Scotland’s only oil refinery to close next year, 400 jobs to go
By Ron Bousso and Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) -Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, is to close in 2025 with the loss o..
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Zara owner Inditex sees early autumn sales perk up after summer slowdown
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -Zara owner Inditex reported a jump in sales of its autumn/winter collection on Wednesday, boosting it..
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Services’ grip on UK economy tightens as manufacturing share ebbs further
By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Britain’s shift towards a services-dominated economy is accelerating, pushing manufacturing̵..
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Etihad Airways plans IPO no earlier than 2025, sources say
By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andres Gonzalez and Federico Maccioni DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways plans to make its ..
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Key events at Nike under CEO John Donahoe
(Reuters) – Nike will hold its annual meeting virtually on Tuesday and a key issue to be voted on will be a workers’ right..
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Retail, consumer CEOs see shorter tenures as boards act more quickly
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Richa Naidu NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – When two of the most powerful brands in retail and packaged f..
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UK pay growth cools, keeping BoE on track for another rate cut
By Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British pay growth cooled in the three months to July to a more than two-year low an..
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Aldi UK says shoppers trading up as inflation eases
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Supermarket group Aldi UK said its prices this summer were on average lower than a year ago, easing s..
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South Africa’s SPAR sells Polish business to Specjal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s second-biggest grocery group SPAR has sold its loss-making business in Pola..
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Malaysia central bank to hold rates at 3.0% until at least 2026: Reuters poll
By Pranoy Krishna BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will leave its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday..
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