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UK retail sales pick up, but supply shortages hit new record-CBI
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers reported a stronger-than-expected sales rise in October after a September slowdown but global supply chain problems reduced their stocks to the lowest level since ...
Oct 26, 2021
UK lawmaker should be suspended over ‘egregious’ paid lobbying – watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - A British lawmaker and former senior minister faces being suspended from parliament for 30 days after parliament's standards committee found him guilty of a serious breach of rules ...
Oct 26, 2021
Global supply chain logjams, costs in focus as restaurant chains report earnings
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors hope to gauge the impact of the global supply-chain logjam on restaurant expansion plans when McDonald's Corp, Starbucks Corp and Yum Brands Inc report ca...
Oct 26, 2021
China’s Xi will not attend Rome G20 summit in person – source
ROME (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will not come to Rome for the summit of Group of 20 leaders to be held on Saturday and Sunday, a source close to the matter said. China will be represente...
Oct 26, 2021
Explainer-Greenwashing: deception and vague promises that do not help the environment
(Reuters) - What seems friendly to the environment but is not? Greenwashing. The phrase evokes painting something "green", or environmentally friendly, and describes exaggerated and misleading claims ...
Oct 26, 2021
Dutch appeals court: Crimean gold artefacts awarded to Ukrainian state
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a collection of ancient Crimean gold artefacts, claimed by Ukraine and museums in the Russian-annexed territory, should be returned to...
Oct 26, 2021
No end in sight for labor shortages as U.S. companies fight high costs
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Labor shortages may be the most intractable of the cost risks that U.S. companies faced in the latest quarter, and as the earnings season moves into its p...
Oct 26, 2021
Biden to join U.S.-ASEAN summit Trump skipped after 2017
By David Brunnstrom, Ain and Bandial WASHINGTON/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will join Southeast Asian leaders for a virtual summit on Tuesday, the first time in four years...
Oct 26, 2021
Third-quarter profits to sparkle for shale producers without hedges
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - With oil and gas prices at multi-year highs, U.S. shale producers are poised to deliver the strongest earnings since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, so long as they d...
Oct 26, 2021
HSBC joins investors reckoning worst is over in China
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Analysts at Europe's biggest bank HSBC have turned bullish on Chinese stocks, arguing the worst of a regulatory storm has passed and that Beijing will provide po...
Oct 26, 2021
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