Premier Inn owner Whitbread posts modest UK sales, reaffirms 2025 outlook

(Reuters) -Premier Inn owner Whitbread reported on Thursday a modest increase in total accommodation sales in the UK for a six-week period, and reaffirmed its full-year 2025 forecast, supported by strong sales in Germany.   Whitbread, the owner of restaurant and pub chains such as Beefeater and Bar+Block Steakhouse, reported a 2% rise in total accommodation …

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Rekordgewinn macht Chip-Auftragsfertiger TSMC optimistisch

Taipei (Reuters) – Der reißende Absatz von Hochleistungshalbleitern für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) hat TSMC einen Rekord-Quartalsgewinn beschert. Für das laufende Vierteljahr stellte der weltgrößte Chip-Auftragsfertiger ein vergleichbares Wachstum in Aussicht. Wegen der hohen Nachfrage würden die Investitionen 2025 um 41 Prozent auf umgerechnet 38 bis 42 Milliarden Euro steigen. Das Netto-Ergebnis stieg im vierten Quartal …

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Inflation steigt dritten Monat in Folge – 2,6 Prozent im Dezember

Berlin (Reuters) – Steigende Preise für viele Lebensmittel und Dienstleistungen haben die deutsche Inflation im Dezember auf den höchsten Stand seit fast einem Jahr getrieben. Die Lebenshaltungskosten waren 2,6 Prozent höher als im Vorjahresmonat, wie das Statistische Bundesamt am Donnerstag eine frühere Schätzung bestätigte. Damit stieg die Teuerungsrate den dritten Monat in Folge. Im November …

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Biden advierte de que en EEUU se está formando una oligarquía que amenaza la democracia

Por Steve Holland, Jeff Mason y Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, 15 ene (Reuters) – El presidente Joe Biden puso este miércoles el broche final a medio siglo de carrera política con un último discurso en el Despacho Oval con el que espera sellar un legado ensombrecido por el fracaso de los demócratas a la hora de …

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Rescuers evacuate 3,000 residents near Indonesia’s Mt Ibu after eruption

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia’s eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as four-km (2.5-mile) into the sky. Ibu erupted on Wednesday morning for about two minutes, …

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UK’s Petershill Partners sells majority stake in General Catalyst for $726 million

(Reuters) – British investment group Petershill Partners said on Thursday it sold its majority stake in venture capital firm General Catalyst for $726 million. Petershill Partners said it intends to pay a special dividend of 14 cents per share, amounting to $151 million, reflecting the return to shareholders of the majority of the net gain …

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UK’s Reeves says she will press regulators to help deliver growth

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Thursday she would press regulators on what more her government can do to deliver growth after data showed the country’s economic output inched up by a lower-than-expected 0.1% in November. “I am determined to go further and faster to kickstart economic growth,” Reeves said in …

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Discounter Pepco says Poundland’s sales fall worsened in Christmas quarter

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -European discounter Pepco Group said on Thursday the performance of its struggling Poundland business in Britain deteriorated in the Christmas quarter, with underlying revenue falling 7.3%. The Warsaw-listed retailer, which also owns the Pepco and Dealz brands, said group like-for-like revenue fell 1.1% in the three months to Dec. 31, …

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