By Joseph White and Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) -Chrysler parent Stellantis NV Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares said on Thursday that more auto plant closures will happen if high prices for electric vehicles (EV) cause vehicle markets to shrink from pre-pandemic levels. Automakers will risk losing pricing power as chip supplies recover, Tavares said at the …
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(This Jan. 4 story has been corrected to fix spelling of CEO’s first name in the fourth paragraph) By Kiyoshi Takenaka (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony on Wednesday unveiled a prototype of the new “Afeela” electric vehicles it will build together with Honda, saying it would harness its vast entertainment content as it looks to become …
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LONDRES, 6 ene (Reuters) – La Comisión Europea aprobó el viernes retrasar el plazo para que las empresas cumplan la nueva ley que regula los dispositivos médicos, con el fin de evitar la escasez de equipos vitales. La propuesta debe ser aprobada ahora por el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo mediante un proceso acelerado, según …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft watchdog said on Friday that the former president of insurer PICC Property and Casualty Co had been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from the company for severe violations of law and discipline. Lin Zhiyong, who is also former Party Secretary of PICC P&C, was found to have abused …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police said on Friday they arrested two people suspected of vandalising a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem earlier this week. Police said in a statement that extensive damage had been caused to gravestones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery, calling it an “act of intentional vandalism and defacement.” Two people aged 14 …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has issued a global urea tender asking producers to quote a discount for the supply of 600,000 tonnes of urea, industry sources said and a document shows, as the nation seeks to cut import costs and secure cheaper supplies of the soil nutrient. India, where soil nutrients …
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BRUSELAS, 6 ene (Reuters) – La confianza económica de la eurozona mejoró en diciembre por primera vez desde el inicio de la guerra en Ucrania, mostraron el viernes datos de la Comisión Europea, con un mayor optimismo en todos los sectores de la economía y una fuerte caída de las expectativas de inflación. El índice …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the Philippines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote bilateral e-commerce cooperation, China’s commerce ministry said in a statement on Friday. It said the two countries will boost bilateral trade via e-commerce businesses and strengthen cooperation between local companies and think-tanks. (Reporting by Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing …
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By Keith Weir and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -Former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who earned 59 caps for his country and enjoyed a stellar club career with Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea, has died from cancer at the age of 58. Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. He was given the all-clear a year …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Gross international reserves for the Philippines slightly increased to $96 billion at end-December, from $95.1 billion a month earlier, the central bank said on Friday, citing preliminary data. The latest forex reserves represents a more than adequate external liquidity buffer equivalent to 7.3 months of imports of goods and payments of services …
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