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US consumers keep vehicles for a record 12.5 years on average -S&P
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Americans in the waning days of the COVID pandemic are keeping their combustion-engine vehicles longer, according to a new study. The average age of U.S. cars and light tru...
May 15, 2023
“Cut the price of baby products”, says Italy’s inflation watchdog
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's industry minister said on Monday that a cut in sales tax on baby products has not produced the expected fall in consumer prices and called for the country's new inflation comm...
May 15, 2023
For Turkey runoff, potential kingmaker draws red line at Kurdish concessions
ANKARA (Reuters) - Sinan Ogan, Turkey's nationalist presidential candidate who finished third in Sunday's election, said he could only support main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runof...
May 15, 2023
Turkey’s lira, stocks and dollar bonds tumble as Erdogan in pole position for runoff
By Libby George and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) -Turkey's lira held near a two-month low, its sovereign dollar bonds tumbled and the cost of insuring exposure to the country's debt spiked as the...
May 15, 2023
Thailand’s Senate could hold the key for hopeful election winner
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Move Forward party announced on Monday that it had sufficient votes to form a coalition government but a military-appointed Senate, the party's p...
May 15, 2023
Air strikes pound Sudan’s capital as conflict enters second month
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The Sudanese army carried out air strikes on Monday along the River Nile in the north of the capital Khartoum as it fought to push back its paramilitary rivals after a month of wa...
May 15, 2023
Private equity firm TPG to buy Angelo Gordon in deal valued at $2.7 billion
(Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm TPG Inc will buy Angelo Gordon, an investment company with focus on credit and real estate markets, in a deal valued at $2.7 billion, the companies said on Monday....
May 15, 2023
In Turkey vote, Erdogan defies forecasts of demise
By Orhan Coskun and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has defied predictions of his political demise with a strong showing in Turkish elections, weathering his toughest test y...
May 15, 2023
Macron courts Tesla’s Musk and other investors to ‘Choose France’
By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -France is poised to win record foreign investment pledges when President Emmanuel Macron receives global business leaders, including Tesla's Elon Mus...
May 15, 2023
Soccer-French soccer anti-homophobia campaign causes row
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - France's top soccer league was caught up in storm on Monday after several players refused to take part in a gesture of support against homophobia at the weekend. The...
May 15, 2023
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