Samsung would be amongst the world's first smartphone manufacturers to integrate generative AI into its devices.

The organiser of the Web Summit, one of the tech sector's leading events, announced his resignation Saturday following a backlash over his online posts following the Hamas attacks on Israel.

Hints that a key segment of the HS2 rail line may be scrapped have met with considerable anger on both sides of the aisle and from the business community.

A recently launched platform, the UK Business Climate Hub, will advise British SMEs on lowering their energy bills and minimising emissions to help go green and achieve net zero.

Night trains have made a comeback in Europe thanks to their low-carbon footprint, but after years of neglect, the renaissance has had a bumpy ride.

Britain's scandal-hit business lobby group, the CBI, faces a vote crucial to its survival Tuesday, with members urged to back reform under new leadership after allegations of sexual harassment by staff.

The current China International Medical Equipment Fair taking place in Shanghai has provided insight into how China will evolve its medical sector.

The UK government has launched a Net Zero Council to help UK SMEs reduce carbon emissions, implement greener practices and set them on the path to net zero.

Germany meanwhile officially ended decades of nuclear energy use by turning off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday.

The CEO of German auto giant Volkswagen and its luxury subsidiary Porsche on Monday backed moves by Berlin to block a European ban on new combustion engines from 2035.

Germany's Scholz in India to press on EU trade deal

European shares climbed on Friday, as optimistic investors gauged the potential impact of a week-long Lunar New Year holidays after China lifted its COVID-19 curbs, even as concerns over global economic slowdown continued to sap sentiment.

European shares inched higher on Friday as gains in industrial and financial stocks on China-led optimism offset weakness in the energy sector, while Credit Suisse climbed on news of a capital raise.

German carmaker Volkswagen is holding discussions with investors to join its battery division ahead of a possible partial initial public offering (IPO) of the subsidiary, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Siemens shares surged on Thursday after the German technology and engineering group's fourth quarter results beat forecasts and it gave a confident outlook about future industrial demand.

European equities mostly fell Thursday with London on tenterhooks before a painful UK budget set to rip up the country's economic forecasts.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the upheaval caused in Germany by breaking off economic ties with Moscow has cast a new light on Berlin's relationship with another autocratic regime.

Struggling wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa will replace the head of its onshore unit due to recent financial losses that have piled pressure on the business, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed.

In a statement, Gazprom indicated it had discovered "oil leaks" in a turbine during a planned three-day maintenance operation.

Korea's SK Inc has invested $100 million in North Carolina startup Atom Power, which aims to upgrade the electric vehicle (EV) charging experience in the United States with new hardware and software, the companies said Thursday.

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Dutch health technology company Philips on Tuesday unexpectedly announced the imminent departure of CEO Frans van Houten.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused Russia of blocking the delivery of a turbine needed to keep gas flowing via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe.

Hyundai Motor Co, factory robot builder ABB and Swedish fridge maker Electrolux see the semi-conductor chip shortage easing, executives said Thursday, in a boost for manufacturers after a long struggle for components.

The biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany began annual maintenance on Monday, with flows expected to stop for 10 days, but governments, markets and companies are worried the shutdown might be extended because of the war in Ukraine.

The White House said on Tuesday that companies are planning to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S.

Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers were racing to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and even looking at burning more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if stores are not refilled.

The EU found that the merged entities would create a group controlling nearly two-thirds of the global LNG cargo ship market

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Investment in U.K. car production has almost halved in the last year due to worries over the country's exit from the European Union