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Irish consumer sentiment drops to six-month low, survey shows
Date: September 22, 2023
Irish consumer sentiment drops to six-month low, survey shows DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low in September, a survey showed on Friday, pointing to an increase in interest rates and higher fuel costs as the likely reasons. The Credit Union Consumer Sentiment index fell to 58.8 in September from 62.2...
UK’s Hunt says unclear when taxes can be cut amid interest cost pressure
Date: September 22, 2023
UK’s Hunt says unclear when taxes can be cut amid interest cost pressure By David Lawder (Reuters) -British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that higher long term interest rates were pressuring the budget and it was “absolutely impossible” to predict whether there would be room for tax cuts by the time of the...
Russia temporarily bans fuel exports to most countries in response to shortages
Date: September 22, 2023
Russia temporarily bans fuel exports to most countries in response to shortages MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a circle of four ex-Soviet states with immediate effect in order to stabilise the domestic market, the government said on Thursday. It said the ban did not apply...
Poland investigates OpenAI over privacy concerns
Date: September 21, 2023
Poland investigates OpenAI over privacy concerns WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish watchdog is investigating Microsoft-backed OpenAI over a complaint that its ChatGPT chatbot breaks European Union data protection laws known as the GDPR, it said. OpenAI has already faced at least its second class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court for allegedly breaking privacy...
King Charles calls for new Franco-British entente for sustainability
Date: September 21, 2023
King Charles calls for new Franco-British entente for sustainability By Michel Rose and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -King Charles said on Thursday that Britain and France had a shared responsibility to protect democracy in Europe and to ensure the world tackles climate change, in what he called an “entente for sustainability”. Charles arrived in Paris...
ECB’s Stournaras: rates have likely peaked, next move is a cut: Boersen-Zeitung
Date: September 21, 2023
ECB’s Stournaras: rates have likely peaked, next move is a cut: Boersen-Zeitung FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank (ECB) interest rates have likely peaked and its next move is expected to be a cut, Greek central bank chief Yannis Stournaras told German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung, pushing back on colleagues keeping another hike in play. The ECB...