning of next year, the paper cited …

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Analysis-World’s central bankers fear being caught in Fed’s storm

By Francesco Canepa, Howard Schneider and Leika Kihara JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -Global central bankers gathered at a U.S. mountain resort over the weekend are starting to fear that the political storm surrounding the Federal Reserve may engulf them too. U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the Fed to his liking and pressure it …

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HSBC Swiss unit culls wealthy Middle Eastern clients amid regulator scrutiny, FT says

(Reuters) -HSBC’s Swiss private bank has launched a cull of more than 1,000 wealthy Middle Eastern clients, as it faces scrutiny from regulators over high-risk customers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The bank will terminate its relationships with several customers from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon and Egypt, many of whom have …

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Serbia to cap consumer goods profit margins and personal loan rates

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s government will order a cap on food and consumer goods profit margins as well as interest rates on cash loans from next week, populist President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. The decrees aimed at raising living standards follow months of daily anti-corruption protests and inflation that rose to 4.9% in July, against …

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Spotify flags price rises as it introduces new services, FT reports

(Reuters) -Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider’s Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom. The increases would be accompanied by planned new services and features, the FT cited Norstrom as saying in an interview. Spotify …

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Bank of England’s Bailey says UK has ‘acute challenge’ over weak growth

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -Britain faces an “acute challenge” over its weak underlying economic growth and reduced labour force participation since the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Saturday. Speaking at an annual conference in Wyoming organised by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bailey said an ageing population and an apparent illness-driven …

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