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PM Rishi Sunak sets out priorities for Britain, responds to critics

PM Rishi Sunak sets out priorities for Britain, responds to critics

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will set out his priorities for 2023 on Wednesday, usin..

Most EU countries back COVID pre-departure testing for flights from China

Most EU countries back COVID pre-departure testing for flights from China

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Most European Union countries favour introducing pre-departure COVID testing for travellers from China, the Europe..

Blackstone offers backstop to lure University of California in redemption-stricken REIT

Blackstone offers backstop to lure University of California in redemption-stricken REIT

By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) -Blackstone Inc on Tuesday said it had secured a $4 billion investment from the University of California in..

Microsoft videogame testers form company’s first U.S. union

Microsoft videogame testers form company’s first U.S. union

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of about 300 videogame testers at Microsoft Corp subsidiary Zenimax Studios have voted to unioni..

French watchdog fines H2O Asset Management, executives over Tennor investments

French watchdog fines H2O Asset Management, executives over Tennor investments

(Reuters) – France’s financial markets watchdog AMF said on Tuesday it had fined H2O Asset Management and two of its manag..

French energy suppliers will let struggling bakers renegotiate contracts – Le Maire

French energy suppliers will let struggling bakers renegotiate contracts – Le Maire

By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -France’s energy suppliers have agreed to allow the country’s trademark bakeries to r..

Dollar jumps, euro dips before Fed minutes

Dollar jumps, euro dips before Fed minutes

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The greenback jumped on Tuesday before the Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases minutes ..

Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge

Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge

By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just tw..

Oil stocks thrust London shares to positive 2023 start

Oil stocks thrust London shares to positive 2023 start

By Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – UK’s exporter-heavy FTSE 100 jumped to a seven-month high on Tuesday as oil stocks rallied..

Inflation in key German states eases for second month

Inflation in key German states eases for second month

BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation in five key German states eased for a second month in a row in December, indicating national inflat..