(Reuters) – Polands biggest clothing retailer LPP has decided to sell its Russian company RE Trading to a Chinese consortium, LPP said on Thursday.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germanys gas importers are allowed to open rouble accounts to pay for Russian gas, according to two people familiar with the matter, as a deadline to switch to a new mechanism proposed by Moscow draws nearer.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -H&M will pay $36 million to settle accusations that the fashion retailer illegally kept millions of dollars in gift cards that customers never used, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday.
(Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund virtual mission to Sri Lanka is expected to conclude technical talks on a potential IMF loan program to the crisis-wracked South Asian country on May 24, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are on track to reopen the companys Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula manufacturing plant within one or two weeks, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve has “important but quite limited” authorities to police financial risks emanating from climate change, according to Michael Barr, President Biden‘s nominee to lead to the central bank’s regulatory work.
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday he and the finance ministers of the Group of Seven rich nations had discussed “practical steps” to help Ukraine recover from the war with Russia.
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said he pledged 1 billion euros ($1.06 billion) in grants to Ukraine at a meeting of finance officials from the Group of Seven (G7) economic powers on Thursday to help it with short-term liquidity needs.
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union will not give a new mandate to renegotiate post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland agreed as part of the Brexit deal, the blocs ambassador to London said on Thursday.
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan has banned the import of all non-essential luxury goods in a bid to stabilize the economy, the information minister said on Thursday, describing the situation as an economic emergency.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will guarantee a further $50 million in financing to help Ukraines electricity provision, British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday as he met his peers from the Group of Seven rich economies in Germany.
(Reuters) – Swedish electric-vehicle maker Polestar cut its 2022 delivery forecast by 15,000 units to 50,000 vehicles on Thursday, hit by COVID-19 lockdowns in China.
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted the European Union (EU) to give a “quick opinion” to Moldovas request for membership of the EU, as he hosted a meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Paris.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is likely to propose on Monday keeping EU curbs on government borrowing suspended in 2023 amid great economic uncertainty and a sharp slowdown in growth caused by Russias invasion of Ukraine, officials said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in April as house prices jumped to a record high amid a persistent lack of inventory.
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, making her first public appearance since being appointed to the role on Monday, said there was no hurry to form a new government.
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda expects the first group of 50 asylum seekers to be transferred from the United Kingdom by the end of May, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The German Insurance Association (GDV) has downgraded its forecast for the industry for 2022 in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
(Reuters) – The number of people found to be illegally present in the European Union increased by 22% to reach nearly 700,000 in 2021, according to European statistics office data released on Thursday.
By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish gas company PGNiG sees no need to use all the capacity it booked in a new pipeline from Norway as soaring energy prices are likely to curb demand.