ROME (Reuters) – Italy will allow its regions to lower speed limits on highways and motorways passing through or near urban areas struggling with high air pollution, according to a government decree that took effect on Wednesday. A new law that is part of the decree says speed limits may be reduced temporarily or permanently …
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By Carolina Mandl and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said on Wednesday he is not planning to leave the world’s biggest asset manager “any time soon,” while his team unveiled plans for revenue growth. Fink, 70, said he has no plans to retire, but BlackRock …
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By Francesca Landini and Ron Bousso MILAN (Reuters) -Italian energy group Eni has intensified talks with several investors over a potential sale of a minority stake in its renewables and retail business Plenitude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. Two of the sources said that Eni is working on a disposal …
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By Shreyashi Sanyal and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – European shares rose on Wednesday, supported by banks and miners, ahead of a broadly priced-in pause in interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.4% higher. Banks, which tend to benefit from higher rates, rose 1.1%. Italy and Spain’s …
Por Michel Rose 14 jun (Reuters) -El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, dijo que se reunirá con el director ejecutivo de Tesla, Elon Musk, el viernes, la segunda vez en poco más de un mes, para promover Francia como posible sede de una de las fábricas de la firma, así como para discutir la regulación tecnológica. …
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Por Shreyashi Sanyal y Bansari Mayur Kamdar 14 jun (Reuters) – Las acciones europeas subieron el miércoles, apoyadas por los bancos y las mineras, a la espera de una pausa generalizada en las subidas de las tasas de interés por parte de la Reserva Federal estadounidense. * El índice paneuropeo STOXX 600 cerró con un …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Lawmakers on Britain’s powerful Treasury Select Committee have written to the Financial Conduct Authority to question the regulator’s supervision of Odey Asset Management (OAM) and its founder Crispin Odey. The letter sent to the FCA on Wednesday, and signed by the committee’s chair Harriett Baldwin, follows allegations of sexual misconduct by OAM’s founder, …
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By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Sweden should not expect a green light from Ankara on its NATO membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Turkey cannot approach Sweden’s NATO bid positively while “terrorists” …
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By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -China poses a growing threat to global security, Germany said in its first national security strategy on Wednesday, underscoring Berlin’s shift in emphasis from economic interests to geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Using blunt language about its top trading partner, the strategy document describes Beijing as …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s parliament announced on Wednesday the 14 members of a special commission that will look into Credit Suisse’s collapse and its subsequent rescue engineered by Swiss authorities. The appointments, decided by the offices of the Swiss lower and upper houses of parliament, marked one of the final steps needed for the panel …
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