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Ryanair traffic slides in November as Covid continues to take its toll
Budget airline Ryanair said on Wednesday that passenger numbers slid in November as it continued to take a hit from the Covid-19 crisis and related travel restrictions.
Centamin dividends to exceed $100m in 2020 and 2021
Centamin said it would pay more than $100m (£74. 4m) of dividends in each of the next two years as the gold miner set out production and cost-cut targets.
UK approves Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with rollout from next week
Britain has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use, with doses to be rolled out from early next week.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower but vaccine news could provide a lift
London stocks were set to fall at the open on Wednesday following strong gains in the previous session, but sentiment was likely to get a boost from news the UK has approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for rollout next week.
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, GardaWorld lifts offer for G4S
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 16 points lower on Wednesday, having closed ip 1. 89% on Tuesday at 6,384. 73.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Retailers, vaccine approval, Caffe Nero
For nearly a month festive shop windows and twinkling fairy lights have been wasted on empty high streets but that changes on Wednesday when the end of shopping restrictions in England hands retailers 23 days to save Christmas. Retailers have drawn up the battle plans they hope will enable them to safely concertina two months’ worth of Christmas shoppers into a Covid-secure one, from round-the-clock shopping in Primark to virtual queues outside John Lewis. - Guardian .