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Image for Aviva posts 15% rise in 9-mth general insurance premiums
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Aviva posts 15% rise in 9-mth general insurance premiums

LONDON (Reuters) -British insurer Aviva posted a 15% rise in general insurance gross written premium...

14th November, 2024

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Hapag-Lloyd keeps recently raised outlook despite 9-month profit drop

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German container firm Hapag-Lloyd on Thursday posted a 47% drop in net profit...

14th November, 2024

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Weighing up the cost of the workforce readiness gap

By Vincent Belliveau, Chief International Officer, Cornerstone The world of work is changing at a br...

14th November, 2024

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Poland’s Allegro sees earnings growing 4-7% at home in Q4

GDANSK (Reuters) -Poland’s biggest e-commerce platform Allegro expects its earnings growth to slow d...

14th November, 2024

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Meta to introduce ads on Threads in early 2025, the Information reports

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms plans to introduce advertisements to its social media app Threads early ne...

14th November, 2024

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Race for Japanese 7-Eleven owner heats up with founding family bid

By Ritsuko Shimizu and Kane Wu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Seven & i Holdings has received a buyout pr...

13th November, 2024

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Bank of England’s Mann sees inflation pressure keeping rates high

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -High inflation in Britain has not been vanquished and it is more...

13th November, 2024

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Retail boss calls for UK tax rises to be staggered to avoid stoking inflation

LONDON (Reuters) -The new Labour government must re-think the timing of tax rises imposed in last mo...

13th November, 2024

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Sweden’s Klarna moves towards long-awaited US IPO with confidential filing

(Reuters) -Payments firm Klarna began the process of going public for a second time in three years d...

13th November, 2024

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Attracting, not mandating: why financial services should rethink the role of the workplace

By Rob Frank, CEO EMEA of Unispace In this new reality, mandates alone will not solve the problem of...

13th November, 2024

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UK’s SSE says CEO Phillips-Davies to retire in 2025 as profits soar

By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – British power generator and network operator SSE’s CEO Alistair...

13th November, 2024

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Global luxury sales to fall 2% in 2024, among weakest years on record, Bain says

By Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) – Sales of personal luxury goods are set to fall 2% this year, maki...

13th November, 2024