ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek parliament has voted in favour of setting up a committee that will investigate a government agency handling EU agricultural subsidies since 1998, following a scandal in which Greek farmers for years faked land ownership to receive the aid.
European prosecutors have found indications that farmers and state officials allegedly defrauded the European Union of subsidies for the use of pastureland at least since 2019.
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(Reuters) -Automatic Data Processing forecast full-year 2026 revenue growth slightly below analyst estimates on Wednesday, as demand for its payroll and human capital management services softened amid ongoing economic uncertainty.
Businesses have tightened spending in response to elevated interest rates and a volatile macroeconomic environment, weighing on demand for companies such as ADP.
The conservative forecast comes as the industry... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) -Verisk agreed to acquire cloud-based software platform AccuLynx for $2.35 billion in cash, it said on Wednesday, as the data analytics and technology company aims to strengthen its tools for property claims.
The move comes amid increasing digitization across insurance-related industries, with companies seeking to reduce manual processes and accelerate turnaround times on claims.
The acquisition is expected to add to Verisk's... (continue reading...)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The Indian home minister's account of forces killing who he said were three Pakistanis involved in the April attack on Hindu tourists in the Jammu and Kashmir federal territory was "replete with fabrications", Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament on Tuesday that the three militants killed in a gun battle in a Kashmir forest this week were the perpetrators of the April 22 attack... (continue reading...)
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's government has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of wheat from the United States as part of efforts to cool U.S. trade tensions and reduce steep import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, a Dhaka official said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh has approved the purchase from the United States under a government-to-government deal at a price of $302.75 per ton, the food ministry official said. It will be... (continue reading...)
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