By Lina Golovnya (Reuters) – French IT consulting group Capgemini on Tuesday forecast weaker revenue growth and said it would slow down hiring in 2023 amid a tech sector downturn. The comments come as slowing growth, soaring inflation and a looming recession push tech companies including U.S. giants Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon to slash jobs. …
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By Anshuman Daga and Lawrence White SINGAPORE (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings PLC Group CEO Noel Quinn indicated on Tuesday that China’s commercial property sector was on the mend, after the bank booked higher-than-expected charges in the fourth quarter linked to its exposure to developers. “The sentiment in the fourth quarter was more negative than the sentiment …
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By Miho Uranaka and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Post Holdings Co is considering cutting its stake in its Japan Post Bank Co business by around a third by the end of next month, in a share sale potentially worth nearly $9 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The postal giant is considering …
GINEBRA, 21 feb (Reuters) – Más de 8.000 civiles han muerto en Ucrania desde que Rusia invadió el país hace casi un año, según informó el martes la Oficina de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, que calificó la cifra de “punta del iceberg”, ya que se cree que han muerto miles de personas más. La …
LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturing output and orders sagged in February and price pressures cooled again, an industry survey showed on Tuesday. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) gauge of factory output for the past three months fell to -16 from -1, the lowest reading since September 2020. While its balance of new orders rose …
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By Sameer Manekar and Melanie Burton (Reuters) – Global miner BHP Group reported a steeper-than-expected 32% fall in first-half profit owing to a drop in iron ore prices, sending its shares down, although it flagged a brightening outlook in China, its biggest customer. China’s strict zero-COVID-19 policy curtailed economic activity and dented demand over the …
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21 feb (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs dijo que espera que el Banco Central Europeo suba las tasas de interés tres veces este año, llevando el tipo terminal al 3,5% desde el 3,25% estimado con anterioridad. En una nota fechada a última hora del lunes, la empresa de corretaje dijo que, además de un aumento de …
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By Nidhi Verma BARMER, India (Reuters) – India’s state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp is facing difficulties in paying for Russian oil imports following a Dec. 5 price cap imposed by Western nations as banks shy away from processing payments, a company official said on Tuesday. While Western sanctions against Moscow are not recognised by India – …
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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Twelve EU countries are calling on the European Union to stop companies and third countries from circumventing EU sanctions on Russia by using trade and access to the European single market as leverage, a document showed on Tuesday. The document was prepared by Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, …
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(This Feb. 20 story has been refiled to correct a typo in paragraph 3) By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes on Monday became the latest candidate hoping to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the country’s first minister, but her stance on gay marriage upset some in her own party. Forbes, a …
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