By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Inflation fell in six important German states in August due to lower energy prices, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting Germany’s national inflation rate could decline noticeably this month. In Saxony, the inflation rate fell in August to 2.6% from 3.1% in the previous month, in Brandenburg it fell to …
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By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Stephanie Hamel (Reuters) -France’s Iliad said on Thursday it had reached its goal to become Europe’s fifth largest telecoms operator by the number of customers, after it recorded 50 million total subscribers in the first half of 2024. The group, which already was the fifth biggest fixed broadband operator in …
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By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Nvidia forecast third-quarter gross margin on Wednesday that could miss market estimates and revenue that was largely in line, failing to impress investors who have driven a dizzying rally in its shares as they bet billions on the future of AI. In a sign the market wants more from a …
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 million euros, reports twice a week to police and does not leave French territory. …
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By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Alette Maersk was the first container vessel powered by low-carbon methanol fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean – a milestone in the shipping industry’s effort to reduce its climate impact. But when the 1,148-foot (350-meter) vessel arrived at the Port of Los Angeles from China last week, …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Cybercrime and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around 267 billion euros ($298 billion) in the past year, up 29% on the year before, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Industry association Bitkom surveyed around 1,000 companies from all sectors and found that 90% expect more cyberattacks in the …
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(Reuters) – HP Inc beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, marking its first quarter of revenue growth after eight consecutive quarters of decline. The turnaround was primarily driven by a recovery in the personal computer market, bolstered by demand for artificial intelligence-capable systems. The PC market has been on a resurgence lately …
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By Khushi Singh and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -UK’s main FTSE 100 stock index ended flat on Wednesday as a sharp sell-off in luxury and metal mining shares was offset by gains in aerospace-defence and pharmaceuticals. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was largely unchanged, after rising for the fourth straight session on Tuesday, while the domestically-focused …
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By Chiara Holzhaeuser, Andrey Sychev and Klaus Lauer BERLIN (Reuters) -German media, services and education conglomerate Bertelsmann is planning new acquisitions in the United States to accelerate growth there, it said on Wednesday, after the U.S. became its largest sales contributor for the first time in the first half of 2024. “There will definitely be …
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By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Polestar said on Wednesday it will replace current CEO Thomas Ingenlath with a former boss of Opel and EV startups, the latest senior management change at a challenging time for the loss-making electric vehicle (EV) maker and the automotive industry. Its new CEO, Michael Lohscheller has previously served as CEO …
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