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Exclusive-Google offers to let ad rivals place YouTube ads in EU antitrust probe – sources
Date: June 13, 2022
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Google parent Alphabet has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place ads on YouTube to address a crucial part of an EU antitrust investigation that could pave the way for it to settle the case without a fine, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission opened a...
Security trumps obesity in Britain’s first food strategy
Date: June 13, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out its first national food strategy on Monday, focused on increasing domestic output of some produce to boost food security while rejecting a recommendation to tackle obesity with new taxes on salt and sugar in processed food. The government said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had hit food supplies and caused prices...
France’s Cristal Union lures farmers to secure sugar beet supplies
Date: June 13, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -French sugar and ethanol maker Cristal Union promised farmers high prices for their 2023 sugar beet harvest in a bid to secure supplies at a time when the crop is less attractive, confident it can pass rising costs and higher prices to clients. The cooperative group, France’s second-largest sugar producer, posted a net...
Sterling hits 2-year low as GDP dips, post-Brexit tensions rise
Date: June 13, 2022
By Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling fell to its lowest in two years against a rising dollar on Monday, coming under pressure from data showing Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrunk in April and tensions with the European Union over post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland. UK gross domestic product contracted by 0.3% after inching down by 0.1%...
Exclusive-U.S. automaker CEOs, Toyota urge Congress to lift EV tax credit cap
Date: June 13, 2022
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler-parent Stellantis NV and Toyota Motor North America on Monday urged Congress to lift a cap on the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit, citing higher costs to produce zero-emission vehicles, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The CEOs — GM’s Mary Barra, Ford’s...
U.S. Supreme Court takes no action on Bayer bid to nix weedkiller suits
Date: June 13, 2022
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took no action on Bayer AG’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. The case was not mentioned on a list issued by the...