By Bernadette Christina and Fransiska Nangoy
LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers reported a normal level of sales for the time of year, defying economists expectations for renewed weakness, but were the most downbeat about the outlook since November 2020, the Confederation of British Industry said on Tuesday.
By Simon Jessop and Karl Plume LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Billionaire Tom Styers and investment partner Katie Hall have led the latest funding round for technology start-up Regrow Ag, which aims to help accelerate the shift to climate-friendly farming.
By Huw Jones and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Banks and insurers which fail to properly manage climate risks could face a 10% to 15% hit to annual profits and higher capital requirements, the Bank of England said on Tuesday.
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadas top six banks are expected to post an average 12% drop in second-quarter earnings from the previous three months as increased expenses and loan-loss reserves and lower investment banking revenues outweigh strong loan growth and margin expansion from rising
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – French cosmetics group LOreal is not so far seeing any impact from inflation on purchases of beauty products, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday.
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish energy group Unimot is expanding international trading as it seeks to import diesel to Germany amid potential European Union sanctions on Russian oil and refined products, chief executive said on Tuesday.
(Reuters) – The Russia-Ukraine crisis and soaring energy prices have nearly halved the confidence of European business leaders in the first half of the year and many corporations have passed on the costs to consumers, an industry survey showed on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) – A couple of dozen climate protestors disrupted Shells annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, chanting slogans and holding banners as Shell Chair Andrew Mckenzie tried to start the meeting.
Berlin (Reuters) – Germany‘s 2022 inflation rate will more than double from last year’s 3.1% as already high energy and food prices are pushed up by the war in Ukraine, the countrys Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) said on Tuesday.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Russia is using food supplies as a weapon with global repercussions, acting the same way as it does in the energy sector, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.
(Reuters) – Russia‘s top carmaker Avtovaz said it will resume production in early June, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the company’s new CEO.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Siemens Energy could launch its planned 4.05 billion-euro ($4.34 billion) bid for minorities in Siemens Gamesa sooner than September, its chief executive said, cautioning that the decision was up to Spanish regulators.
By LA BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The 27 members of the European Union should reach a unanimous agreement on the implementation of a global minimum corporate tax by June 17, French Finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday, adding Poland will eventually be won over.
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Bank of Ireland has committed to make up to 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) in total funding available to two smaller non-bank lenders as part of competition clearance granted on Tuesday for its deal to buy most of KBCs Irish assets.
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss engineering group Sulzer has put its Russia business up for sale, joining the exit from the market hit by Western sanctions over Moscows invasion of Ukraine.
By Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesias central bank on Tuesday announced more aggressive hikes in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks, expecting inflation to rise slightly above its target band this year, but kept interest rates unchanged at a record low.
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Britain‘s pound fell to a more than one-week low against a strengthening euro on Tuesday but was little changed against the U.S. dollar ahead of data that could provide a clearer picture of the UK’s growth outlook.
In the UK, the services PMI slumped to a 15-month low, weighed by economic and geopolitical uncertainty, raising the threat of a recession.
LONDON (Reuters) – Rising borrowing costs and the global fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war could see up to 10% of riskier, ‘junk’-rated emerging market countries suffer debt crises this year, analysts at U.S. investment bank JPMorgan have warned.