Semiconductor chips on the circuit board of a computer, on Feb. 25, 2022.FLORENCE LO/Reuters The United States has secured a deal with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of some advanced chip-making machinery to China in talks that concluded on Friday, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. …
Read More »Britain’s Royal Mail takes $247mn hit from strikes
UK postal operator Royal Mail revealed Thursday that it took a vast £200-million ($247 million) hit from recent strikes over pay, deepening the group’s losses. Operating losses hit £295 million in the nine months to December from a year earlier, parent International Distributions Services (IDS) said in a results statement. …
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The British pound has dropped below $1.14 for the first time since 1985 as a combination of dollar strength and recession warnings weighed on the U.K.’s currency. Sterling fell as low as $1.135 at 8:50 a.m. London before rising slightly to $1.1378, marking a fresh 37-year low. It followed the …
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Royal Mail falls 7.2% Royal Mail fell 7.2% in afternoon trade following a second day of strikes by U.K. postal workers. Shares of the former state postal monopoly fell close to the bottom of the Stoxx 600 after the second day of walkouts over pay. Royal Mail staff are planning …
Read More »‘Vibrantly illustrated’ stamps to mark 50th anniversary of first UK Pride rally
R oyal Mail has revealed images of a new set of “vibrantly illustrated” stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally. The eight stamps celebrate a march that took place from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in London in July 1972, which was the first to …
Read More »Northern Kentucky toddler dressed up as Queen receives royal mail months later
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Read More »European markets react as U.S. sees rate induced sell-off
LONDON — European stocks advanced on Wednesday, looking to shrug off market nerves after a rate-induced sell-off in the U.S. in the previous session. The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.8% in early trade, with retail stocks adding 1.2% to lead gains while oil and gas stocks dropped 0.8%. Europe investors …
Read More »Deliveroo aims to sell $1.4 billion of new shares in upcoming IPO
By Rachel Armstrong, Abhinav Ramnarayan FILE PHOTO: A deliveroo delivery driver cycles through the centre of Manchester, Britain, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Deliveroo said on Monday that it plans to sell around 1 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) of new shares in its upcoming initial public offering …
Read More »UK vows to share vaccines, but details thin as G-7 meets
LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are holding their first meeting of 2021 on Friday, and vowing to share coronavirus vaccines with the world’s poorest countries — though details of how soon and how much they will give remain scarce. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of …
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