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Royal Mail owner IDS returns to benefit however warns on cost environment
International Circulation Services reported a firsthalf adjusted operating profit on Thursday, as sustained parcel need helped the British company narrow losses at its Royal Mail company despite a. weakerthanexpected market. Royal Mail's noted losses consist of a problems charge,. mainly due to anticipated extra tax problem reflected in an. about 120 million pound yearly increase in companies nationwide. insurance from fiscal 2025-26. Royal Mail uses about 130,000 individuals in Britain. We are delivering on the changes we can manage, but the. cost environment is getting worse simply at the time when we require to. invest, CEO Martin Seidenberg stated in a declaration, referring to. the increase in national insurance coverage. The group, which likewise owns global parcels network. GLS, said its adjusted operating profit was 61 million pounds. ($ 77.13 million) for the 6 months ended Sept. 26, compared to. a loss of 169 million pounds a year previously. IDS, which accepted a 3.57 billion pound takeover by Czech. billionaire Daniel Kretinsky in May, said it continued to anticipate. the offer to close in the first quarter of 2025. Kretinsky's quote of IDS, the owner of one of the world's. oldest postal firms Royal Mail, is presently being reviewed. under the National Security and Financial investment Act to evaluate any. possible concerns.
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Taiwan purchases approximated 80,000 T of wheat of U.S. origin, traders say
The Taiwan Flour Millers' Association purchased an estimated 80,000 metric lots of milling wheat to be sourced from the U.S. in a tender on Thursday, European traders said. The purchase included 2 40,000 load consignments for delivery in 2025 from the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast. The very first consignment for delivery between Jan. 20-Feb. 3 involved 23,525 lots of U.S. dark northern spring wheat of a. minimum 14.5% protein content purchased an approximated $308.06 a. lot free on board (fob), equating to $349.01 a heap expense and. freight (c&& f) consisting of ocean shipping expenses to Taiwan, they. stated. It likewise involved 10,805 lots of tough red winter season wheat of a. minimum 12.5% protein material bought at $267.12 a ton. fob/$ 308.07 a ton c&& f, and 5,670 lots of soft white wheat of a. minimum 8.5% and maximum 10% protein bought at $236.62 a ton. fob/$ 277.57 c&& f. Trading house Bunge sold the dark northern in the very first. consignment, while CHS sold the difficult red and soft white, traders. said. The 2nd consignment included 24,315 lots of dark northern. spring wheat of a minimum 14.5% protein material purchased an. estimated $306.48 a load fob/$ 348.88 a ton c&& f, they said. It likewise included 10,405 tons of hard red winter season wheat of a. minimum 12.5% protein content bought at $262.09 a heap. fob/$ 304.49 c&& f, and 5,280 tons of soft white wheat of a minimum. 8.5% and maximum 10% protein purchased $237.42 a ton fob/$ 279.82. c&& f. Columbia Grain International was thought to have offered the. dark northern spring in the second consignment, while ADM sold. the hard red winter and soft white. Reports reflect assessments from traders, and further. quotes of rates and volumes are still possible later. The association's tenders typically offer a precise. photo of U.S. wheat export costs in Asian markets.
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Secret realities about John Prescott, Britain's former deputy PM, dead at 86
Here are key realities about John Prescott, Britain's combative former deputy prime minister, who has died after a fight with Alzheimer's disease, his household stated on Thursday: - Prescott, 86, acted as deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour federal government from 1997 to 2007 and received a. peerage in 2010. - Born in Wales to a railway signalman and a domestic. helper, he was constantly fiercely protective of his working class. roots. He went to sea at 17, as a steward on a high-end cruise. ship, where he boxed to amuse travelers. - He entered parliament in 1970 and ended up being deputy leader of. Labour in 1994. He was an effective avenue in between the. figureheads of Blair's revamped New Labour and the. traditionalists of Labour's grassroots. He likewise functioned as peace. broker in the stuffed relationship in between Blair and his future. follower, the then-Chancellor Gordon Brown. - Prescott was persistently lampooned by the media and. challengers for his lack of oratory skills. He mispronounced words. or made grammatical mistakes, triggering sketch authors to. cruelly suggest his speeches would make as much sense played. backwards. - He aimed a left jab at a male who threw an egg at him. throughout the 2001 election project, measuring up to his image as a. bare-knuckle political leader of the old school. His label in the. media was Two Jags, from having 2 high-end Jaguar vehicles. - In April 2006, Prescott acknowledged a long extra-marital. affair with his diary secretary Tracey Temple, 24 years his. junior. The affair, which included sex sessions in his office,. triggered numerous females to come forward and accuse him of sexist. behaviour towards them. His spouse Pauline stood by him. - That July parliament launched a complete investigation into. his contacts with American billionaire Philip Anschutz, who. intended to open a substantial casino at the Millennium Dome in London. Prescott met him several times and had even remained at his cattle ranch. Police said consequently Prescott would not deal with prosecution.
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Russian gas flows to EU by means of Ukraine unchanged in spite of Austria row
Russia's gas exports through Ukraine to Europe have actually been stable on Thursday, Kremlincontrolled gas giant Gazprom stated, in spite of a. contractual row with Austrian energy company OMV. Gazprom said it would send 42.4 million cubic. metres of gas to Europe by means of Ukraine on Thursday, the same volume. it has shipped every day given that Nov. 12. Russia's Gazprom stopped supply to OMV on Saturday over a. legal dispute, the Vienna-based business said. Gazprom has. not commented. It is still not clear where the gas volumes meant for OMV. have actually been rerouted. Information from transmission system operator Eustream revealed that. elections, or requests, for circulations to Austria from Slovakia. were stable from the previous 2 days, but about 12% below. levels seen in November before Russia stopped gas supply to OMV. Elections to the Czech Republic from Slovakia remained in line. with levels seen this month. Elections into Slovakia from. Ukraine were constant versus previous days on Thursday, and those. for circulations leaving Slovakia were also little bit altered, the data. showed.
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Wall Street Journal - Nov 21
The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday stated Alphabet's. Google should need to sell its popular Chrome. internet browser as part of a court-ordered repair to its monopolization of. the online search market. - U.S. prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, the billionaire. chair of the Indian corporation Adani Group, with managing. a bribery scheme to settle Indian federal government authorities to. safe and secure profitable solar-energy supply agreements. - Allegiant Travel said its Allegiant Air. subsidiary changed a delivery contract with Boeing,. providing the airplane maker two extra years to provide 50 737. MAX jets. - News Corp stated on Wednesday that investors. rejected a proposition by activist financier Starboard Worth to. break the Murdoch household's impact on the publisher by ending. a dual-class voting structure. - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has. told investors it raised $5 billion in a financing round, valuing. it at $50 billion, which is more than twice what it was valued. at numerous months earlier. - Beyond Inc expressed concerns about specialized. merchant Container Store Group's capability to secure a. ideal deal with its lenders, casting doubt on its $40 million. investment in the retail chain.
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Gautam Adani, arraigned in US, is a questionable first-generation Indian tycoon
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, arraigned in New York over a $265 million bribery plan, is a firstgeneration magnate whose sensational increase has been accompanied by a series of harmful controversies in your home and abroad. Asia's second-richest individual, who directly got away death in 2008 as one of many people stuck inside Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel when gunmen went on a killing spree, faces a U.S. arrest warrant and criminal penalties over the fraud and bribery charges. Adani's organizations, ranging from power and ports to sugar and soybeans, lost more than $150 billion in combined market worth last year after U.S.-based brief seller Hindenburg Research accused his eponymous group of using offshore tax havens poorly. The group, which recouped some of the losses and now has a combined appraisal of $141 billion, rejected all of the accusations. Before shares in Adani Group companies tanked in 2015, the 62-year-old high school dropout had briefly become the world's. most affluent individual after Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Adani is. now the 25th wealthiest individual with a net worth of about $57.6. billion, according to Forbes. While the group's coal and power jobs and other offers. have actually been questioned in countries such as Australia and. Bangladesh, Indian opposition leaders have actually regularly utilized Adani. to hit out at the federal government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,. alleging favouritism, including in providing Adani the agreement to. redevelop an enormous run-down neighborhood in Mumbai. Both sides have rejected the charges. U.S. authorities stated on Wednesday that Adani and seven. other offenders had consented to pay the bribes to Indian. federal government officials to acquire supply contracts expected to. yield $2 billion of profit over 20 years, and develop India's. biggest solar power plant task. Adani Group has not responded. to Reuters' requests for comment on the charges. Born on June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad city in the western state. of Gujarat - likewise Modi's home state - Adani dropped out of. school at age 16 after finishing the 10th grade. He set up Adani Group in 1988, starting with commodities. trading. He came from a middle-class textile family to build his. riches, unlike numerous other billionaires who acquire their wealth. Married to dental professional Priti Adani, he has 2 boys, Karan and. Jeet, both of whom are involved in the company organizations, like. many others in the household. According to someone with direct understanding of his. negotiations, he has a really hands-on design of running his empire,. which he stated he intends to pass on to the next generation in the. family when he turns 70. In interviews with regional and foreign media, Adani has called. himself a shy person and credited the rise of his popularity in. part to the political attacks he has actually dealt with. He has fasted to applaud political leaders too. Soon after Donald Trump's triumph in the U.S. election,. Adani stated on X that the U.S. president-elect was the. embodiment of unbreakable persistence, unshakeable grit, unrelenting. determination and the courage to remain true to his beliefs. Praising Trump, Adani said recently his group would. invest $10 billion in U.S. energy and facilities projects,. without supplying details besides the investment intended to. produce 15,000 jobs.
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South Korea's NOFI purchased about 66,000 T corn in private offer, traders say
South Korean feedmaker Nonghyup Feed Inc. (NOFI) purchased up to 66,000 metric tons of animal feed corn in a personal offer on Wednesday without an global tender being released, European traders stated on Thursday. It was anticipated to be sourced from either the United States or South America. The corn was stated to have actually been purchased at an approximated $ 238.86 a heap expense and freight (c&& f) included plus a $1.50 a load surcharge for additional port unloading. Seller was thought to be trading house Bunge. The corn was for arrival in South Korea around Feb. 15, 2025. Shipment if sourced from the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast was between Jan. 13-Feb. 1. If from South America, shipment is in between Dec. 19-Jan. 7. Reports show evaluations from traders and further estimates of costs and volumes are still possible later.
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Russia, North Korea consent to enhance charter flights after trade conference, TASS and KCNA state
North Korea and Russia have signed a protocol on cooperation after conferences covering trade, the economy, science and innovation in Pyongyang, North Korean state media KCNA said on Thursday. There were couple of information in the KCNA report, however Russia's TASS news company stated on Tuesday that the nations consented to boost charter flights following the conference, pointing out Russia's. ministry of natural resources. Between January and September, the number of travelers. travelling between Russia and North Korea totaled up to over 5,000. people, with more than 70% taking a trip by air, it stated. The increased charter flights are expected to take off not. only from Russia's eastern area near to North Korea, however likewise. from major Russian cities in other locations, TASS stated, citing the. ministry. KCNA said on Thursday that the Russian delegation led by. natural resources minister Alexander Kozlov, which met North. Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, had now left from. Pyongyang. During the delegation's visit, zoo animals were moved. to North Korea as presents from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pyongyang and Moscow have actually ramped up diplomatic and financial. exchanges in the past couple of years, culminating in Putin's check out to. North Korea in June, when the nations' leaders concurred a shared. defence pact. The growing defence ties in between the nations has actually stimulated. global alarm, with Washington, Kyiv and Seoul condemning. the North for sending out military devices and more than 10,000. troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.
China's senior tourists could be a silver lining for travel companies
Travel companies are betting that Chinese tourist could return to its prepandemic boom days if they modify tours to avoid high hikes, include nurses and healthcare professionals to their staff and deal discounts for the seniors they're targeting.
As China's population quickly ages, and many in the middle-class face task unpredictability and a slowing economy, so-called silver tourist is on the increase, with more retirees, specifically in upscale seaside cities, venturing out in your home and abroad.
A number of these seniors have accumulated considerable cost savings during 4 decades of eye-watering financial development, and they are more youthful than other taking a trip retirees as they leave the labor force as soon as 50 for ladies and 60 for guys. Lots of have no grandchildren, so they have more spare time.
Now companies inside and beyond China, and regional travel authorities, are beginning to tailor their services to the requirements particular to this growing friend.
We are beginning to see an increasing segment of elder Chinese customers who are not only affluent however, more notably, ready to spend on quality lifestyle pursuits and individual development, said Wee-Hoon Tan, senior vice-president of item advancement and marketing at Viking Cruises China.
This is a huge intake mindset shift, Tan stated, describing a generation of Chinese who have been prudent with spending throughout their working lives.
About 300 million people presently aged 50 to 60 - practically comparable to the whole U.S. population, are set to retire over the next 10 years, and the National Committee on Aging price quotes silver travel will account for 50% of domestic travel by 2040.
In June, Swiss-based Viking Cruises and Shanghai's. University for the Elderly, which is devoted to offering. courses to elders, revealed a partnership to combine history. and culture courses with travel plans around seaside areas in. Asia and on European rivers.
Viking's ships have barrier-free elevators, hand rails in. corridors and showers, bigger typefaces on tv remote. controls and toiletries to make it simpler on senior eyes. A. fresh noodle bar opens for early breakfast.
Shanghai Train Bureau likewise began targeting older. tourists this year, introducing 10 long-distance tourist. trains on scenic paths aimed at travelers aged 50-70 who want. to experience the diversity of regional customizeds and national. resources.
The trains, which go through the cliffs of the eastern. Huangshan mountains or through the terraced rice fields of. Lishui, are staffed with nurses and geared up to supply. health care services.
Visitor Tao Wen stated having health care on hand provided her. comfort. The 56-year-old retired in 2015 and has since. took a trip throughout China and Southeast Asia.
Companies require to understand our costs habits vary. from those of young people, Tao stated. We value. cost-effectiveness.
In China, hotel chain Hilton uses a senior. discount rate of as much as 6% for people aged over 65 and arranges tea. tasting and wellness classes for them.
The older boom is clearly visible, stated Wendy Huang,. senior vice president at Hilton in Greater China.
GREEN TEA AND SLIPPERS
China's tourist academy forecasts the variety of active. elderly visitors will surpass 100 million next year, when the. domestic silver tourist market will hit 1 trillion yuan ($ 139.9. billion) annually.
Still, a frail social safeguard, meagre pensions and patchy. health and senior care outside big cities may minimize. senior citizens' ability and willingness to invest their cost savings on. travel, experts say.
The slowing economy may also intensify these problems, said. Herald van der Linde, head of Asia Equity technique at HSBC.
However this process of ageing and moving intake. patterns is happening however, he stated.
Silver travellers can select off-peak durations in the. calendar to make the most of hotel discounts, stated Jane Sun,. head of China's most significant online travel agency Trip.com.
We advise our partners worldwide to have Chinese. food for breakfast, in the room, Sun said. Having a tea pot. with green tea, or slippers, doesn't cost too much, but will. make the older generation feel more at home.. ($ 1 = 7.1484 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(source: Reuters)