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Record orders, strong sales drive strong Q2 for Siemens Energy

Record orders, strong sales drive strong Q2 for Siemens Energy

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Siemens Energy, which supplies equipment and services to the power sector, posted forecast-beating second-quarter..

Oil slips as economic worries take focus off tighter supplies

Oil slips as economic worries take focus off tighter supplies

(Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Monday as concerns about fuel demand in the top global oil consumers, the United States and China, offse..

France’s AXA Q1 sales rise 2% as property policy demand grows

France’s AXA Q1 sales rise 2% as property policy demand grows

PARIS (Reuters) -AXA, Europe’s second-biggest insurance company, said first quarter sales rose 2% from the same period a year ea..

Analysis-Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage

Analysis-Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage

PARIS (Reuters) – Planemakers can’t build them but airlines can’t stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with indust..

Oil prices head for fourth weekly drop as demand fears weigh

Oil prices head for fourth weekly drop as demand fears weigh

LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Friday, heading for a fourth weekly decline, as renewed economic concerns in the United States..

G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China

G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China

NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will debate this week the idea of implementing..

Orpea slides to annual loss of 4 billion euros on asset depreciation

Orpea slides to annual loss of 4 billion euros on asset depreciation

(Reuters) -French nursing care provider Orpea, hit by multiple scandals including allegations of malpractice at its care homes, on Fri..

UK finance minister Hunt: Good news the economy is growing

UK finance minister Hunt: Good news the economy is growing

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Friday welcomed the latest GDP data which showed the economy ..

With UK food price inflation at 46-year high, lawmakers launch probe

With UK food price inflation at 46-year high, lawmakers launch probe

LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers launched an investigation on Friday into the fairness of the country’s food supply ch..

Carrefour Brasil in talks with Barzel Properties over $260 million deal

Carrefour Brasil in talks with Barzel Properties over $260 million deal

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Carrefour Brasil said on Thursday it has entered into exclusive talks with Barzel Properties for the sale ..