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Exclusive-UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
Date: December 2, 2024
By Simon Jessop and Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) - Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N....
Polish manufacturing PMI dips as new orders fall, outlook weakens
Date: December 2, 2024
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's manufacturing sector saw a renewed contraction in November as new orders fell at their fastest pace in three months, pushing output back into decline, an S&P Global...
Dutch pension fund ABP buys $2.8 billion in mortgage loans
Date: December 2, 2024
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch pension fund ABP on Monday said it had acquired a 2.7 billion euro ($2.84 billion) mortgage portfolio managed by Dutch lender NIBC. ABP, the largest Dutch pension fund with...
French industry sees sharpest order decline since COVID outbreak, PMI shows
Date: December 2, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) - France's manufacturing sector faced in November its steepest decline in new orders since the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as demand weakened both domestically and...
Russian retailer Lenta acquires pharmacy chain for undisclosed sum
Date: December 2, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian supermarket chain Lenta on Monday said it had acquired Russia's second-largest chain of pharmacy stores for an undisclosed sum, adding over 1,500 stores to Lenta's portfolio...
Ukraine introduces minimum export prices for major agricultural goods
Date: December 2, 2024
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which implies a ban on exporting consignments of goods at prices below those set by the...