By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – French technology consultancy company Atos, whose shares have slumped on scepticism over its restructuring plan, said on Thursday it had rejected expressions of interest in its Evidian unit from r…
Mercedes, Boeing to close S. Carolina plants Friday due to Hurricane Ian
(Reuters) – German automaker Mercedes Benz and U.S. planemaker Boeing Co will suspend operations in South Carolina on Friday due to the potential impact of Hurricane Ian. Ian, currently downgraded to a tropical storm, is expected to be become a hurrica…
Moldova to pay Gazprom late advance payment to avert gas cut off -source
CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s state energy firm will pay the rest of a late advance payment to Russia’s Gazprom for September natural gas supplies on Friday so the gas giant does not cut supplies from Oct. 1, a source said on Thursday. Moldovagaz paid …
EU countries remain divided on gas price caps, diplomat says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries are split over whether to cap gas prices, which they will discuss at a meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers on Friday, a senior EU diplomat said. “On the price caps at this moment there is nothing near li…
Putin says mistakes of military mobilisation should be corrected – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Thursday, said all mistakes made during a partial military mobilisation to reinforce Russia’s military operation in Ukraine should be corrected, RIA Novo…
Rescues underway in Florida as Hurricane Ian takes aim at Carolinas
By Brad Brooks and Brendan O’Brien VENICE, Fla. (Reuters) -Emergency crews raced on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as Hurricane Ian trained its sights on the Carolinas after cutting a coast-to-coast path of destruction across Florida, lea…
Porsche shares flat at close after landmark $72 billion listing
By Victoria Waldersee and Emma-Victoria Farr FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Porsche AG shares had a see-saw start on Thursday, after Volkswagen defied volatile markets to list the sports car brand at a valuation of 75 billion euros ($72 billion) in Germany’s se…
Bank of Spain clears Benetton-Blackstone bid for Atlantia
ROME (Reuters) – The multi-billion euro buyout bid for infrastructure group Atlantia proposed by the Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone cleared the last major regulatory hurdle on Thursday after an authorisation by the Bank of Spain. The Benetton…
UK’s Labour has 33-pt lead over ruling Conservatives -YouGov poll
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour party has surged to a 33-point lead over the ruling Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll on Thursday, after days of chaos in financial markets triggered by the government’s planned tax cuts. The lead w…
Explainer-How could Europe cap gas prices?
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering options to cap gas prices, as a growing number of countries pressure Brussels to put a lid on sky-high fuel costs. France, Italy, Poland and 12 other countries wrote to the European …