DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish house prices registered monthly growth of 0.9% in June, the highest rate since November last year, Central Statistics Office data showed on Wednesday. Home prices across the country grew by 7.8% in the year to June, a rate unchanged from the previous month, the data showed. (Reporting by Conor Humphries;Editing by Alison …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Justin King, one of Britain’s most prominent business figures, will quit the board of Marks & Spencer next month, the retailer said on Wednesday. Media reports last month said King was the frontrunner to take over as chair of publicly owned UK broadcaster Channel 4. Reuters has asked Channel 4 to comment. M&S …
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices in June were 3.7% higher than a year earlier, up from an annual increase of 2.7% in May, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. House price inflation reached its highest in more than two years at 5.5% in March ahead of the expiry of a tax break on …
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The trade deal between the U.S. and the EU is close to the baseline assumed by the European Central Bank, but uncertainty persists in key sectors like pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday. The EU accepted 15% tariffs on most items in the deal agreed last month, averting an …
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By Jakob Van Calster (Reuters) -ASR Nederland’s organic capital creation grew 9.4% to 721 million euros ($839 million) in the first half of 2025, beating analysts’ consensus by 25 million euros, as a Dutch pension reform drove growth in its life insurance business. The reform is driving pension funds to transfer part of their obligations …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s combined oil and gas production exceeded an official forecast by 3.9% in July, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said on Wednesday. Norway is Europe’s largest supplier of natural gas and a major producer of oil, but output varies from month to month depending on maintenance needs and other stoppages at more than …
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(Reuters) -Ithaca Energy, a North Sea-focused oil and gas company, raised its 2025 production forecast on Wednesday for the second time in three months, after first-half production more than doubled, sending its shares 7% higher. The London-listed producer has been expanding its portfolio through acquisitions in the past year, including its purchase of Eni’s UK …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British retailer Marks & Spencer recorded a 6.7% year-on-year increase in food sales over the 12 weeks to August 9 as the impact of a cyberattack in April faded from the figures, industry data showed on Wednesday. Researcher NielsenIQ said M&S’ grocery sales growth accelerated from 4.3% in last month’s report. Its market …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Former Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark will join Finnish quantum computing company QMill as an investor and a board member, the company said on Wednesday. Lundmark stepped down from the top job at Nokia earlier this year after being appointed as CEO in 2020, and is credited with turning around the telecom gear maker. …
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By Anastasiia Kozlova (Reuters) -Building materials supplier Geberit on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings below analysts’ expectations and said it expects a continued decline in new construction activity across Europe in the second half. Core profit (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) came in at 236.9 million Swiss francs ($293.23 million), down 2.3% from 242.6 …
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