By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -OPEC on Monday cut its forecast for 2022 global oil demand growth for a fifth…
Italy aims to bring Telecom Italia network under state control
ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s new government wants to bring Telecom Italia’s (TIM) network under state control to speed up the digitalization…
Sweden drops investigation into suspected Ericsson bribery in China
OSLO (Reuters) -The Swedish Prosecution Authority on Monday said it had closed an investigation into suspected bribery payments made in…
Norway’s Equinor-owned Aasgard B oil and gas platform shut after fire
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) -Gas production at Norwegian energy firm Equinor’s Aasgard B gas processing platform was shut on…
Polish inflation to return to target range in 2025, says central bank
WARSAW (Reuters) – Inflation in Poland will not return to the National Bank of Poland’s (NBP) target range until the…
Saudi wealth fund, BlackRock to jointly explore Mideast infrastructure projects
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and BlackRock have signed an agreement to jointly explore infrastructure projects in…
Explainer-Bracket creep, fiscal drag: how inflation warps the tax take
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – While households struggle to cope with rocketing prices, the inflation spike is good for…
Wall Street banks turn upbeat on emerging market debt
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street banks are raising their outlook for emerging markets’ hard-currency bonds as a…
German antitrust watchdog widens Amazon probe under new regulation
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday it had expanded two probes into U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com making…
BP workers at Rotterdam refinery begin work slowdown – union
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Workers at BP’s refinery in Rotterdam began a “work-to-rule” action after an ultimatum expired at noon with…