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Daimler Truck Q1 sales drop 13% as markets normalize
Date: April 9, 2024
Daimler Truck Q1 sales drop 13% as markets normalize BERLIN (Reuters) – Daimler Truck Group reported a 13% drop in first-quarter sales on Tuesday, as the markets normalize as expected when compared with the same quarter the year before. The company said it sold 108,911 trucks and buses in the first quarter, compared with 125,172...
Italian hearing aid market lacks transparency, regulator says
Date: April 9, 2024
Italian hearing aid market lacks transparency, regulator says ROME (Reuters) – The retail market for hearing aids in Italy – dominated by domestic player Amplifon – lacks transparency on pricing and services offered, the country’s competition authority said on Tuesday. The Italian competition authority (AGCM) flagged the issue to parliament, the health and economy ministries...
Oil prices turn higher as Middle East ceasefire hopes wane
Date: April 9, 2024
Oil prices turn higher as Middle East ceasefire hopes wane By Colleen Howe and Andrew Hayley BEIJING (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Tuesday after hopes diminished that negotiations between Israel and Hamas would lead to a ceasefire in Gaza amid concerns the lingering conflict could potentially disrupt supply from the key Middle East producing region....
Crypto survey shows less consumer scepticism, but a third expect bitcoin price fall
Date: April 9, 2024
Crypto survey shows less consumer scepticism, but a third expect bitcoin price fall (This April 8 story has been corrected to fix the bitcoin record high in paragraph 7) LONDON (Reuters) – Consumers are becoming slightly less sceptical about bitcoin, a Deutsche Bank survey published on Monday showed, although just under a third of those...
Stocks rise slightly as oil cools; Treasury yields touch 4-month high
Date: April 8, 2024
Stocks rise slightly as oil cools; Treasury yields touch 4-month high By Sinéad Carew and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Equity indexes rose slightly on Monday as U.S. bond yields hit their highest levels since late November and investors continued to rein in bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts while oil prices settled lower...
Norwegian Cruise orders eight new ships, biggest order in its history
Date: April 8, 2024
Norwegian Cruise orders eight new ships, biggest order in its history By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has placed the largest ship order in its history to meet the growing demand for cruise travel, the cruise operator said on Monday. The company will order eight new ships across the company’s three...