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Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe carrying 12% of global container...

Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe carrying 12% of global container traffic. For the European economy, already skirting a mild recession as it tries to shake off high inflation, prolonged disruption would be a new risk to its outlook and could derail plans by central banks to start cutting interest rates this year. WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY ...

Fujitsu is a ‘significant local employer’ Bracknell Forest Council has said – as the IT company comes under fire for its role in the Post…

Countries whose sovereign bonds were purchased by Russia would not be considered in default if Western governments decide to confiscate frozen Russian reserves worth $300 billion, credit rating... -January 17, 2024 at 08:09 am EST - MarketScreener

The combined fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled to $869 billion since 2020 while five billion people have been made poorer, anti-poverty group Oxfam said. An Oxfam report, which comes as business elites gather this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, found that a billionaire is now either running, or is the main shareholder of, 7 out of 10 of the world's biggest companies. Oxfam called on Monday for governments to rein in corp...

The justice secretary is holding talks to end convictions for people caught in the post office scandal amid errors caused from a Bracknell based…

The Post Office scandal has prompted a petition against Fujitsu, which has its UK headquarters in Bracknell, to be blasted for ‘bringing shame on…

More than 15 people were killed by an arts faculty student in a shooting at a Prague university on Thursday, the police said, adding the gunmans body had also been found in the area. ... -December 21, 2023 at 12:44 pm EST - MarketScreener

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Germany's hastily agreed coalition pact to overcome a legal setback to its budget plans is based mainly on spending cuts that will drag further on already insipid growth in Europe's largest economy, economists said. As sought by Finance Minister Christian Lindner, an advocate of budgetary rigour, Germany will reinstate its cap on new net borrowing in 2024 and fill funding gaps worth a total 17 billion euros ($18 billion) largely with cost savings. With the restrictive monetary policy...