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French Economy Received A Boost In August From Olympics, Says PMI

France's economy benefited in August from a pick-up in business due to the Olympic Games as a sharp upswing in the country's services sector offset ongoing...

French Business Activity Contracts Again In November

French business activity contracted in November, according to a monthly survey, as demand for goods and services in the euro zone's second-biggest economy...

EU Overhaul Of ESG Ratings Industry Rules Has Further To Run

A proposed European Union shake-up of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings industry will bring much-needed transparency but fall short of...

ICA Gruppen Issues Green Bonds Worth SEK 3.5bn

Sweden's ICA Gruppen has announced that it has completed a green bond issue of SEK 3.5 billion (€310 billion) under the company’s Swedish MTN pr...

S&P Global Revises Esselunga Outlook To Negative

S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook on Esselunga, one of Italy's biggest supermarket chains, to 'negative' from 'stable' after cost inflation hi...