LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he is likely to scrap his pledge to provide free university tuition, blaming economic circumstances for the probable u-turn. Labour pledged to ditch university fees as part of its campaign in the run up to the last two national …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest rate in almost three years in April, although firms increased output slightly as their supply chain problems eased, a survey showed on Tuesday. S&P Global’s final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing, which accounts for about a fifth of Germany’s economy, fell by 0.2 points …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s manufacturing sector contracted further in April as new orders fell and the impact of protests against the government’s plans to increase the retirement age hit business, a survey showed on Tuesday. The HCOB France manufacturing final purchasing managers index (PMI) for April, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 45.6 points from …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian central bank is likely buying dollars via state-run banks to prevent the rupee from appreciating in the wake of inflows, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday. The Indian rupee was trading at 81.8275 per U.S. dollar, having reached 81.7325 earlier. The long weekend inflows and the dollar offers from foreign …
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Frankfurt (Reuters) – Der Dax ist nach dem Feiertag am Montag unentschieden in die neue Börsenwoche gestartet. Der deutsche Leitindex notierte am Dienstagmorgen kaum verändert bei 15.915 Punkten, nachdem er kurz nach Handelsstart zeitweise 0,6 Prozent höher bei 16.011 Punkten notiert und damit erstmals seit Januar 2022 die psychologisch wichtige Marke von 16.000 Punkten erobert …
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(Reuters) -Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed over the terms of an emergency deal to save Swiss lender Credit Suisse by selling it to its bigger rival UBS, a Swiss court has said. The 3 billion Swiss franc ($3.35 billion) rescue, hammered out over a March weekend amid turmoil in the global banking sector, upended …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Most of the South Korean central bank’s board members cited concerns about the U.S. banking sector’s health as a major factor to keep interest rates steady at their April 11 meeting, minutes showed on Tuesday. While the collapse of U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank had only limited direct impact on local markets, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered his government to “clarify” the procedure for how Russian companies can make dividend payments to shareholders from so-called “unfriendly countries”. Russia considers all countries that have hit it with sanctions over its military campaign in Ukraine to be “unfriendly”. It has hit back with its own …
(Reuters) – Las bolsas europeas abrían con pocos cambios el martes, con los inversores manteniendo la cautela a su regresu del puente del Día de los Trabajadores a la espera de las decisiones de la semana sobre tipos de interés de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos y el Banco Central Europeo. El índice paneuropeo …
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MADRID (Reuters) – La actividad fabril en España se contrajo en abril tras dos meses de expansión, aunque indicadores como las nuevas contrataciones y los pedidos sugieren que el retroceso podría no durar mucho, según mostró una encuesta publicada el martes. El índice HCOB de gestores de compras (PMI) del sector manufacturero español, elaborado por …
