BRASILIA (Reuters) – All Brazilian gold imports by Germany and 71% by Italy come from areas of the Amazon where illegal mining is rampant, a think thank said on Tuesday, calling for increased Eu[...]
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August 13, 2024
Australia’s CBA faces market dominance test as lower annual earnings loom
By Roushni Nair (Reuters) – Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country’s biggest lender, is expected to unveil a small decline in annual earnings on Wednesday, with investors focused on w[...]
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Sun Life US dental business has quarterly loss but on track to earn $100 million in 2025
TORONTO (Reuters) – Sun Life Financial Inc CEO Kevin Strain said on Tuesday the company’s U.S. dental insurance business was improving after losing money in the latest quarter, and was on[...]
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Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics to build their own rocket motors
(Reuters) -Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with peer General Dynamics to build solid rocket motors, which propel missiles, amid surging demand driven by conflicts in Ukraine[...]
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McDonald’s France jokes about scrapping curry sauce after basketball loss to US
PARIS (Reuters) – McDonald’s France said it is considering taking curry sauce off its menus until the next Olympics in a joke protest over U.S. basketball team captain Stephen Curry, whose[...]
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Carlsberg lifts 2024 growth outlook, Q2 sales lag forecasts
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish brewer Carlsberg on Tuesday lifted its forecast for full-year operating profit growth despite posting weaker-than-expected sales for the second quarter hit by bad June wea[...]
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Starbucks hires Chipotle’s Niccol as its sixth CEO
(Reuters) – Starbucks on Tuesday named Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Brian Niccol as its new CEO, replacing Laxman Narasimhan, who was at the helm for close to a year and a half, the shortest s[...]
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US market volatility puts ‘buffer’ ETFs in the spotlight
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – The spike in stock market volatility may be good news for at least one group of asset managers: those rolling out “buffer” exchange-traded funds (ETFs) t[...]
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Analysis-Carbon offset setback risks corporate backtrack on climate goals
By Simon Jessop and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Stalled efforts to expand companies’ use of carbon credits to offset greenhouse-gas emissions are raising the prospect that some will[...]
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