UK hopes to get a Brexit trade deal, business minister Sharma says

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain hopes to get a Brexit trade deal but the European Union must understand that it is now dealing with a sovereign nation, Business Secretary Alok…

Critical to get new bill passed by year-end, PM Johnson to tell parliament

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Downing Street, London, Britain September 9,…

French supermarkets to face same lockdown limits as small shops: minister

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarkets will face the same limits on selling non-essential goods as small shops but shopowners are not allowed to challenge government’s new COVID lockdown rules,…

Russian retailer X5 considers IPO for online business

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest food retailer X5 is discussing plans for an initial public offering (IPO) for its online business, a company official said on Thursday, honouring a…

UK says no return to EU negotiations next year, need deal by January

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not return to trade talks with the European Union next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday, stressing that any agreement had…

FACTBOX-The Benettons: Italian magnates who went from sweaters to roads

[ad_1] MILAN, July 15 (Reuters) – The Benetton family started building its fortune in the 1960s with a small Italian knitwear factory and ended up at the head of an…

UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 18

[ad_1] (Adds company news items and futures) March 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index is seen opening 136 points lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures down…

Dutch vote brings Unilever step closer to unification

[ad_1] By Toby Sterling, Martinne Geller AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – Unilever NV UNA.AS shareholders approved plans to end the Anglo-Dutch company’s dual-headed corporate structure and form a London-based entity, which it…

New U.S. tariffs on French, German aircraft parts, wines to start Tuesday

[ad_1] By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Monday said it would begin collecting new duties on aircraft parts and other products from France and…

CORRECTED-Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy freezes SpaceJet development after 62.5% fall in Q2 profit

[ad_1] (Corrects operating profit forecast to 50 billion yen from 30 billion, which is the pre-tax profit forecast) TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI), Japan’s biggest…