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Healthcare helps Reckitt beat quarterly sales estimate to remain on target

Reckitt's quarterly like-for-like net sales fell 0.5 per cent, ahead of the 1.7 per cent decline analysts had expected in a company-supplied poll

Lloyds confidence grows, rising house prices as Q3 profit beats forecasts

Britain's growth prospects and public finances meanwhile remain frail

Sweden based Volvo Cars tops forecast but cuts outlook on market slowdown

Volvo Cars said it now expects its retail sales to rise by 7-8% this year, down from a forecast in July of 12-15% growth, anticipating no growth in the fourth quarter

UN nature talks explore rules for digital genetic data use and compensation

Species-rich countries, including tropical giants like Brazil and India, are on guard against corporations and researchers capitalizing on their biodiversity without offering compensation or royalties

Russia storming 4 towns in eastern Ukraine as Moscow pushes to gain control

Podolyaka said that fighting was also going on in the outskirts of Kurakhove and Selydove, which each had populations of about 20,000 before the war

Tropical storm Trami tracks towards Philippines' coast, schools shut

The Philippine central bank on Wednesday suspended currency trading and monetary operations for the day. Stock market trading operated as normal

India to retain investment curbs from border nations: FM Sitharaman

In 2020, India stepped up vetting and security clearances in its scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, but did not specifically mention any nations

Tokyo exchange employee under probe for alleged insider trading: JPX

TBS said the relative used the information to make at least several hundreds of thousands of yen worth of profit from equity trading

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets China's IT minister during Beijing visit

The trip is Cook's second to China this year. His posts on the X-like Weibo social media platform showed he visited an organic farm and toured ancient neighbourhoods

Bankrupt Tupperware cancels market auction, agrees to lender takeover

The lenders now poised to acquire Tupperware include Alden Global Capital, Stonehill Institutional Partners and a trading desk of Bank of America

Starbucks baristas, customers urge new CEO to bring changes in company

Baristas complain about what they say are chronic understaffing and poor pay and benefits, and their inability to easily ban aggressive customers from Starbucks stores

US can prosecute Turkish bank in Iran sanctions case, rules appeals court

US prosecutors charged Halkbank in 2019 over its alleged use of money servicers and front companies in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions

China's stimulus measures not enough, says Yellen and IMF chief economist

Gourinchas told a news conference on the IMF's latest forecasts that China's fiscal stimulus measures so far lacked detail and therefore were not included in the IMF's China growth outlook

JPMorgan chief Dimon likely to consider a role in Harris administration

The CEO of the largest US bank has long been floated for senior positions on US economic policy

UK warns Russian strikes on Black Sea delay food supplies to Palestinians

After the collapse last year of a U.N.-backed Black Sea grain export initiative that involved Russia and had ensured safe passage of grain ships

CFPB's open banking rules for consumer data unveiled by US watchdog

Republican chair of the US House Financial Services Committee Patrick McHenry welcomed the announcement, calling for Congress to codify the new rule's protections into law

Starbucks suspends annual forecast as new CEO Niccol preps turnaround plan

The company's rewards program did not help improve customer traffic. As part of the turnaround plan, Niccol said the company aimed to change its marketing efforts

Govt decides to scrap export tax on parboiled rice to boost exports

Last month India also gave the go ahead for exports of non-basmati white rice to resume. But New Delhi set a floor price for non-basmati white rice exports at $490 a metric ton

Ukraine blasts UN's Guterres over invitation to Brics summit in Russia

"The U.N. Secretary General declined Ukraine's invitation to the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland," the ministry said in a post on the X social media platform

US FAA finalizes pilot training, certification rules for air taxis

Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt said the rule "will ensure the U.S. continues to play a global leadership role in the development and adoption of clean flight."