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UK grocery inflation accelerates to 5.2%, says Worldpanel
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Australia says social media ban is 'for the good of our kids' in new ad campaign
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UK stocks climb as Trump eases tone on China tariff; gold miners shine
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Austrian former property tycoon Rene Benko goes on trial for fraud
Revolut's UK banking licence held up on concerns over global risk controls, FT reports
Date: October 14, 2025
(Reuters) -London-based digital finance firm Revolut's UK banking licence is being held up by British regulators' concerns over whether its risk controls can keep pace with the rapid growth of its...
France's Publicis says AI drives its growth, raises yearly forecast again
Date: October 14, 2025
By Leo Marchandon and Noemie Naudin (Reuters) -French advertising firm Publicis on Monday raised its full-year organic growth forecast for the second time, highlighting artificial intelligence...
BP flags weaker oil trading while upstream output grows
Date: October 14, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -BP expects its upstream production to be above last quarter's, the company said in a trading update on Tuesday ahead of results due on November 4, adding that its oil trading result...
UK wage growth slows to 4.7% in three months to August, ONS says
Date: October 14, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Growth in British average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, slowed slightly to 4.7% in the three months to August compared with a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics...
Sabadell says 2.8% of investors holding a third of shares in bank accept BBVA's bid
Date: October 14, 2025
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Sabadell said on Tuesday that 2.8% of its shareholders representing 30.8% of the bank's capital have accepted BBVA's 16.48 billion euro ($19.07 billion) hostile takeover bid....
Close Brothers lifts motor finance charge by about $180 million
Date: October 14, 2025
(Reuters) -British lender Close Brothers said on Tuesday it expects to take an additional charge of about 135 million pounds ($179.86 million) in relation to the motor finance mis-selling scandal,...