By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has drafted plans to require companies to back up green claims about their products with evidence, in a bid to fight greenwashing and misleading advertisements, according to a document seen by Reuters. The draft legal proposal by the European Commission aims to clamp down on companies …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Climate activist Greta Thunberg condemned the forced removal of protesters from an abandoned village in western Germany as outrageous during a visit to the site, where demonstrators have dug in to try to stop the expansion of a coal mine. “Germany is really embarrassing itself right now,” said Thunberg, who said the …
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By Erwin Seba (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp in coming days will sharply boost gasoline and diesel production at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery, people familiar with the matter said, completing a $2 billion expansion first considered nine years ago. Initial startup of a 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) crude distillation unit (CDU) at the 369,000 …
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(Amplía información, añade más suscriptores) LIMA, 13 ene (Reuters) -La economía de Perú, el segundo mayor productor mundial de cobre, habría crecido “algo menos” del 2,9% previsto anteriormente, dijo el viernes el Banco Central, en medio de constantes bloqueos de carreteras por protestas antigubernamentales que comenzaron a inicios de diciembre. En las manifestaciones se exige …
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some U.S. investors are looking abroad to capture better stock returns in the coming months, betting European and other international stocks hold more enticing valuations after a long period of U.S. dominance. U.S. stocks have rebounded to start the year after a rough 2022, but still have lagged …
(Reuters) – Carvana Co is terminating more workers and take other measures such as reduced work hours as the used-car retailer contends with weak sales, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company was letting open positions go unfilled and several operations teams were working fewer than 30 hours a week or four-day work …
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By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Rain-soaked Californians took advantage of a break in a weeks-long deluge to haul away dead trees, restore downed power lines and prepare new stacks of sandbags before another series of storms hits the state beginning Friday. In Monterey County along the state’s central coast, communities near the still-rising …
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By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) -The yen surged on Friday, adding to earlier gains on speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will revise its ultra-loose monetary policy, while the dollar edged up against most other major currencies, rising off of a seven-month low. The yen was up 1.06% against the greenback at 127.92 yen …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry told the Telegraph newspaper he did not include everything that had happened between himself and his brother and father in his memoir because they “would never forgive him”, adding he had enough material for another book. In his book “Spare”, published on Tuesday, Harry reveals difficulties in his relationship …
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Por Manya Saini 13 ene (Reuters) – El Bank of New York Mellon Corp planea recortar alrededor del 3% de su fuerza laboral este año, dijo el viernes a Reuters una fuente cercana al asunto, uniéndose a varias firmas de Wall Street en las olas de despidos para hacer frente a la turbulencia del mercado. …
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