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LONDON (Reuters) – Copper available to the market in London Metal Exchange (LME)approved warehouses fell to the lowest level since October 2021 after large amounts of inventory were earmarked to leave the LME system, data from the exchange showed on Thursday. Total stocks of copper in LME warehouses stand at 80,400 metric tons. Of that …

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By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) -The London Metal Exchange failed to investigate a large nickel position held by China’s Tsingshan that sparked a chaotic surge in prices and billions of dollars of cancelled trades, lawyers told a London court on Thursday, despite a previous incident with the company in 2019. They were speaking on the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – German-owned discount supermarket Lidl can have an injunction to stop rival Tesco copying its logo, London’s High Court has ruled, despite hearing it will cost Tesco nearly 8 million pounds ($10.2 million) to remove them all. Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco in April lost a trademark lawsuit brought by Lidl after Tesco adopted …

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(Reuters) – Australia coach Andrew McDonald backed Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to rebound from rare twin failures in the opening Ashes test, but said it was a positive sign that his team could still win without getting hefty contributions from them. The pair mustered only 35 runs between them at Edgbaston, where Australia won …

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By Iain Withers and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – British banks are gearing up to share more data with their peers on suspected serious economic crime as part of wider efforts to stem dirty money flows into the country from Russia and elsewhere, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. More than half …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Brexit has been an “economic disaster” for trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Germany, leading to a fall in German direct investment and seeing the UK decline in importance as a trading partner, German economists said. Britain voted on June 23, 2016, to exit the European Union and it …

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(Reuters) – England coach Brendon McCullum said the opening Ashes test “validated” their attacking approach despite the two-wicket defeat at Edgbaston and that they would be even more aggressive in the second match of the series. England were in the driver’s seat for much of the match but Australia’s often cautious approach prevailed thanks to …

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By Barbara Lewis and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – Surrounded by the glass and steel towers of London’s financial district, a low-rise construction made of re-used materials has sprung up to make the point we have collective power to tackle climate change. The Greenhouse Theatre, billed as Britain’s first zero waste theatre, is staging plays …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Starting salaries advertised in Britain hit the highest level in nearly two years and vacancies rose for the fourth month in a row, according to a survey published on Thursday that may add to worries at the Bank of England about inflation pressures. Job search website Adzuna said advertised salaries were the …

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