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Ryanair load factor tops 90% for first time since COVID-19 began

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair’s load factor – a measure of how well an airline is filling available sea...

4th May, 2022

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Siemens Healthineers raises 2022 outlook on demand for COVID-19 tests

(Corrects to show revenue rose in second quarter, not first quarter, of 2022 financial year in parag...

4th May, 2022

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Vitol sends first shipment of Russian ESPO crude cargo to UAE, data shows

By Florence Tan and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The world’s largest independent oil trader, Vit...

4th May, 2022

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Belgium’s Solvay hikes 2022 profit forecast after first-quarter beat

(Reuters) – Solvay SA on Wednesday raised its full-year core profit forecast after the Belgian chemi...

4th May, 2022

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Musk says Twitter may charge slight fee for commercial, government users

(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Tuesday Twitter Inc might charge a “slight” fee for commercial and gove...

4th May, 2022

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Fed expected to step up inflation fight with big rate hike

By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to raise interest...

4th May, 2022

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BNP Paribas pledges no new loans for oil drilling in Amazon rainforest

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – France’s BNP Paribas pledged on Tuesday to end most new financing...

3rd May, 2022

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Oil slides as China lockdowns outweigh proposed EU Russia oil ban

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Oil prices fell by more than 2% on Tuesday as demand worries stemming fro...

3rd May, 2022

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Wall Street sees greater risk of default by major banks

By Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) – The cost to insure bonds of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup...

3rd May, 2022

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Google faces internal battle over research on AI to speed chip design

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it had recently fire...

3rd May, 2022

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Amazon France pay deal rejected by unions on last day of talks

PARIS (Reuters) – Most unions at U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon’s French arm rejected the company’s 20...

3rd May, 2022

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Exclusive-Germany’s SAP hires adviser for $1 billion Litmos software sale -sources

By Emma-Victoria Farr and Krystal Hu LONDON (Reuters) – German software firm SAP is working with inv...

3rd May, 2022