DETROIT, March 12 Reuters Tesla39;s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisteddriving systems marketed by major automakers received poor ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. The IIHS, a safety research arm of the insurance industry, also said there is no evidence that Autopilot […]

TOKYO, March 11 Reuters The Bank of Japan said it made no purchases of Japanese exchangetraded funds on Monday despite local shares dropping sharply, stoking speculation that a shift away from ultrasupportive monetary policy is imminent. It was not clear from data published by the central bank why it did not buy the listed funds […]

LONDON, March 11 Reuters Vinyl records will reenter Britain39;s inflation charts for the first time in 32 years this month, as part of the annual shakeup of the basket of goods and services used to calculate the pace of price rises. The change in the Office for National Statistics39; inflation basket offers a snapshot of […]

March 11 Reuters Brazil39;s monthly inflation rate likely accelerated to a oneyear high in February, a Reuters poll found, from where it should begin to fall back again in coming months due to abundant supplies of farm products and softer economic conditions. Except for some seasonal effects, consumer prices in Brazil have remained tame since […]

ABUJA, March 11 Reuters Blessing Joseph has been weaving bags, sandals and jewellery earning enough money to feed her son and send him to school. But since November, she has fallen on hard times as customers have stopped coming and she and her son routinely go to bed hungry. She is among millions in Africa39;s […]

Reuters analysed 16 years of monthly reports Gap between the two represents 1 world demand Analyst consensus closer to IEA But analysts agree with OPEC peak demand far off LONDON, March 11 Reuters Producer group OPEC and the International Energy Agency, the world39;s most closely watched forecasters of oil demand growth, are further apart than […]

BRUSSELSLONDON, March 8 Reuters As the world39;s biggest tech companies revamp their core online services to comply with the European Union39;s landmark Digital Markets Act, the changes could give some smaller rivals and even peers a competitive edge. The DMA is Europe39;s attempt to rein in Alphabet39;s Google, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft and […]

GRIFFITH, Australia, March 9 Reuters Millions of vines are being destroyed in Australia and tens of millions more must be pulled up to rein in overproduction that has crushed grape prices and threatens the livelihoods of growers and wine makers. Falling consumption of wine worldwide has hit Australia particularly hard as demand shrinks fastest for […]