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BP to expand EV charging network at M&S stores
Date: December 8, 2022
(Reuters) – BP Plc on Thursday said its British electric vehicle charging business bp pulse will install high-speed charge points at around 70 Marks & Spencer retail outlets. The oil major is stepping up the pace of liquidating fossil-fuel assets to raise funds to invest in renewable-energy projects amid a global push for decarbonisation by...
Tennis-Britain’s LTA fined by ATP for banning Russians, Belarusians
Date: December 8, 2022
(Reuters) – The ATP on Wednesday fined Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) 820,000 pounds ($1 million) for banning male players from Russia and Belarus from this year’s summer grasscourt events ahead of the Championships over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Players were banned from the UK grass-court tournaments held in the build-up to Wimbledon, which became...
Oil rebounds from 2022 lows on China demand hopes, tanker delays
Date: December 8, 2022
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil rebounded on Thursday after four sessions of decline, boosted by hopes that easing anti-COVID measures in China will revive demand and by signs that some tankers carrying Russian oil have been delayed after a G7 price cap came into effect. China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to...
FTSE Russell, Ping An jointly launch China ESG indexes
Date: December 8, 2022
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Global index publisher FTSE Russell and Chinese financial conglomerate Ping An announced a partnership on Thursday to promote sustainable investment, launching a series of China indexes integrating environmental, social and government (ESG) considerations. The strategic partnership comes as global investors grow increasingly ESG-conscious, and Beijing accelerates a green push to help meet...
UK airports face Christmas disruption as border staff to strike
Date: December 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Border Force workers at several major British airports including the country’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on strike for eight days this month in a dispute over pay, threatening disruption to Christmas travel. The PCS trade union said staff employed by Britain’s interior ministry in passport booths would take action at London’s Heathrow and...
Another momentous year beckons for Britain’s royal family
Date: December 8, 2022
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The last year will go down as one of the most seismic in the history of the British royal family with the death of Queen Elizabeth months after she celebrated her record seventh decade as monarch, but 2023 could prove almost as momentous. In February, Elizabeth, who broke pretty...