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Japan stocks hit 34-year high, markets calm before US inflation data
Date: January 10, 2024
Japan stocks hit 34-year high, markets calm before US inflation data By Harry Robertson and Tom Westbrook LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Japanese stocks hit a 34-year high on Wednesday while global equities, the dollar and bonds held steady ahead of U.S. inflation data on Thursday. Bitcoin stabilised after spiking when an unauthorised post from the U.S. Securities...
Share of Russian aluminium in LME warehouses rises to 90% after UK curbs
Date: January 10, 2024
Share of Russian aluminium in LME warehouses rises to 90% after UK curbs By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -The share of available aluminium stocks of Russian origin in London Metal Exchange-approved (LME) warehouses rose to 90.4% in December from 78.8% in November, data on the exchange’s website showed on Wednesday. The rise follows a restriction...
Explainer-A year of political challenges for Germany
Date: January 10, 2024
Explainer-A year of political challenges for Germany By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – German politics has had an unruly start to the year, with farmer protests rattling the government, a budget crisis, the far-right riding high in the polls and a new populist party that has further splintered the political landscape. Here are some of...
Madrid museum welcomes ruling it can keep painting looted by Nazis
Date: January 10, 2024
Madrid museum welcomes ruling it can keep painting looted by Nazis By Catarina Demony and Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) – One of Spain’s top museums welcomed a U.S. court decision allowing it to keep a French impressionist painting looted from a Jewish woman by the Nazis, which the museum said it had bought decades later...
Sainsbury’s bumper Christmas for food offset by weakness elsewhere
Date: January 10, 2024
Sainsbury’s bumper Christmas for food offset by weakness elsewhere By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Strong demand for luxury foods like dry cured gammon, steamed buns and chocolate desserts helped Sainsbury’s outperform the UK grocery market at Christmas and stick with its annual profit forecast. However, shares in Britain’s second-biggest supermarket group sank 5% on Wednesday,...
BMW retools Munich headquarters for all-electric production from 2027
Date: January 10, 2024
BMW retools Munich headquarters for all-electric production from 2027 BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW is investing 650 million euros ($711 million) to convert its main plant in Munich to exclusively produce EVs from the end of 2027, the carmaker said on Wednesday, a major stepping stone in the transition to the electric age. It is putting up...