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Image for UK's Wickes Group posts 5.3% rise in like-for-like sales for second half  

Finance

UK's Wickes Group posts 5.3% rise in like-for-like sales for second half  

Image for AB Foods confirms Primark's Christmas quarter sales fell 2.7%

Finance

AB Foods confirms Primark's Christmas quarter sales fell 2.7%

Image for Denmark says Greenland security talks must respect territorial integrity

Finance

Denmark says Greenland security talks must respect territorial integrity

Image for UK retail discounter B&M issues second profit warning on clearance costs

Finance

UK retail discounter B&M issues second profit warning on clearance costs

Image for CityFibre says 70% of broadband switchers on its footprint joining its network

CityFibre says 70% of broadband switchers on its footprint joining its network

Date: January 22, 2026

LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - CityFibre said around 70% of the households that changed broadband supplier where its network was available had switched to its services in recent months, with take-up...

Image for Russia likely to keep trying to damage Baltic Sea infrastructure, Finland says

Russia likely to keep trying to damage Baltic Sea infrastructure, Finland says

Date: January 22, 2026

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Russia will "likely persist in its ambitions to damage the undersea infrastructure of the Baltic Sea", Finland's Defence Command said in its annual...

Image for Polish army reports increased small drone activity near Belarus border

Polish army reports increased small drone activity near Belarus border

Date: January 22, 2026

WARSAW, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Belarusian charge d'affaires regarding last week's airspace breech by objects identified as smuggling balloons, national...

Image for Ipsos to invest €1.2 billion over five years on AI, acquisitions

Ipsos to invest €1.2 billion over five years on AI, acquisitions

Date: January 22, 2026

Jan 22 - French market research firm Ipsos plans to invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) over five years in artificial intelligence and acquisitions as it seeks to reverse sluggish growth, its CEO...

Image for Bankinter sees 2026 lending income recovering helped by rising loans

Bankinter sees 2026 lending income recovering helped by rising loans

Date: January 22, 2026

MADRID, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Spain's Bankinter said on Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 25% from the same period in 2024, helped by a rise in fees. The country's fifth-largest bank by market...

Image for EQT enters secondary market with $3.2 billion Coller Capital deal

EQT enters secondary market with $3.2 billion Coller Capital deal

Date: January 22, 2026

Jan 22 (Reuters) - EQT AB said on Thursday it would acquire British investment firm Coller Capital for a base consideration of $3.2 billion, which will be funded through newly issued ordinary shares...