In just a few short weeks, the balance of power at the world's top central banks has shifted to conservatives, heralding the biggest wave of policy tightening in years.

Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but automotive chipmakers, on the other hand, expect a recovery to take longer.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Assa Abloy, the world's biggest lockmaker, reported better than expected fourth-quarter profit growth on Friday, as price hikes and stronger demand helped mitigate continued pandemic-related supply chain challenges.

European justice ministers will on Friday discuss online hate crime with representatives from Meta and Google - and an empty chair with a Twitter tag because the company stayed away citing its COVID rules, France said.

Amazon.com Inc has racked up four straight quarters of cloud computing sales growth, a streak analysts are calling impressive and easing concerns that a customer shift toward multiple cloud vendors would hurt its leading market share.

(Reuters) -Britain's SSP, owner of Upper Crust and other catering brands, said on Friday that sales were recovering as people were commuting by train to work again after coronavirus curbs hit travel and slowed growth at its airport and rail station outlets.