TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay two global producers a premium of $172 per metric ton over the benchmark price for shipments in July to September, up 16%-19% from the previous quarter, two sources involved in the pricing talks said. The figure is higher than the $145-$148 per ton paid in the April-June...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Sales at luxury group and Cartier owner Richemont were almost unchanged in the three months through June, the company said on Tuesday, as a sharp drop in Chinese demand clouded the overall result, pushing it just below expectations. Richemont said at constant exchange rates, sales rose by 1% to 5.3 billion euros ($5.77 billion), after growing by...

PARIS (Reuters) - Soon after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, freight shipper Hellmann Worldwide Logistics informed staff at its Moscow business it was pulling out of Russia. Some people who had worked for the German company saw an opportunity. Before the war, Hellmann's Moscow office had helped Russian industrial firms ship to Russia tools, parts and equipment from...

COPENHAGEN, July 16 (Reuters) - Swedish debt collector Intrum said on Tuesday it had signed a term sheet for an investment deal with Cerberus Capital Management that would allow Intrum to scale its investments without increasing its debt. Intrum, Europe's biggest manager of bad loans, this month completed the sale of a large portion of its investment portfolio to Cerberus...