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France to stick with wind power development targets

France to stick with wind power development targets

PARIS (Reuters) – France is aiming for a target growth rate of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) per year in onshore wind power, Energy ministe..

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target on a durab..

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread

By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) is tracking tightness in the aluminium market, which has see..

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the ra..

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its..

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment

  ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the head of the U.S. fund BlackRock Inc, Larry Fink, in Rome o..

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected

  PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still li..

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm

  PARIS (Reuters) – Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxo..

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

Big banks add October cut to ECB forecasts

  LONDON (Reuters) -Major brokerages, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, now expect the European Central Bank to deliver a qua..

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

Thailand’s Central Group takes over Swiss department stores Globus

  BERLIN (Reuters) – Thai retail and property conglomerate Central Group said on Monday it will take over the operational b..