LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon will create 1,500 new apprenticeships in the United Kingdom in 2022, it said on Wednesday. The internet giant said it was offering 40 entry to degree-level apprenticeship schemes, including new schemes in the...
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Santander lifts profits as it releases pandemic provisions
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Santander released 750 million euros ($846 million) in pandemic-related provisions in the fourth quarter, betting on an economic recovery in its main markets and helping boost net profit...
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Vodafone chasing deals to deliver for long-suffering investors
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone is pursuing mergers with rivals in multiple European markets, spurred on by more favourable signals from regulators who have realised the value of network investment during the pandemic,...
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Marketmind: Peak inflation? We can only hope
By Dhara Ranasinghe A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. The European Central Bank’s plan to start tiptoeing away from monetary stimulus may be put to the test with Wednesday’s flash inflation release....
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GSK to get $1.25 billion to settle HIV drug patent row with Gilead
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline will receive $1.25 billion from Gilead Sciences as part of a settlement between its HIV medicines unit and the U.S.-based drugmaker, ending a long-drawn patent dispute....
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Oil companies, union to continue talks on worker contract
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Union and energy company negotiators met on Tuesday without reaching agreement on a new labor contract covering 30,000 U.S. workers at oil refineries, chemical plants and pipelines. Marathon Petroleum and...
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