It’s an exercise that should not have the weight of New Year’s resolutions. Rather, think of it as a reflection on the year ...

BERLIN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Around ‌26% ​of German companies ‌expect their business to deteriorate in ​2026, according to a survey published by economic ‍institute Ifo on Monday. The ​poll showed that ...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - European shares held ‌steady ​on Monday, with ‌gains in tech and commodity-linked stocks providing ​support, as investors started a holiday-shortened week on a ‍tepid note following ...

Under Ueda, the BOJ exited a massive, decade-long stimulus last year and raised rates three ​times including to 0.75% last week, on the view Japan was making progress in durably hitting its 2% ...

TAIPEI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s HTC is betting its ‌open ​platform strategy will allow it to ‌build market share in the fast-growing smartglasses industry, as its newly launched AI-powered ...

MILAN, Dec ‌22 (Reuters) - ​Italy's competition ‌authority said on ​Monday it ‍had fined U.S ​tech ​giant ⁠Apple and two of its units 98.6 million euros ($115.53 million) ‌over alleged abuse of ...

Growth in the second quarter was revised down to 0.2% from a previous ‌estimate of 0.3%, the Office for National ​Statistics said. Last ‌week the Bank ‍of ⁠England said it expected zero GDP growth in ...

HONG KONG, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Developer China Vanke ‌is ​expected to announce the outcome later ‌on Monday of a bondholder vote on its plans to delay the repayment ​of a 2 billion yuan ($284 million) ...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌cosmetics ​maker Coty appointed ‌Markus Strobel as its ​interim chief executive officer effective January ‍1, it said on ​Monday.

Efforts to finally cement a U.S.-China deal loom large as well. A shaky detente reached in this year's talks will expire in the second half of 2026, and Trump and Xi are tentatively set to meet twice ...

BERLIN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - German car exports ‌to ​the United States slumped ‌by almost 14% in the first three quarters ​of 2025, making it the hardest-hit branch of German industry in U.S. ‍President ...

BEIJING, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China’s central bank on ‌Monday ​unveiled a one-off credit ‌repair scheme to allow overdue personal debts of up ​to 10,000 yuan ($1,420.47) incurred since 2020 to be ...