GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares slump on China virus economic concerns, gold gains

[ad_1] (Adds oil, gold settlement prices) * World share index heads for worst month since August * U.S., European equity markets fall more than 1% * Dismal Chicago PMI adds…

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…

Creditors of Kenyan supermarket chain Nakumatt to vote on winding it up

[ad_1] NAIROBI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Creditors of Kenya’s Nakumatt supermarket chain, once a leading regional retailer, met on Tuesday to vote on whether to wind it up over an…

Naked Wines back online after outage as online demand surges

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Online wine seller Naked Wines WINEW.L said on Friday its website is up and running after being down for about an hour due to a surge in…

UPDATE 1-German restaurants should be able to offer outdoor dining around Easter -minister

[ad_1] (Adds Altmaier, Dehoga) BERLIN, Feb 26 (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday he was confident that restaurants could be allowed to partially open soon so…

RSA chairman Martin Scicluna to step down next year – Sky News

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Martin Scicluna, Chairman of Sainsbury’s, poses for a portrait at the company headquarters in London, Britain, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) – British insurance group RSA’s…

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…

German retail sales boom as shoppers stockpile for coronavirus

[ad_1] People enter a shop with the #stayhome slogan as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Dresden, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel BERLIN (Reuters) – German…

EXCLUSIVE-Auto service company Monro pushed by activist Ides to make changes

[ad_1] (Adds share reaction, background on company) Nov 24 (Reuters) – Monro Inc, an operator of U.S. car service and tire centers, is under pressure from an activist investor to…

Analysis: Battle of the billionaires – Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacy

[ad_1] By Abhirup Roy, Aditya Kalra MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani, two of the world’s richest men, face a turning point in a battle for preeminence…