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October 19, 2024
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More than 100 customers contact BBC about scams, saying Revolut failed them

Reuters People complain of poor treatment by Revolut after being tricked out of money deposited with e-money firm “I never imagined I’d be a victim of a scam,” says Dr Ravi Kumar. “But here I am, a 53-year-old NHS consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics, deeply affected.” He lost £39,000 in May when scammers […]

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October 19, 2024
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Tax threshold freeze not a pledge-breaker – Labour sources

An announcement in the upcoming budget of a continued freeze on income tax thresholds beyond 2028 would not constitute a breach of Labour’s election manifesto promise, government sources have insisted. In the run-up to June’s general election, both leader Sir Keir Starmer and the soon-to-be Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to “not increase taxes on working […]

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October 19, 2024
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India's Forex Reserves Drop $10.75 Billion to $690.43 Billion

At the end of September, the reserves had hit an all-time high of $704.885 billion. India’s gold reserves fall by $98 million to $65.658 billion during the week ended October 11. In one of the largest decreases in India’s forex reserves in recent times, the country’s foreign exchange kitty dropped $10.746 billion to $690.43 billion […]

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October 18, 2024
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Stellantis to shutter and sell large testing facility amid cost-cutting efforts

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, […]

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October 18, 2024
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Embraer CEO says jet maker studying possibilities for a new aircraft

Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto speaks during the Embraer Media Day 2022 at the aircraft factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, May 30, 2022.  Carla Carniel | Reuters Brazilian plane maker Embraer is studying the market and new technology that could warrant it building an all-new jet, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told CNBC. A […]

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October 18, 2024
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Spirit Airlines extends debt refinancing deadline hours before expiration

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a debt refinancing timeline to December, hours before it was set […]

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October 18, 2024
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Starbucks taps former Chipotle executive as global chief brand officer

Tressie Lieberman, the incoming global chief brand officer at Starbucks. Courtesy: Starbucks Starbucks has tapped Chipotle alum Tressie Lieberman as its global chief brand officer, a newly created position and the latest executive change under Brian Niccol after he left Chipotle and took over as CEO of the coffee chain last month. In Niccol’s first […]