By Shanima A (Reuters) -British pest control company Rentokil reported a 2.6% rise in third-quarter revenue and announced a management overhaul at its struggling North American business on Thursday, sending its shares 8% up. It said in a statement its North America finance chief has left the business and the group has appointed a new …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Two Poles suspected of attacking an exiled aide of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been released on bail from detention in Poland, a lawyer for one of them said on Thursday. The former aide, Leonid Volkov, suffered injuries from hammer blows during the attack on March 12 outside his …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge will face trial in a French court on charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions in order to keep a plant operating, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor and a lead plaintiff said. Lafarge, which became part of Swiss-listed Holcim in 2015, has been the subject of …
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By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -London-listed Man Group reported on Thursday an 8% rise in assets under management to $174.9 billion for the year to Sept. 30, despite a large client redemption in the third quarter. The assets under management were, however, slightly below $175.5 billion expected by analysts. Shares in the company were last …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William says one of his roles as Britain’s heir to the throne is to try to help people in need, as he explained his efforts to end homelessness in a documentary to be broadcast later this month. Last June, William, 42, the elder son of King Charles, launched the five-year project …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British online retailer N Brown Group agreed to a 191 million pound ($248 million) takeover led by its majority shareholder in a take-private deal, the latest sign of a slump in the country’s public markets for smaller companies. AIM-listed N Brown, one of the country’s top 10 online clothing and footwear retailers which …
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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – British actor and filmmaker Adam Morse used to keep his blindness secret, fearful of the reaction he would get when pitching for projects. Years later, having starred in television series “See”, directed feature film “Lucid” and a Super Bowl commercial for a Google phone feature, he hopes to be …
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(Reuters) – British packaging company Mondi said on Thursday trading conditions remained muted in the third quarter, after it reported a lower core profit compared with the previous three-month period, partly hurt by more planned maintenance shutdowns. The paper and packaging sector has witnessed increasing consolidation in recent times, as companies gradually recover from softer …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Fadi Shana and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The United Nations said on Wednesday that Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing “mass casualties”, but Israel denied its forces were responsible and suggested Hamas may have launched the shelling. The attack, which the U.N. said hit a …
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By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s largest union started a 12-hour strike on Wednesday with tens of thousands of workers demonstrating in the heart of Buenos Aires against tough economic austerity measures and reforms by new libertarian President Javier Milei. The action, hitting sectors from transport to banks, is the biggest show of opposition …
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