By Carolyn Cohn and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in British subprime lender Amigo tumbled 39% on Monday after the company said it had failed so far to find a cornerstone investor for a planned capital raise, putting the future of the company in doubt. Amigo has been scrambling for survival after a deluge …
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Berlin (Reuters) – Bundesverteidigungsministerin Christine Lambrecht tritt zurück. Die SPD-Politikerin gab ihren Rückzug vom Amt am Montag in einer schriftlichen Erklärung bekannt. Sie habe Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz um die Entlassung aus dem Amt gebeten, heißt es darin. “Die monatelange mediale Fokussierung auf meine Person lässt eine sachliche Berichterstattung und Diskussion über die Soldatinnen und Soldaten, …
(Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies AbbVie and Eli Lilly have withdrawn from Britain’s voluntary medicines pricing agreement, an industry body said on Monday. Companies are increasingly arguing that it is no longer possible to justify the UK’s “voluntary scheme” to global boardrooms and investors as repayment rates in 2023 have surged to 26.5% of revenue, the …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority said on Monday the offices of several oil companies, including Italy’s Eni and Exxon Mobil Corp’s ESSO Italiana unit, have been searched over alleged fuel price violations. The authority, which carried out the inspections with the help of Italy’s tax police, said it was probing irregularities concerning prices being …
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By Victoria Waldersee and Jan Schwartz BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen wants to expand both its higher-end and lower-end offering in the Chinese market, China chief Ralf Brandstaetter said on Monday, calling the country’s high-paced, competitive market a “giant fitness centre for the industry”. Volkswagen has long dominated the combustion engine car market in China, but lags …
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Por Gopal Sharma KATMANDÚ, 16 ene (Reuters) – Los equipos de rescate encontraron el lunes tanto la grabadora de voz de la cabina como la grabadora de datos de un vuelo de pasajeros que se estrelló el domingo, causando la muerte de al menos 68 personas en el accidente aéreo más mortífero de los últimos …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – The daughter of Thailand’s self-exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra has declared her readiness to run for prime minister in an election this year, as the main opposition seeks to regain power after being ousted in a coup eight years ago. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, whose father Thaksin and aunt Yingluck Shinawatra both led governments …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will travel to Davos and attend a panel at the annual World Economic Forum meeting on Friday, the central bank said on Monday. Kuroda will depart on Wednesday, when the BOJ concludes its two-day policy meeting that begins on Tuesday, and return to Japan on …
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MILÁN, 16 ene (Reuters) – Los “carabinieri” italianos detuvieron el lunes a Matteo Messina Denaro, el capo de la mafia más buscado del país que permanecía huido desde hacía tres décadas. Messina Denaro, detenido en Palermo, capital de Sicilia, es presunto jefe de la mafia siciliana, conocida como la “Cosa Nostra”. Messina fue condenado en …
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16 ene (Reuters) – La empresa alemana Uniper acordó vender su participación del 20% en el gasoducto BBL, que une Reino Unido con los Países Bajos, al operador de red español Enagás por 75 millones de euros (81 millones de dólares). BBL, que gestiona un gasoducto de 235 kilómetros con una capacidad horaria de 20.600.000 …
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