“Silvio, Silvio” – Berlusconi divides Italy even at his funeral

By Emilio Parodi and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -Italy bade farewell to four-times prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday at a funeral befitting the business tycoon’s colourful life, with mourners bellowing football chants and politicians arguing over a day of national mourning. Crowds waving the flags of the AC Milan soccer club Berlusconi used to …

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Flipkart and PhonePe could be $100 billion businesses in India, Walmart says

By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart’s Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe payments business in India could be $100 billion businesses buoyed by strong growth, the retailer’s chief financial officer said on Wednesday at an investor conference. Walmart does not break out sales of Flipkart and PhonePe but over the past few months, executives have …

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BlackRock CEO Fink says he does not plan to leave the firm ‘any time soon’

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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Macron se reunirá con Elon Musk en París para hablar de posible inversión de Tesla

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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UK lawmakers question FCA supervision of Odey Asset Management

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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Turkey won’t back Swedish NATO bid unless it stops anti-Turkish protests -Erdogan

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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