Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Switzerland’s Pictet, Bangkok Bank form wealth management alliance
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pictet Group and Bangkok Bank PCL on Thursday said they have formed a wealth management strategic alliance for the bank's clients in Thailand. Pictet, the Geneva-based wealth and...
Oct 28, 2021
La Banque Postale moves to take full control of insurer CNP
PARIS (Reuters) -The banking arm of French mail operator La Poste is planning to buy banking group BPCE's stake in French insurer CNP, the companies said on Thursday, and then plans to make an offer t...
Oct 28, 2021
Energy costs push Spain’s inflation to 29-year-high
(Reuters) - Spain's inflation surged to a 29-year-high in October as national consumer prices rose 5.5% year-on-year, flash data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday. Inflat...
Oct 28, 2021
Swedish Q3 GDP growth better than expected, preliminary data shows
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's economy grew more quickly than expected in the third quarter, as a vaccine rollout accelerated and COVID-19 curbs were lifted, a preliminary estimate from the Statistics...
Oct 28, 2021
Telecom Italia slides to one-year low after cutting guidance
MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Telecom Italia (TIM) fell as much as 7.9% on Thursday to an almost one-year low after Italy's biggest telecoms group further cut its 2021 core profit guidance to reflect wo...
Oct 28, 2021
Ryanair vows 5-day refund turnaround after COVID criticism
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair on Thursday vowed to repay customers within five days for cancelled flights in a renewed customer service push after criticism about how it handled refunds at the height of ...
Oct 28, 2021
Chinese developer Kaisa Group’s shares fall on ratings downgrade
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese developer Kaisa Group lost nearly a fifth of their value on Thursday and its bonds fell after rating agency downgrades that highlighted the company's limited ac...
Oct 28, 2021
Moscow embarks on sweeping lockdown as COVID-19 deaths surge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian capital brought in its strictest lockdown measures since June 2020 on Thursday as hospitals confront a rising wave of coronavirus cases that has sent one-day pandemic de...
Oct 28, 2021
German labour market continues post-pandemic recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell more than expected in October, official figures showed on Thursday, showing that companies in Europe's largest economy were firmly on a post-pandemic hiring...
Oct 28, 2021
Five youths suspected of planning Islamic State-inspired attack in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - German anti-terrorism forces on Thursday raided the homes of five young people west of the city of Bonn who were suspected of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State milita...
Oct 28, 2021
