LONDON (Reuters) - French political uncertainty and an EU trade spat with China are casting a shadow over European corporate earnings, investors say, despite forecasts that companies are set to deliver better results. Second-quarter earnings for companies in the pan-European STOXX 600 are seen rising 2% and revenues increasing by 1.7%, LSEG I/B/E/S data shows, in what would be the...

STOCKHOLM, July 1 (Reuters) - Swedish debt collector Intrum said on Monday it had completed the sale of a large portion of its investment portfolio to Cerberus with-lower-than-expected net proceeds of 7.2 billion crowns ($682.17 million). Intrum, Europe's biggest manager of bad loans, announced the sale to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management in January saying it expected to raise 8.2...

July 1 (Reuters) - The European Union is set to charge Facebook parent Meta with breaking the bloc's landmark digital rules, the Financial Times reported on Monday. In preliminary findings to be issued this week, regulators will say that they are worried about Meta's pay or consent model, the FT said, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. ...

July 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - Boeing ( BA ) said on Monday it would buy Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) in a $4.7 billion all-stock deal following months of talks, as it tries to resolve a...