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Oil rises for fifth straight session on Mideast tensions and US data
Date: August 12, 2024
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were up by more than $1 a barrel on Monday, rising for a fifth consecutive session on intensifying Middle East supply risks and fading fears of a possible U.S. recession. Brent crude futures were up $1.32, or 1.6%, at $80.98 a barrel by 1531 GMT. U.S. West...
Global stocks tick up while yen slips in calm before U.S. data
Date: August 12, 2024
By Harry Robertson and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks edged higher on Monday while the yen slipped as a holiday in Japan removed one source of recent volatility, with investors looking ahead to U.S. and Chinese economic data. Stock markets had a wild ride last week, driven by a plunge in Japan,...
Britain’s CEOs get record pay in 2023, research shows
Date: August 12, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – The bosses of Britain’s biggest companies enjoyed record pay in 2023, with nine firms offering them packages of more than 10 million pounds ($12.75 million), research on Monday showed, as British workers argue for higher wages. The median pay for a FTSE-100 company CEO rose 2.2% to 4.19 million pounds last...
UK employers plan smallest pay rises in two years, survey shows
Date: August 12, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British employers expect to raise pay by 3% over the coming year, the lowest planned increase in two years and down from 4% three months ago, a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed on Monday. The news is likely to reassure the Bank of...
India’s Bharti Enterprises to buy Altice UK’s stake in BT Group
Date: August 12, 2024
(Reuters) – India’s Bharti Enterprises said on Monday it has agreed to buy an around 24.5% stake in BT Group from the British telecommunication firm’s top shareholder, Altice UK. (Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)...
Morning Bid: Markets shift to holiday mood
Date: August 12, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It’s been a blessedly quiet start to the week in Asia with Japan taking a much-needed holiday for Mountain Day, after the Nikkei tumbled down a mountain of its own last week and sent global markets reeling. If Tokyo were...