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China confident of hitting growth target in 2025
BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - China is confident about achieving its 2025 growth target, despite mounting external uncertainties and insufficient domestic demand, Zheng Shanjie, head of China's state planner, said during a news conference on Thursday.The country will launch major projects in key ...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
UK's Competition Regulator Clears Bidvest-Citron Hygiene Deal
March 6 (Reuters) - UK's Competition and Markets Authority:UK'S CMA - MERGER CLEARANCE: ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION BY BIDVEST GROUP (UK) PLC (PHS GROUP) OF CITRON HYGIENE LP.UK'S COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY SAYS MERGER CLEARANCE: ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION BY BIDVEST GROUP (UK) PLC (PHS ...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Big Cheese Studio Signs Deal For Transfer Of 'Baby Blake Guns & Glory' To Mobile Platforms
March 6 (Reuters) - Big Cheese Studio SA BCSP.WA:SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ISG GAMING AND SILK ROAD GAMESPROJECT TO TRANSFER 'BABY BLAKE GUNS & GLORY' TO MOBILE PLATFORMSTO RECEIVE $150,000 FOR PROJECT EXECUTIONReuters
Thu, Mar 6
Santander hires Barclays, Goldman Sachs for Ebury IPO, Expansion reports
MADRID, March 6 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander SAN.MC has hired Barclays and Goldman Sachs to launch an initial public offering of payments company Ebury, which it majority owns, Expansion said on Thursday.Ebury would aim to go public around May or June on the London Stock Exchange with a valuati...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Hamas says Trump threats are support for Netanyahu to back out of Gaza ceasefire deal
CAIRO, March 6 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Thursday that U.S. President Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and intensify the siege and starvation on Gazans.Trump demanded o...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Reckitt misses fourth-quarter sales expectations
LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Reckitt RKT.L, maker of Dettol cleaning products and Strepsils throat lozenges, missed fourth-quarter sales expectations with a 4.6% rise in like-for-like net sales, it said on Thursday.The company, for which analysts had forecast growth of 5.3% for the quarter, said it e...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
RPT-UK finance, defence trade bodies explore funding blueprint for arms race
Lobby groups outline potential solutions to financing snagsUK government pledges to up defence spending to 2.5% of GDPDefence shares have been rising, lenders face compliance burden By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Top trade bodies for Britain's financial services...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group
Convictions struck down on grounds of miscarriage of justice Judges fault prosecutors for redaction of detailsRelatives, plaintiffs welcome rulingBy Jessie Pang and Anson Law HONG KONG, March 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top court unanimously overturned on Thursday the convictions of three forme...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Putin appoints Alexander Darchiyev as Russia's new ambassador to Washington
MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiyev as the new ambassador to the United States, according to decree published on Thursday.The Foreign Ministry said last week Washington had given it the green light to appoint Darchiyev at a meeting between Russi...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Allegro MicroSystems turns down Onsemi's 'inadequate' $6.9 billion offer
By Pretish M J and Mrinmay Dey March 6 (Reuters) - Semiconductor solutions provider Allegro MicroSystems ALGM.O on Thursday rebuffed a $6.9 billion takeover approach from Onsemi ON.O, saying the offer was "inadequate" as it refused yet another approach from the larger rival. U.S. chipmake...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
China files revised dispute consultations request with US on tariff measures, WTO says
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - China submitted a revised request for dispute settlement consultations with the United States to address new U.S. tariffs applied on goods originating in China, the World Trade Organization said on Wednesday. The Trump administration's latest tariff hike on Chinese...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - March 6
March 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.- Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO will cut the price of its blockbuster weight loss medication Wegovy to $499 per month for certain patients ...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Air France-KLM annual results top expectations, driven by strong fourth quarter
LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM AIRF.PA reported on Thursday a better-than-expected annual result for 2024 as its ongoing efforts to contain costs paid off with a strong performance in the fourth quarter.European airlines had strong demand in 2024 but struggled to shake off the impact of ...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Seven & i - Special Committee Will Continue To Constructively Engage With Couche-Tard
March 6 (Reuters) - Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd 3382.T:NOTICE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF SUBSIDIARIES DUE TO A COMPANY SPLIT (ABSORPTION-TYPE SPLIT) AT THE COMPANY’S SUBSIDIARYFOLLOWING IPO OF 7-ELEVEN INC, 7-ELEVEN INTERNATIONAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF 7&I HOLDINGS7-E...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
CORRECTED-Lesotho insulted after Trump says nobody has heard of the country
By Nellie PeytonJOHANNESBURG, March 5 (Reuters) - Lesotho's foreign minister said on Wednesday he was shocked and insulted by U.S. President Donald Trump saying nobody has heard of the African country, and invited him to come visit. Trump mentioned Lesotho in his address to U.S. Congress on Tues...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Japan's 10-year bond yield hits nearly 16-year high after sell-off in German bonds
TOKYO, March 6 (Reuters) - Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit a nearly 16-year high on Thursday after a sharp sell-off in German bonds weighed on sentiment.The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC jumped 6.5 basis points (bps) to 1.505%, its highest level since June 2009. The yield posted its b...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
SECO Announces Expansion Of Tech Collaboration With Qualcomm Technologies
March 6 (Reuters) - Seco SpA IOT.MI:SAID ON THURSDAY IT IS EXPANDING ITS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION WITH QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIESSECO IS BROADENING ITS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO BASED ON DRAGONWING PROCESSORS Further company coverage: []Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
Tennis-Time for American men to step up, says Fritz
By Rory CarrollINDIAN WELLS, California, March 5 (Reuters) - Taylor Fritz said it will take an American man winning a Grand Slam for men's tennis to truly break through to the younger generation at home and that it is time for the men to step up and match the results of the U.S. women. No Americ...Reuters
Thu, Mar 6
