By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Cucumbers, olive oil and cheese topped Britain’s inflation chart in March, while traditional fish and chips saw the biggest price rise for diners, according to a new price comparison tool released by the country’s statistics office on Wednesday. The cost of a cucumber was up a cool 52% in…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Airbnb Inc will allow guests to break their payments into installments and see the nightly price inclusive of fees while browsing as the company expects a record 300 million guest arrivals in 2023. The San Francisco-based company has been a big beneficiary of remote and hybrid work that…
By Tanvi Mehta and Chris Thomas NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Wadia Group, the owner of cash-strapped Go Airlines (India) Ltd, is completely committed to the company, and has no plans to exit it, the airline’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The news came a day after the airline, recently rebranded as Go First, filed…
(Reuters) – Shares of major U.S. regional banks were volatile on Wednesday, after two straight sessions of declines following the collapse of the third U.S. lender and investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s commentary at its policy meeting. The central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis…
(Reuters) – Smartwatch and navigation equipment maker Garmin Ltd topped first-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday, boosted by strong growth in its businesses catering to the aviation and marine industries. Garmin’s diversified business is helping the company navigate a downturn in spending from recession-wary consumers, which pushed down sales at its outdoor unit – the biggest…
(Reuters) – U.S. engineering and industrial software firm Emerson Electric Co on Wednesday raised its fiscal 2023 outlook and reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, on the back of strong demand for its automation systems in a tight labor market. Shares of the company were up 2.1% in premarket trading. The firm has benefited from companies worldwide…
By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood film and television writers went on strike on Tuesday, shutting down late-night TV shows, and took their demands for higher pay to the doors of major studios in a labor dispute that hinges on how the streaming boom is changing show business. Hundreds of…
(Reuters) – Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it expects a $31 million hit to full-year gross profit from disruptions and rework related to affected 737 MAX fuselages. Boeing last month said it had paused deliveries of some 737 MAXs due to a problem involving two fittings that join the aft fuselage made by…
By Mathieu Rosemain and Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) -BNP Paribas’s first-quarter sales beat market expectations as trading business at the eurozone’s biggest bank outperformed most of its peers, while it started to reap the benefits from rising interest rates. BNP’s quarterly profit more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, bolstered by…
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Chilean peso is set for a period of stability as economic and political worries continue to fade, validating the central bank’s decision to unwind an intervention program implemented last year to calm market turmoil, a Reuters poll showed. In July last year, the peso plunged to a…
