NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Jonny Bairstow blasted a match-winning 136 from 92 balls to lead England to a remarkable five-wicket, second test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday, clinching the three-test series. New Zealand were bowled out for 284 b…
UK tribunal backs most of ruling against Meta’s Giphy deal
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Meta Platforms won an appeal against Britain blocking its acquisition of Giphy on a single procedural ground, but the country’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) endorsed the regulator’s finding that the deal could harm…
Boris has to go, UK Johnson’s new ‘cost of living tsar’ said
LONDON (Reuters) – The businessman appointed by Boris Johnson as Britain’s ‘Cost of Living Business Tsar’ said six months ago that the prime minister was not blessed with intelligence and should quit. Late on Monday, the government announced that David…
Russia to restrict budget data in response to Western sanctions
(Reuters) – Russia will start restricting public access to some government data in an attempt to protect the country from additional sanctions, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said it will partially restrict the infor…
Fed risk drubs stocks; dollar, bond yields soar
By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stocks fell for a second day in a row on Tuesday while government bond yields and the U.S. dollar clung to multi-year highs, as surging inflation led investors to brace for what could be the largest U.S. inter…
C.H. Robinson’s global forwarding unit draws interest from rival DSV – sources
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Danish transport and logistics company DSV A/S is interested in buying U.S. rival C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s business that specializes in arranging international cargo transport on behalf of shippers, two peopl…
Italian govt faces turbulence after key parties fail in local vote
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The far-right Brothers of Italy party, buoyed by a strong showing in weekend local elections, has called on Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s coalition to resign after its main supporters fared badly in…
AIP says it takes ownership of Gupta’s Belgian aluminium mill after default
LONDON (Reuters) – Buyout firm American Industrial Partners said on Tuesday it had acquired ownership of an aluminium rolling mill in Belgium after a default on debt by a unit of the GFG Alliance owned by commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta. GFG said it h…
Euro zone spreads hit fresh highs amid rising yields
By Stefano Rebaudo MILAN (Reuters) – Euro zone government bond yields hit fresh multi-year highs on Tuesday while spreads between core and periphery widened amid concerns about accelerated central bank monetary tightening. Yield spreads have been widen…
Burkini ban challenged by Grenoble in top French court
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – The French city of Grenoble took its decision to allow body-covering “burkini” bathing suits for women in public pools to the country’s top court on Tuesday after the interior minister said the move was “seriously…