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Image for UK announces planning overhaul to help meet 1.5 million new homes target

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UK Announces Planning Overhaul to Help Meet 1.5 Million New Homes Target

Image for UK regulator proposes reforms as household energy debts hit $5 billion

Finance

UK Regulator Proposes Reforms as Household Energy Debts Hit $5 Billion

Image for Europe set to miss potential for battery material recycling

Finance

Europe Set to Miss Potential for Battery Material Recycling

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Finance

ECB to Cut Rates Again and Signal Further Easing as Growth Falters

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UK Watchdog Suggests Free, Targeted Pension Support

Date: December 11, 2024

By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority is promising millions of people help with their pensions under new proposals that include offering access to free, targeted...

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Carlos Acosta Says He Once 'hated Ballet' as His 'Nutcracker in Havana' Opens in London

Date: December 11, 2024

By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Director and dancer Carlos Acosta admits he once hated ballet as he launches the London run of his new Cuban-inspired version of Tchaikovsky's festive ballet "The...

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AI a Productivity Boost to Banks but Making Money From It Is a Challenge

Date: December 11, 2024

By Isla Binnie and Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is expected to show big gains in productivity at banks, panelists said at the Reuters Next conference in New York, but it...

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Vw Offers 14% Wage Hike Over Four Years to Tennessee Factory Workers

Date: December 11, 2024

(Reuters) - Volkswagen said Wednesday it is offering its newly unionized workers at its Tennessee assembly plant a 14% wage increase over four years and profit sharing. The automaker and United Auto...

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Serbia's Vucic Promises to Meet Protesters' Demands After Train Station Disaster

Date: December 11, 2024

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Beset by weeks of protests by students over a deadly train station disaster last month, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic acted on Wednesday to defuse the unrest by pledging to...

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Austria's Omv Terminates Gazprom Gas Contract After Supply Row

Date: December 11, 2024

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's OMV said on Wednesday it had terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Gazprom after the Russian firm stopped deliveries last month amid a row that has been highly...