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French cabbies seek payout for lost Olympics revenue
Paris (AFP) - French taxi drivers on Thursday demanded government compensation for lost revenue during the Olympic Games as traffic disruptions...
Maersk ups profit target by $2bn on Red Sea shipping woes
Copenhagen (AFP) - Danish shipping giant Maersk said Thursday it expects its underlying profit in 2024 to be $2 billion...
Olympics tech partner Atos posts huge loss
Paris (AFP) - Debt-strapped French tech giant Atos, a key Olympics partner, on Thursday posted a 1. 9-billion-euro ($2
BP to develop new oil and gas fields in Iraq
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq signed an agreement with British energy giant British Petroleum on Thursday to develop four oil and...
South Korea union pickets outside Samsung chairman’s house
Seoul (AFP) - Leaders of a South Korean union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics staged a...
French storm damage leaves rail passengers stranded
Dijon (France) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of rail passengers booked on the Paris-Lyon line were unable to travel on...
Australian airline Rex enters administration as finances sag
Sydney (AFP) - The Australian regional airline Rex cancelled flights as it entered voluntary administration Wednesday, leaving the fate of...
Starbucks profits fall again but CEO says turnaround underway
New York (AFP) - Starbucks reported lower profits Tuesday behind broad-based sales declines, but shares rose as the company said...
Airbus first-half net profit halved to 825 mn euros
Paris (AFP) - Airbus said Tuesday that its net profit in the first half year fell 46 percent to 825...
P&G eyes overall sales growth despite China weakness
New York (AFP) - Procter & Gamble projected revenue growth over the next 12 months as the consumer products giant...
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