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France asks airlines to reduce flights at Paris airports due to planned air traffic controller strike

PARIS (Reuters) -The French civil aviation agency said on Tuesday it had asked airlines to reduce flights at Paris’ airports by 25% on July 3 following notification of a strike by air traffic controllers. The agency said it had also asked airlines to reduce flights from Nice, Bastia and Calvi by 50% and from Lyon, …

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US startup Lyten to take over Northvolt’s energy storage systems factory in Poland

WARSAW (Reuters) -Silicon Valley startup Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS, Europe’s largest energy storage systems factory, in a move to expand its product line, the U.S. company said on Tuesday. Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March, one of Sweden’s largest corporate failures and effectively ending Europe’s best hope of developing a …

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Trading on protection against UK defaults jumped in Q1, says ISDA

By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -Trading of derivatives contracts that provide investors with protection against UK company defaults jumped almost 50% in the first quarter of 2025 to more than $2 trillion, an International Swaps and Derivatives Association report showed on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Credit default swaps trading reported in the UK rose by …

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UK budget forecasters say they have been too upbeat, posing a risk for Reeves

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s official budget watchdog said on Tuesday that it had been too optimistic about the country’s economic growth outlook, raising the prospect of a downgrade of its forecasts which would be a blow to finance minister Rachel Reeves. The Office for Budget Responsibility said in an annual assessment of its forecasting that its …

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European shares end marginally lower as markets gauge trade talks, US tax bill

By Sukriti Gupta, Sanchayaita Roy and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares ended slightly lower on Tuesday, with industrials and banks the biggest drags as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S. trade deals with the July tariff deadline fast approaching and discussions on a U.S. tax bill. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.2% lower, coming off …

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UK shares gain with focus on corporate updates

(Reuters) -UK’s main stock indexes ended higher on Tuesday as investors assessed a mixed bag of company news, including a report that AstraZeneca’s CEO is considering moving the company’s listing to the U.S. The internationally oriented FTSE 100 rose 0.28%, while the domestically-focussed midcap index added 0.54%. Midcap stocks ended June by logging their best …

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