By Foo Yun Chee and Tassilo Hummel BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Orange and MasMovil’s planned merger of their Spanish operations may reduce competition and push up prices, EU antitrust regulators warned on Tuesday, indicating the telecoms operators may need to offer significant remedies to get the deal approved. Orange, the second largest telecoms provider in Spain, and…
By Kevin Yao TIANJIN, China (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday said China will take steps to boost demand, invigorate markets, promote development while accelerating the green transition and opening “high level” parts of its economy to the outside world. Addressing a World Economic Forum summit in Tianjin, Li did not elaborate on China’s…
(Reuters) – The European Central Bank wants lenders to speed up their exit from Russia given the increased reputational, legal and financial risk of doing business there, supervisory chief Andrea Enria said on Tuesday. Though Europe’s top supervisor has for months said he hoped European financial bodies would cut ties with their Russian assets, the…
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – British luxury carmaker Aston Martin unnerved investors on Tuesday by leaving out a sales volume target as it stuck to its medium-term financial goals. Shares in the London-listed firm fell 4.3% to 346 pence by 0750 GMT. “The dropping of an important figure such as a sales target is…
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Shares in kidney dialysis group Fresenius Medical Care fell as much as 5% on Tuesday after a payment increase proposed by a major U.S. public health insurance body fell short of market expectations. Analysts said the base-rate payment increase of 1.6%, proposed for 2024 by the Centers for Medicare &…
(Reuters) – Most major U.S. banks expect the Federal Reserve to deliver another 25-basis-point rate hike in July after the central bank signaled that borrowing costs may need to rise by as much as half a percentage point by the end of the year. The Fed’s main rate now stands at 5.00% – 5.25% range….
(Reuters) – Most major U.S. banks expect the Federal Reserve to deliver another 25-basis-point rate hike in July after the central bank signaled that borrowing costs may need to rise by as much as half a percentage point by the end of the year. The Fed’s main rate now stands at 5.00% – 5.25% range….
ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS will announce further changes to its management as it seeks to integrate Credit Suisse following the recent takeover of its former rival, the Swiss bank’s chief executive said on Tuesday. UBS announced a raft of management changes shortly after it completed the takeover earlier this month. “We have also already established the…
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -JD Sports Fashion said there had been some softening in trade in its North American business in June, which would be offset by growth in demand for its trendy trainers and sportswear in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. Despite the slowdown in its U.S. and Canadian markets, the British…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – PwC Australia’s sale of its government consulting business may give it temporary respite from a crisis in its tax practice but is unlikely to repair its toxic brand in the country anytime soon, according to experts. PwC said on Sunday it would sell the division for A$1 ($0.67) to…
