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Media giant Vivendi raises stake in Lagardere to 13.36%
PARIS (Reuters) - French media conglomerate Vivendi has increased its stake in Lagardere to 13.36% from 10.6%, an AMF regulatory filing published on Thursday showed. Vivendi in the filing said it had ...
May 07, 2020
Climate activists spray ‘fake oil’ onto Barclays HQ in London’s Canary Wharf
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion group sprayed "fake oil" onto the Barclays headquarters in London's Canary Wharf on Thursday, calling on the bank to divest from foss...
May 07, 2020
China to give foreign firms equal access to govt support policies: commerce ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ensure foreign firms have equal access to government support policies, including those on land and tax cuts, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. The Ministry made th...
May 07, 2020
UK housing market slows to a halt during lockdown: Halifax
LONDON (Reuters) - Activity in Britain's housing market has come to a dead stop during the coronavirus lockdown, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday. House prices fell in monthly terms by 0.6% in...
May 07, 2020
Short-selling ban is one-off rather than longer-term measure: French regulator
PARIS (Reuters) - Robert Ophele, the head of France's AMF financial markets regulator, told a parliamentary hearing on Thursday that a French short-selling ban was a one-off measure rather than a long...
May 07, 2020
Another wave of COVID-19 infections could trigger retest of March market lows: AIA Group CIO
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - A second wave of COVID-19 infections could trigger a retest of the low hit by the equity markets in March, said Mark Konyn, AIA group chief investment officer in Hong Ko...
May 07, 2020
ECB again calls for bigger role of fiscal policy in recession fight
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is facing a deep recession amid the coronavirus pandemic and greater cooperation is needed in fiscal policy to support the recovery, European Central Bank V...
May 07, 2020
Nintendo expects to sell 19 million Switch devices this financial year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it expects to sell 19 million Switch console units in the current financial year as consumers locked down due to the coronavirus outbreak dri...
May 07, 2020
Britain’s GSK to sell entire stake in Hindustan Unilever
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday it agreed to sell its entire stake in Unilever's Indian business for about 254.8 billion rupees ($3.35 billion) on the open market, cashing in late from th...
May 07, 2020
French economic activity still a third below normal: INSEE
PARIS (Reuters) - French economic activity has picked up slightly over the last two weeks but remains a third below normal levels for this period of the year, the INSEE official stats agency said on T...
May 07, 2020
