ROME, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Sales of new cars in Italy were stable in November, with a marginal year-on-year 0.04% decline to 124,222 units, transport ministry data showed on Monday. In the first 11 months of the year, sales were down 2.43% compared to the same period of 2024, to 1.453 million units, the ministry …
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LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s Treasury Committee said Richard Hughes, who resigned as the head of the fiscal watchdog, would no longer appear to discuss the work of the agency on Tuesday after he quit over the organisation’s early release of key parts of the budget. The session will continue as scheduled on Tuesday …
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By Tim Hepher PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Airbus confirmed on Monday it faced an industrial quality issue with metal panels on some A320-family jets, in its latest challenge after a recall to fix a computer glitch. Reuters exclusively reported earlier that Airbus had found quality problems affecting the fuselage panels of several dozen A320-family …
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BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Germany should give priority to consumers over wind and solar farms for future grid connections, the chief of Europe’s largest energy network operator E.ON said in an interview with German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published on Sunday. “The renewables have won — they already deliver more than 60% of our electricity,” …
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By Alessandro Parodi and Marie Mannes Dec 1 (Reuters) – Tesla registrations in several key European markets plunged in November from a year earlier as the U.S. EV maker continued to struggle to stem market share losses despite rolling out new versions of its best-selling Model Y. Elon Musk’s brand however sold more cars in …
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Dec 1, 2025 – UK stocks dipped on Monday, dragged down by losses in industrials stocks, amid a general risk-off global sentiment across markets, with investors monitoring domestic data sets and the U.S. Federal Reserve monetary path. The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended down 0.2%. The domestically focused FTSE 250 lost 0.7%, logging its biggest one-day …
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GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday said it had ended a trade dispute it launched against China in 2022 in which it accused Beijing of discriminatory trade practices against Lithuania. “The European Union (EU) hereby notifies the Dispute Settlement Body that, considering that the key objectives behind this dispute have been …
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LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The head of Britain’s fiscal watchdog, Richard Hughes, submitted his resignation on Monday after his agency inadvertently released the details of Rachel Reeves’ budget early, according to a letter published on its website. (Reporting by Muvija M; writing by Kate Holton; Editing by Rachel Armstrong)
(Corrects paragraph 2 quote to read “deteriorate”, not “generate”) LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Monday she would need to see more signs of weakening in the labour market and consumption in the economy to warrant voting for an interest rate cut. “I would need to see the …
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Dec 1 (Reuters) – HSBC said on Monday it had signed a multi-year deal with French start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across the bank, aiming to speed up automation, lift productivity, and enhance client services. Under the pact, HSBC will deploy Mistral’s commercial models and future upgrades on a self-hosted basis, …
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