By Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi has put climate change at the heart of his plans to run Italy by creating a superministry to ensure a transition to green energy drives recovery and makes full use of European Union funds. Draghi's first job will be to redraft Italy's Recovery...
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PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. investment company Artisan Partners, which is putting pressure on France's Danone to shake up its management amid criticism over weak returns, will meet several of its board members next week, a source close to the matter said on Sunday. The source was speaking after French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche said Artisan Partners would meet as early as...
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Southampton lost their sixth Premier League match in a row as Wolverhampton Wanderers mounted a second-half comeback to beat them 2-1 on Sunday and avenge a 2-0 loss to the Saints in the FA Cup on Thursday. Southampton were the better team in the first half and took the...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p) is not concerned by any Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) plans for a passenger vehicle that could include the iPhone maker's battery technology, its chief executive Herbert Diess said. Reuters reported in December that Apple may have progressed enough to build a vehicle for mass markets by 2024, helped by cost cuts in battery technology. "The car industry is...
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By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is on course to hit a target of offering a first vaccine dose against COVID-19 to its 15 million most vulnerable citizens by Monday, increasing pressure on the government to start reopening schools and loosening far-reaching lockdown measures. Britain's vaccination programme has so far reached more...
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(Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LON:RR) will name former Deloitte partner Panos Kakoullis as its next Chief Financial Officer, Sky News reported https://news.sky.com/story/covid-hit-rolls-royce-picks-ex-deloitte-partner-kakoullis-as-finance-chief-12217905 on Sunday. Kakoullis's appointment is expected to be announced to the London Stock Exchange as early as Monday morning, the report added. ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain downplayed the risk of the European Union taking business away from the City of London after Brexit, saying the city's real challenges come from New York, Tokyo and others. "If we're really honest about it, the challenge to London as the global financial centre around the world will come from Tokyo, New York, and other areas, rather...
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders next week to call for action to ensure equal global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and to prevent future pandemics, his office said on Saturday. The meeting of the leaders from the Group of Seven rich nations on Friday is the first since April last year, and...
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(Reuters) - The YouTube streamer known as Roaring Kitty, who helped drive a surge of interest in GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), will testify before a House panel on Thursday alongside top hedge fund managers. The House Financial Services Committee is examining how an apparent flood of retail trading drove GameStop and other shares to extreme highs, squeezing hedge funds like...
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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Ilkay Gundogan continued his brilliant form, scoring twice as Premier League leaders Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on Saturday to keep up their title bid in impressive fashion. City are on 53 points, seven clear of second-placed Leicester City, and with a game in hand. And while there...
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