Shareholder group ISS backs Barclays board over former CEO Staley

By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) -Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended Barclays investors re-elect all board members at next month’s annual meeting, sapping the momentum of protests against bosses for supporting former CEO Jes Staley who is being investigated over his links with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The influential proxy advisor said in a report…

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Big UK firms shrug off banking turmoil and turn more hopeful – Deloitte

LONDON (Reuters) – Finance executives at top British firms have reported the sharpest rise in optimism since late 2020 and the recent upheaval in the global banking sector has not dented the mood, a quarterly survey by Deloitte showed on Monday. The difference between chief financial officers who were more optimistic about their businesses’ prospects…

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IKEA lookalike ‘Swed House’ opens in Moscow to mixed reactions

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarusian furniture company Swed House, which sells items intended to look like those made by Swedish giant IKEA, opened its first store in Moscow on Saturday to a mixed initial reaction from consumers. IKEA halted all retail and production operations in Russia soon after Moscow started its “special military operation” against Ukraine,…

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India’s March wholesale inflation eases to 30-month low on easing input prices

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s annual wholesale-price based inflation (WPI) eased to the lowest in nearly 30 months, as input prices continued to moderate, government data showed on Monday. WPI in March was 1.34% year-on-year, lower than 3.85% in the previous month and a Reuters poll of 1.87%. In March, the food index rose 2.32%…

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Exclusive-Nissan takes its own road, minus Renault, in seeking tech tie-up

By Norihiko Shirouzu and Maki Shiraki (Reuters) -Nissan is developing growth plans in areas such as software and electric vehicles (EVs) independent of Renault SA as the automakers work to finalise terms of a sharply limited alliance, said seven people with knowledge of the matter. Japan’s third-biggest automaker by sales is seeking a partner outside…

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