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German companies’ hiring plans drop to four-year low, Ifo finds
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Czech Republic joining Italy to fight carmakers’ CO2 fines
Date: November 4, 2024
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will join Italy in seeking to prevent carmakers from facing heavy penalties from next year when tougher CO2 emission rules take effect in the European Union, Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka said on Sunday. Kupka said carmakers will face problems meeting new targets due to falling demand for electric...
Soccer-Manchester United appoint Portuguese Ruben Amorim as head coach
Date: November 1, 2024
(Corrects date in dateline, no change to story) By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester United have named Portuguese Ruben Amorim as head coach to replace Erik ten Hag, the Premier League club said on Friday, hoping one of Europe’s brightest young managers can restore them to former glories. The 39-year-old Amorim will join United...
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces contempt of court case over $1.2 billion UK lawsuit
Date: November 1, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin was on Friday accused of contempt of court after he filed a 911 million-pound ($1.18 billion) lawsuit against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Block in Britain. Craig Wright claimed to have been the author of the foundational text of bitcoin published under...
Volunteers bring ray of light to Spanish towns shattered by floods
Date: November 1, 2024
By Nacho Doce and Eva Manez PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) – Some came armed with mops and buckets, pick-axes or shovels, others carried bottles of drinking water and bags of food. Thousands of volunteers of all ages, walks of life and different nationalities showed up on Friday in Spain’s eastern Valencia region to help with clean-up...
Spain flood death toll hits 205, rescuers yet to reach some parts of Valencia
Date: November 1, 2024
By David Latona and Charlie Devereux ALFAFAR, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention centre and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose to 205 people in Europe’s worst weather disaster in five decades. In Valencia, the eastern region that bore...
UK year-ahead public inflation expectations rise to 3.3% in Oct, Citi/YouGov survey shows
Date: November 1, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – British households’ expectations for inflation over the next 12 months rose again in October, adding to the likelihood that the Bank of England will only cut interest rates once a quarter, a monthly survey from Citi and YouGov showed on Friday. The survey showed expectations for inflation in a year’s time rose...