HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC’s biggest shareholder Ping An is likely to vote in favour of splitting the bank up at its annual investor meeting on May 5, a source familiar with the Chinese insurer’s thinking said on Monday. The source said Ping An would vote in favour of two resolutions tabled by individual investor …
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By Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Bank of England likely has one more hike in its tightening cycle but it was a close call for a final quarter-point rate lift in May, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the bigger risk was inflation being higher than they expect. Even though the …
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By Huw Jones and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – There may need to be limits initially on the use of major stablecoins for payments, and they should also be backed by high quality and liquid assets to protect consumers, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Monday. Britain is due to adopt rules …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – A coalition of 15 major investors managing 2.4 trillion pounds ($3 trillion) will use this year’s shareholder meeting season to press some of Britain’s biggest listed employers to protect their lowest-paid workers during the cost-of-living crisis. Responsible investment group ShareAction, which brought the group together, said on Friday investors …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Even when Arsenal were building a daunting lead at the top of the Premier League and excitement was building in north London there were those who questioned whether Mikel Arteta’s side would be able to cope when Manchester City turned up the heat. Until a week ago it appeared they …
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(Reuters) – The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said it would investigate the deaths of three horses at the Grand National meeting and condemned animal rights protesters who forced their way into the Aintree grounds to disrupt the event on Saturday. Hill Sixteen was the third horse to die at this year’s three-day festival after a …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal’s Premier League title jitters returned in a potentially costly 2-2 draw at West Ham United on Sunday as for the second week in a row they threw away a two-goal advantage. The leaders were 2-0 up and cruising towards restoring their six-point cushion over Manchester City with Gabriel Jesus …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Around 5,000 members of the British armed forces will participate in the coronation of King Charles next month, joined by soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries to form one of the largest ceremonial military operations in decades. Charles will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -The start of the annual Grand National horse race was briefly delayed on Saturday after a large group of animal rights protesters forced their way into the Aintree grounds to disrupt one of the highest-profile sporting events in Britain. Police said they had arrested 118 people on suspicion of offences including criminal …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Favourite Corach Rambler, ridden by Derek Fox, stormed to victory in a Grand National briefly delayed by animal rights protesters at Aintree on Saturday. The 8-1 shot, owned by a seven-member syndicate who bought him for 17,000 pounds ($21,102) in 2020, soared over the last of the 30 jumps and bounded clear …
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