Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

[1/5]Customers visit the Second Chance Store, a new shop selling returned and refurbished products from Amazon’s Second Chance programmes in-person in central London, Britain November 28, 2023. John Nguyen/Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Consumer demand for refurbished and pre-owned goods in Britain and across Europe has created a billion … Read more

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

FDI gathering held at 16th century palace Sunak hails investment, holds off on subsidy push Britain has slipped in FDI rankings HAMPTON COURT, England, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 29.5 billion pounds ($36.8 billion) of private sector investment in Britain at a gathering of global executives on Monday aimed at catapulting … Read more

Mideast wealth funds draw US scrutiny over China ties – Bloomberg News

Mideast wealth funds draw US scrutiny over China ties – Bloomberg News

Nov 24 (Reuters) – Middle Eastern wealth funds are facing greater U.S. scrutiny as part of a pushback on entities potentially having closer ties to China, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is reviewing more than half a dozen deals on concerns of national security risks, including … Read more

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and … Read more

How an executive’s arrest struck a blow to Japan-China business

How an executive’s arrest struck a blow to Japan-China business

TOKYO/BEIJING, Nov 14 (Reuters) – If Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in a year later this week, he will likely raise the case of a detained company executive that has dealt an outsized blow to their close economic ties. The employee of drugmaker Astellas Pharma (4503.T), … Read more

Erdogan stokes judicial crisis, calling for new constitution

Erdogan stokes judicial crisis, calling for new constitution

ANKARA, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waded into a brewing judicial crisis on Friday, calling for a new constitution to resolve an unprecedented clash between two of the country’s top courts, as opponents marched in Ankara. The comments stoked a debate over the rule of law that erupted on Wednesday when the … Read more

For global banks, India could soon be worth it

For global banks, India could soon be worth it

A man walks out of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, January 3 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Acquire Licensing Rights BENGALURU, Nov 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Global banks’ CEOs have descended on Hong Kong for a financial leaders summit hosted by the city’s monetary authority but investment bankers based in the hub are … Read more

Santander tops forecast as strong Europe offsets weaker US

Santander tops forecast as strong Europe offsets weaker US

A Santander company logo is pictured at the company’s headquarters in Boadilla del Monte, outside Madrid, Spain, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing Rights Q3 profit up 20% to 2.9 bln euros vs forecast 2.77 bln euros Net interest income up 11.6% y/y in Q3, above expectations Botin confident will meet 2023 targets, … Read more

Western rival to Belt and Road has much to prove

Western rival to Belt and Road has much to prove

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Western countries have a window of opportunity to come up with a credible infrastructure plan for the developing world. China’s $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative is drowning in bad debts and may be about to lose Italy, the only big rich democracy which is a member. The People’s … Read more