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As Argentina inflation nears 300%, climb in prices slows a bit

By Miguel Lo Bianco and Juan Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Prices in Argentina are climbing, despite positive signs of a deceleration, with the embattled South American country’s annual inflation rate set to edge closer to 300% when the government reveals the latest data on Tuesday. Shopkeepers and consumers said that although monthly inflation readings […]

Rafah offensive starts and King ‘a bit busy’ for Harry

No one story dominates Wednesday’s front pages. The FT leads on Israel threatening a wider assault on Rafah in southern Gaza. The main photo on the newspaper’s front page is of a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during a visit to the Pyrenees. [BBC] The i leads with […]

‘We lost quite a bit of money’

Warren Buffett made a bad call with Paramount and said he made sure Berkshire Hathaway got out before the stock fell more. At Berkshire’s annual meeting on Saturday, 93-year-old CEO Buffett told shareholders that he was directly responsible for the company’s Paramount share purchases in 2022, but that the company had now changed course. “I […]