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Poundland Owner Sees UK Shoppers Cutting Back on Essentials
Date: June 9, 2022
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Pepco Group, owner of European discount retailer brands PEPCO, Poundland and Dealz, said a cost-of-living crisis in Britain has seen consumers reining in spending even on essential items. The Warsaw-listed group said that the absolute levels of inflationary pressure were greater in Central and Eastern European markets, but higher wages...
Analysis-China’s Consumers Keep Their Wallets in Lockdown as Covid Curbs Ease
Date: June 7, 2022
By Kevin Yao and Sophie Yu BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s sputtering economy has a lot riding on its consumers, who are just now emerging from lockdowns in Shanghai and other big cities. But those hopes are running up against the likes of Wu Lei, a soccer coach in Beijing who has put off buying a...
UK’s Johnson Jeered on Arrival at Platinum Jubilee Service
Date: June 3, 2022
By Kate Holton and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was greeted with a chorus of boos and jeers as he arrived at a Service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth on Friday, in a public reflection of the growing pressure on his leadership. Climbing the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral towards leading...
Euro Zone May Business Growth Robust but Outlook Darkens -PMI
Date: June 3, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone business growth was robust in May but is at risk of a slowdown from soaring living costs, supply chain disruptions and uncertainty surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a survey showed. S&P Global’s final composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a good gauge of economic health, fell to 54.8 in...
After Ugly Trial, Can Johnny Depp or Amber Heard Stage a Second Act?
Date: June 2, 2022
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Following graphic allegations of abuse, recordings of vicious fights and airings of nasty text messages, will Hollywood be ready to welcome back Johnny Depp or Amber Heard? Depp, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, declared that a U.S. jury gave him his life back when it awarded him...
Big Tech Ramps up Efforts to Quash Milestone Antitrust Bill
Date: June 1, 2022
By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Big tech has launched a media blitz aimed at derailing one of the most ground-breaking bipartisan bills in the U.S. that would bar tech companies, like Amazon.com Inc, from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. Amazon lambasted the bill on Wednesday saying in a...