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Rio Tinto has only bad options as it tries to salvage its $2.4 billion Serbian lithium project after the country's leaders bowed to environmentalists and cancelled it last week. The Anglo-Australian miner could sue the government, a step likely to fail and further antagonise Belgrade, or bet that pro-mining politicians emerge victorious in April parliamentary elections, a result that would embolden opponents. People inside Rio said that while they were aware of the political tensions around the project, the government's decision to pull the plug was a surprise that left the company scrambling for a strategy on how to proceed.
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Credit Suisse warned on Tuesday that it would post a fourth-quarter loss as the scandal-hit lender flagged fresh legal costs and said business in its trading and wealth management divisions had slowed. Switzerland's second-largest lender announced plans in November to rein in its investment bankers and plough money into looking after the fortunes of the world's rich as it tries to curb a freewheeling culture that has cost it billions. It said the investment bank would make a loss in the final quarter of the year, while the wealth management business had seen an overall drop in assets.
The ONS said interest payments on government debt trebled to a higher-than-expected £8.1bn last month.
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The declines in European markets on Monday came due to events on the Russia-Ukraine border rather than any other factors that have dominated sentiment over the past two weeks.
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German car giant Volkswagen said Monday it beat the European Union's target for cutting carbon emissions on its new vehicles in 2021, having missed the mark last year.
ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group said it expected double-digit sales growth in local currencies this year after sales and profits recovered in 2021. It rebounded with a net profit of 774 million Swiss francs ($845 million) in 2021 after a loss of 53 million a year earlier. Swatch shares were indicated 2.9% higher in pre-market activity.
MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit is unlikely to pursue a deal for Moscow-based lender Otkritie Bank, a source familiar with the situation said on Monday after Russian daily Kommersant reported that Italy's second-biggest bank had lost interest. UniCredit, which has been operating in Russia since 1989, accessed Otkritie's books earlier this month with a view to possibly taking on parts of its business, sources had said. A three-week analysis of Otkritie's financial data is due to conclude at the end of January.
Italian supercar brand Lamborghini plans to roll out its first fully electric model at the end of this decade, its Chief Executive Stephan Winkelmann said in remarks confirmed on Tuesday by a company spokesperson. The plan underscores an even more cautious approach by Lamborghini - part of the Volkswagen Group - to electrification, after Winkelmann earlier this year said the brand's first fully electric car model would appear in the second half of the decade.
Company boss Stephen Fitzpatrick said the brand licencing agreement is a ‘common commercial agreement’.
The company said supply chain costs, delays and staff absences all mean profits will be below expectations
The Government is amending existing regulations ‘to streamline the process and provide certainty to those approaching the end of their lives’.
The thermometers can be made small, stable and even transparent, according to researchers
Wall Street and FTSE tanks as tensions between the West and Russia over the military buildup on the border with Ukraine dented sentiment and investors brace for the Fed's meeting this week.
Tesla has said that it will start manufacturing its own batteries from April 2022
The cash will be matched by industry, delivering a £60m boost to the developing renewable technology.
Shares in debt-laden Chinese property giant Evergrande rallied Monday after a state firm official was appointed to its board, paving the way for a government rescue plan.
A record 34% of people would be willing to pay more for better service, according to the UK Customer Satisfaction Index.
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