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Discarded plastic containers litter sone brush in north-end Dartmouth Wednesday April 24,2024.

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Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...

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Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel

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Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

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Pallet shelters are being set up outside Beacon House in Lower Sackville on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

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CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

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Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's technology

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People walk past a Natwest Bank branch in central London, Britain November 22, 2023.

NatWest first-quarter profit slides 27%

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - NatWest's first-quarter profit fell by a less than expected 27%, it said on Friday, hit by a hiatus in rising central bank interest rates that drove mortgage market competition and squeezed margins across the British banking ...

Overview of Amsterdam's stock exchange interior as Prosus begins trading on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 11, 2019.

CVC sets IPO price at 14 euros per share, middle of range

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - CVC Capital Partners said on Friday it had set the final price for its initial public offering (IPO) at 14 euros ($15.02) per share, at the middle of its announced range. The IPO in Amsterdam, announced this month and ...

Nomura Q4 net profit jumps almost eight fold on retail income surge

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings, Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Friday a 670% jump in quarterly net profit compared to a year earlier as its retail income rose to its highest in eight years. January-March net profit ...

Column-Macron dig at ECB remit may jar bond investor nerves :Mike Dolan

Mike Dolan |Updated 18 minutes ago |4 min read

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - The slightly alarming sight of a French leader calling on the European Central Bank to nuance its focus on inflation may be less dramatic than it first seems - but it speaks loudly to market zeitgeist and ...

A flag of Volkswagen's truck unit Traton SE is pictured at Frankfurt Stock Exchange during Traton's initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt, Germany, June 28, 2019.

VW's trucks arm Traton posts higher sales even as markets normalise

Reuters |Updated 18 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Volkswagen's trucks arm Traton reported a 5% jump in first-quarter sales revenue on Friday, citing a favourable product and market mix and improved unit price realisation. The German truckmaker's sales revenue grew to 11.8 billion ...

A flight departure screen displays information at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle International Airport north of Paris January 26, 2014.

Airport operator ADP Q1 revenue beats expectations on traffic growth

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - French airport group ADP reported on Friday a 10% rise in revenue in the first quarter, better than analysts had expected, citing traffic growth and a good performance of its retail activities in Paris. The group, which runs the ...

A bottle of Remy Martin XO cognac is displayed at the Remy Cointreau SA headquarters in Paris, France, January 21, 2019.

Remy Cointreau reports better-than-expected Q4 sales

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Cognac maker Remy Cointreau reported a 0.7% decline in fourth-quarter sales on Friday, well ahead of analyst expectations for a 3.4% fall. (Reporting by Emma Rumney; Editing by Jamie Freed)

Defence gear maker Saab's Q1 operating profit rises 28%

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish defence equipment maker Saab reported on Friday a 28% rise in operating profit for the first quarter and raised its organic sales growth outlook for the full year. (Reporting by Johan Ahlander, editing by Anna ...

Safran posts higher Q1 revenue, keeps financial targets

Reuters |Updated 58 minutes ago |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - French jet engine maker Safran posted an 18.1% year-on-year increase in first-quarter revenue and reaffirmed financial targets for the year, while joining its U.S. partner GE Aerospace in lowering a target for engine deliveries.

Amundi's Q1 inflows beat expectations on Asian JV contribution

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - Amundi, Europe's biggest fund manager, posted better-than-expected first-quarter inflows on Friday thanks to its joint ventures in Asia and continued appetite for risk-averse products that underpinned 9.4% yearly growth of ...