8:00 - 19:00

Working hours MON. - FRI.

China urges U.S., others to stop wrongdoings after import ban on Xinjiang products By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States and other countries to immediately stop wrongdoings, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, after Washington announced an import ban on some imports from the Xinjiang region over forced labour allegations. China will take all necessary measures to safeguard the interest of Chinese companies, Gao Feng, a ministry spokesman, told an online press conference. ...

Continue reading

Scottish nationalists set for record majority, boosting independence push By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish nationalists are on course to win a record majority in elections for Scotland's devolved parliament that would start a new push for independence, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and head of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, will claim a mandate for another independence referendum if her party performs strongly in the...

Continue reading

European stocks lifted by U.S. stimulus hopes, China data By Reuters

By Amal S and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European shares rose for a third straight session on Thursday, as hopes of a large stimulus under incoming U.S. President Joe Biden and upbeat Chinese export data boosted sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.4%, with automakers, travel and mining stocks making it to the top gainers' list. Germany's DAX index rose 0.4%...

Continue reading

Sweden’s Truecaller plans to go public, hires CFO: sources By Reuters

By Supantha Mukherjee and Helena Soderpalm STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish mobile phone directory and caller identification service Truecaller has hired a chief financial officer as it plans to go public as early as the end of this year, two sources familiar with the matter said. Odd Bolin, Truecaller's new finance chief, was previously group CFO at Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch,...

Continue reading

Britain’s Tesco joins rivals with COVID-related Christmas sales surge By Reuters

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco (LON:TSCO) followed supermarket rivals in reporting buoyant Christmas trading on Thursday, keeping its full year profit forecast despite rising costs from COVID-19. Britain's biggest retailer said UK like-for-like sales growth was 6.7% in its third quarter to Nov. 28, accelerating to 8.1% in the six weeks to Jan. 9, as coronavirus pandemic restrictions...

Continue reading

Adecco sees uncertain prospects for permanent white-collar jobs in 2021 By Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss recruitment company Adecco (SIX:ADEN) expects 2021 will be a tough year for permanent job hires across Europe, with employers still under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and as government support measures come to an end, a senior company executive told Reuters. Adecco competes globally with rivals Randstad, ManpowerGroup as well as local staffing companies, which are...

Continue reading

Premier Inn-owner cuts 1,500 jobs compared with 6,000 expected earlier By Reuters

(Reuters) - Premier Inn-owner Whitbread (LON:WTB) said on Thursday it had completed the restructuring of its hotel and restaurant operations, leading to around 1,500 job cuts, much lower than the 6,000 it had expected. The company also said total UK accommodation sales were down 55.2% for the 13 weeks that ended on Nov. 26, and that it expects current...

Continue reading

Online retailer Boohoo lifts revenue outlook after strong holiday season By Reuters

(Reuters) - Retailer Boohoo raised its annual revenue target on Thursday after a strong Christmas holiday season, with the tightening of UK coronavirus curbs again pushing households to shop more online. The British fashion group, a retail success story over the past three years and the host of brands including PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal and MissPap, expects revenue growth of 36% to 38%...

Continue reading

BOJ’s Kuroda vows more stimulus if pandemic derails recovery By Reuters

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday reaffirmed the bank's readiness to expand monetary stimulus if the coronavirus pandemic threatened to derail a fragile economic recovery. Kuroda said the world's third-largest economy was picking up, sticking to the BOJ's optimistic view even as an expanded state of emergency declared on Wednesday heightened fears of another...

Continue reading
en_GBEnglish