MADRID, 27 abr (Reuters) – Josu Jon Imaz, consejero delegado de la petrolera española RepsolMC>, pidió el jueves a las autoridades de la Unión Europea que pongan fin a las importaciones de gasóleo ruso al bloque a través de terceros. “El gasóleo procedente de Rusia sigue estando en los mercados europeos y españoles”, dijo, añadiendo …
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – A former commander of Russia’s Wagner group seeking asylum in Norway was convicted on Thursday of being involved in a bar fight and of carrying an air gun but was acquitted of committing violence against police. Andrei Medvedev, 26, was handed down a suspended sentence of …
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(Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes tumbled unexpectedly in March to snap a three-month rebound, raising a caution flag about what had appeared to be a nascent recovery in a housing market that has been clobbered by rising interest rates. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Thursday its Pending Home …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – JP Morgan has hired Ishita Kohli to join its Middle East and North Africa debt capital markets team in Dubai, a spokesperson for the bank confirmed on Thursday. The move was earlier reported by fixed-income news service IFR. IFR also reported JPM is relocating DCM banker Arseniy Loboyko from London to Dubai, …
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By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Barclays reported better than expected first-quarter profit of 2.6 billion pounds ($3.24 billion) on Thursday after strong performance at its credit card business offset pressure on other profit engines, including investment banking. The British bank’s 16% profit jump from a year earlier beat analyst forecasts of 2.2 …
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By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Hasbro Inc topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday as players snapped up its “Magic: The Gathering” game sets, helping counter weak demand for its toys and action figures. The company’s shares were up about 9% at $56.09. An overall slowdown in demand for toys and retailers cutting …
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By Navamya Ganesh Acharya BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Wipro Ltd said on Thursday its IT services revenue growth in the current quarter could be as low as 0.6% as clients cut down on discretionary spending, highlighting the near-term struggle that the country’s IT companies face. Wipros’ bigger peers Infosys Ltd and HCLTech Ltd have indicated …
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(Reuters) -Spotify Technology said on Thursday it was investigating some issues with its web page, following reports the audio streaming platform was down for thousands of users. There were more than 15,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Spotify, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including …
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By Helen Coster and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Comcast Corp on Thursday said it beat quarterly profit forecasts on sustained demand for its broadband services and rising theme park attendance, giving the media giant a lift days after it fired NBCUniversal’s chief for sexual harassment. The company’s shares rose 4% as the report showed a smaller-than-expected …
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By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – The rouble steadied on Thursday, with the market looking ahead to Friday’s interest rate decision, as favourable month-end tax payments propped the Russian currency up amid a significant drop in oil prices. By 1322 GMT, the rouble was 0.2% stronger against the dollar at 81.44 and had gained 0.6% to …
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