BoE’s Dhingra sees ‘promising signals’ of a fall in UK inflation

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Swati Dhingra said there are “promising signals” for a further decline in British inflation, based largely on a steep fall in the rate of increase in prices which manufacturers charge to retailers. Dhingra is one of two members of the BoE’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…

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Volkswagen China chief asks China’s premier Li for clarity on data transfers

BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s head of its business in China said on Tuesday that the carmaker needed clarity on cross-border data transfers in a meeting with the country’s Premier Li Qiang, asking how China would cooperate with Europe amid rising political tensions. “As a globalized industry, the transformation of the automotive sector highly depends on…

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Analysis-Bolivia’s creaking big state model rings warning bell in South America

By Raul Cortes and Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s “economic miracle,” a boom in the 2000s and 2010s that saw years of state spending lift millions of people into the middle class, is creaking, a warning sign to the wider region battling high inflation, shrinking government coffers and tepid growth. For years the…

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Orange, MasMovil deal may reduce competition, push up prices, EU warns

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…

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China will take steps to boost demand, accelerate green transition – Premier Li

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…

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