October 30, 2024

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Volkswagen profit plunges 42% in third quarter amid sweeping overhaul plans -

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UK’s Labour to unveil hotly-awaited budget with billions in tax rises expected -

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Swiss bank UBS smashes third-quarter expectations with $1.4 billion in profit -

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Europe prepares for ‘America First’ push no matter who wins the U.S. election -

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Standard Chartered lifts income guidance again after beating third-quarter profit forecasts -

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Multiple fatality accident leaves state highway shut down in Kendall County – FOX 29 -

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Multiple fatality accident leaves state highway shut down in Kendall County – WOAI -

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Accident – Longview News-Journal -

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China’s Xiaomi delivers 20,000 EVs in October, just months after launching its first car -

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One person in critical condition after hit and run accident – KFOR Oklahoma City -

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Motorcyclist killed in crash in Arlington Heights Tuesday evening – WGN TV Chicago -

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Motorcyclist dies after three-vehicle crash in Arlington Heights – Daily Herald -

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I-95 North closed in Newport, Delaware, after crash, police say – CBS Philly -

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Motorcyclist killed in crash in Arlington Heights – NBC Chicago -

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Motorcyclist killed in crash in Arlington Heights – NBC Chicago -

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China ‘does not agree or accept’ the EU’s EV tariffs, says negotiations are still ongoing -

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Agencies explain flood alert sent after Post Falls Dam accident – KXLY Spokane -

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At least 1 dead after crash in Fallowfield Township – WPXI Pittsburgh -

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Report: Florida troopers investigating fatal crash in Santa Rosa County – WEAR -

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Authorities searching for site of small plane crash near Van Buren County, Stone County line – KARK -

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Publicis, Omnicom merger gets U.S. antitrust green light

PARIS (Reuters) – Advertising groups Publicis and Omnicom received no objections from U.S. antitrust authorities for their proposed merger, they said on Friday, taking them a step closer to creating a new world leading player.

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Asia factory activity picks up; Britain coasts along

BEIJING (Reuters) – Demand for exports drove the fastest upturn in Asia’s factories in months during October, led by China, as Friday’s business surveys also showed UK manufacturers still expanding.

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RBS avoids break-up with 38 billion pounds ‘internal bad bank’

LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland is to create an internal “bad bank” to fence off its riskiest assets, part of a raft of measures designed to heal its relationship with the British government and speed up its eventual privatization.

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Sinopec gets initial approval for $10-billion Shanghai refinery: sources

BEIJING (Reuters) – Sinopec Corp won initial approval last month from China’s top economic planner for a plan to build a $10-billion refinery and petrochemical complex in Shanghai, two company officials said.

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Euro on the ropes after dive in inflation

LONDON (Reuters) – The euro tumbled to a two-week low on Friday after a plunge in euro zone inflation left markets suddenly eyeing the outside chance of a cut in interest rates by the European Central Bank next week.

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Russian PM wants cheaper credit to stimulate economy

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia must boost the flow of credit to businesses to promote an investment-led recovery but will not throw fiscal caution to the wind to overcome the drag on the economy from weak exports, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

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China factory activity picks up in October, recovery seen gradual

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s giant manufacturing sector strengthened further in October, two surveys showed on Friday, though mixed signals in important areas including export orders suggest any recovery in the world’s second-largest economy will be gra…

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Nissan, facing growing pains, reshuffles management

TOKYO (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co said Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga would step aside from the No.2 post to a job handling external affairs in a management makeover as the company grapples with quality issues amid an ambitious drive to boost …

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Japan growth seen slowing in third quarter, shoppers set to take up slack

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economic growth may have slowed in July-September as consumer spending and exports moderated, but growth will quickly bounce back as shoppers spend up before a sales tax hike next year, a Reuters survey found.

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Insight: Property hot spots renew easy-money bubble fears

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – From China to Canada and London, fast-rising property markets are haunting the global economy again, five years after the U.S. subprime mortgage bubble burst and triggered the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

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