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UPDATE 2-Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl are UK Christmas winners, says Kantar
Adds table LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest supermarket group Tesco TSCO.L, No. 2 Sainsbury's SBRY.L and discounter Lidl were winners at Christmas, posting sales growth of 5.0%, 3.5% and 6.6%respectively, according to industry data published on Tuesday.No. 3 Asda remained the industry ...Reuters
Tue, Jan 7
Swiss inflation falls again, pointing to more central bank rate cuts
By John Revill ZURICH, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Swiss inflation fell again in December, according to data on Tuesday, fuelling expectations for more interest rate cuts by the Swiss National Bank this year that markets now view as virtually certain.Swiss prices rose by 0.6% in December compared with a ye...Reuters
Tue, Jan 7
CEE ECONOMY-Hungary industrial price index climbs to 19-month high on weak forint, energy costs
By Gergely Szakacs Jan 7 (Reuters) - Higher energy costs and a decline in the forint amid the threat of U.S. tariffs on Europe after Donald Trump's election as U.S. president lifted Hungary's industrial producer price index to its highest in 19 months in November, data showed on Tuesday.Hungary's...Reuters
Tue, Jan 7
Euro zone yields hold steady ahead of inflation data
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Euro area bond yields held broadly steady on Tuesday ahead of inflation figures from the euro zone later in the day.Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, was up less than one basis point (bp) at 2.459%. Yields move inversely to prices.Monday'...Reuters
Tue, Jan 7
Canada considers advancing release of retaliatory tariffs on US
The Canadian media outlet, the Globe and Mail, carried a gated story on Tuesday, citing that Canada's federal government is mulling early release of a proposed list of American goods that retaliatory Canadian tariffs would target if the incoming US President Donald Trump imposes Canada with tariffs.
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Tue, Jan 7
Ghana’s Mahama returns as president, facing old problems
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - John Dramani Mahama will be sworn in for his second term as Ghana's president on Tuesday with a fresh mandate to tackle familiar challenges, including corruption, high unemployment, inflation and public discontent. The opposition leader, 66, w...Reuters
Tue, Jan 7
