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Image for UK's AO World raises profit forecast again, lifting stock
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UK's AO World raises profit forecast again, lifting stock

(Reuters) -British electronics retailer AO World on Tuesday raised its annual profit expectation for...

25th November, 2025

Image for Russia's car market faces bleak 2026 as scrappage fees drive prices up
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Russia's car market faces bleak 2026 as scrappage fees drive prices up

By Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) -Russia's depressed car market has shown weak signs of recovery as 2025...

25th November, 2025

Image for Ice cream only: Magnum braces for life on its own as Unilever spinoff nears
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Ice cream only: Magnum braces for life on its own as Unilever spinoff nears

By Alexander Marrow GLOUCESTER, England (Reuters) -Unilever's ice cream business is gearing up for i...

24th November, 2025

Image for Analysis-Companies tone down price hike talk as tariff fog clears
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Analysis-Companies tone down price hike talk as tariff fog clears

By Shivansh Tiwary, Savyata Mishra and Arpan Varghese (Reuters) -Fewer global companies signaled pri...

24th November, 2025

Image for German motor trade association says EV demand driven 'artificially'
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German motor trade association says EV demand driven 'artificially'

BERLIN (Reuters) -Consumer demand for electric cars in Germany is not as strong as official data wou...

24th November, 2025

Image for FTSE 100 edges down with consumer staples, industrials stocks dragging
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FTSE 100 edges down with consumer staples, industrials stocks dragging

(Reuters) -The UK's midcap index was on course to snap an eight-day losing streak on Monday as housi...

24th November, 2025

Image for UK's Lush returns to India as luxury beauty booms
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UK's Lush returns to India as luxury beauty booms

By Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI (Reuters) -UK cosmetics brand Lush has returned to India around two d...

24th November, 2025

Image for Poland's Eurocash core profit knocked by falling like-for-like sales
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Poland's Eurocash core profit knocked by falling like-for-like sales

GDANSK (Reuters) -Polish retailer and wholesaler Eurocash reported a 2% drop in its third-quarter co...

24th November, 2025

Image for UK to levy $655 million of new tariffs on low-value imports
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UK to levy $655 million of new tariffs on low-value imports

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's finance ministry said on Friday that finance minister Rachel Reeves plan...

22nd November, 2025

Image for Zara workers plan Black Friday protests at stores across Europe
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Zara workers plan Black Friday protests at stores across Europe

(Refiles story to fix typo in paragraph 2) By Corina Pons and Helen Reid (Reuters) -Workers at Zara...

21st November, 2025

Image for Global coffee prices plunge after Trump removes tariffs on Brazil
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Global coffee prices plunge after Trump removes tariffs on Brazil

LONDON (Reuters) -Global coffee prices plunged on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump removed 4...

21st November, 2025

Image for UK economy stumbles in run-up to next week's budget
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UK economy stumbles in run-up to next week's budget

By David Milliken, Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Measures of Britain's business...

21st November, 2025