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Exclusive-Spain’s Repsol in talks to sell 25% of oil and gas unit to EIG, sources say
Date: June 7, 2022
By Andres Gonzalez, Gram Slattery and Isla Binnie LONDON (Reuters) – EIG Global Energy Partners is in early discussions with Repsol to buy a slice of the Spanish company’s oil and gas exploration and production business, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The U.S. fund is seeking to purchase up to 25%...
Johnson’s weakness pins Britain’s pound near 3-week lows
Date: June 7, 2022
By Saikat Chatterjee and Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling fell to a near three-week low against a resurgent U.S. dollar on Tuesday, with investors on edge a day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote that left him politically weakened. Johnson won the vote by 211 votes to 148, seeing off a...
Draft law on joint standards for minimum wages in EU passes crucial hurdle
Date: June 7, 2022
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday reached a breakthrough on common rules for minimum wages across the 27-nation bloc with a provisional agreement on measures designed to promote collective bargaining and better enforce existing minimum wages. The European Parliament and the European Council, grouping the bloc’s member states, said their negotiators overnight struck...
Euronext seeks to create European tech profile
Date: June 7, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Euronext set out on Tuesday a new technology leaders segment to help tech and growth companies develop a pan-European profile for asset managers and other investors. Euronext said its top growth and tech company listings such as ASML, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Tom Tom and Ubisoft now form a new...
South Africa ‘taken aback’ by Ryanair’s Afrikaans test to prove nationality
Date: June 7, 2022
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African government said on Tuesday it was taken aback by Ryanair’s decision to force UK-bound travelers holding the country’s passport to take a test in Afrikaans language to prove nationality, calling the move a “backward profiling system”. The Irish low-cost airline had from last week started forcing UK-bound travelers with...
UK businesses feel the strain from surging inflation -PMIs
Date: June 7, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Growth among British businesses slowed sharply in May to its weakest since early 2021 when the country was under a COVID-19 lockdown, according to a survey, although the loss of momentum was less severe than initially reported. The composite S&P Global/CIPS Purchasing Managers Index – spanning services and manufacturing firms – slumped...