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Portugal’s PM soothes investors after resignation over corruption probe

Portugal's Prime Minister and Socialist Party (PS) Secretary General Antonio Costa looks on after winning the general election in Lisbon, Portugal, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLISBON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Portugal's premier Antonio Costa, who resigned this week, told foreign investors on Saturday the country was open for business and wanted to remain attractive despite an ongoing corruption probe into "green" energy projects.Costa stepped down on Tuesday over an investigation into alleged illegalities in his government's handling of lithium and hydrogen projects, as well as a...
Banking

Exclusive: ICBC injects capital into U.S. unit, seeks cyber review -sources

People walk past a booth of ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China injected capital into its U.S. unit to pay BNY Mellon (BK.N) $9 billion for unsettled trades and hired a cybersecurity firm to help it return online after a ransomware attack, sources familiar with the matter said.ICBC said on Thursday it had been hit by...
Banking

Musk’s X has a fraction of rivals’ content moderators, EU says

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules, significantly fewer than Google (GOOGL.O) and TikTok, a senior European Commission official said on Friday.Adopted recently, the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) requires 19 very large online platforms and 2 very large...
Money

EU’s 20 billion euro plan for Ukraine military aid hits resistance

A view shows residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A European Union plan to spend up to 20 billion euros ($21.4 billion) on military aid for Ukraine is meeting resistance from EU countries and may not survive in its current form, diplomats say.Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, proposed in July that...
Investing

Novo Nordisk invests $6 bln in Wegovy production, still far below demand -CEO

The logo of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON/COPENHAGEN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Obesity drug maker Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) said on Friday it will spend $6 billion to boost production in Denmark, although its chief executive warned the industry was far from being able to produce enough weight-loss drugs to meet global demand.Novo Nordisk has had phenomenal success with its anti-obesity drug, Wegovy, but has scrambled to address shortages that have forced it to limit the number of patients.The World Health...
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