Brazil’s antitrust watchdog approves L’Oreal deal to buy Aesop
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade on Wednesday recommended the approval of the sale of Natura & Co’s…
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Exclusive-Qatar fund explored claims against Switzerland for Credit Suisse losses
By Stefania Spezzati, Paritosh Bansal and America Hernandez (Reuters) – Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Credit Suisse’s second-largest investor, has explored…
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to US
By Foo Yun Chee and Padraic Halpin (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc is set to face a record European Union…
Swiss parliament to investigate Credit Suisse collapse
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse’s collapse and its takeover by UBS will be investigated by a parliamentary commission (PUK), the…
US single-family building permits at 7-month high; housing slump persists
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Permits for future U.S. single-family homebuilding jumped to a seven-month high in April, giving…
Celsius bankruptcy auction nears end, with Fahrenheit in the lead
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Celsius Network on Wednesday said the crypto lender hopes to…
Russia’s consumer prices barely change for second week running
(Reuters) -Russia’s weekly consumer prices rose marginally in the period to May 15, the state statistics service Rosstat said on…
European shares slip on US debt ceiling concerns
By Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Wednesday as concerns about whether the United States can…
Russian economy shrank 1.9% in first quarter – stats service
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy shrank 1.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, data from the Rosstat federal statistics service…
BP unit to pay record $40 million to settle U.S. air pollution civil charges
By Sarah N. Lynch and Laura Sanicola WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of BP plc will pay a record-setting $40…