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Image for London stocks clock monthly gains; focus shifts to BoE rate decision
Finance

London stocks clock monthly gains; focus shifts to BoE rate decision

(Reuters) -UK's benchmark FTSE 100 ended flat on Friday amid low trading volumes, as gains in mining...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Russia lifts gasoline export ban for producers, extends for others

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government has lifted a temporary ban on gasoline exports for producers...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Meta faces trial in October on unfair competition case lodged by Spanish media

MADRID (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms will face a trial in October 2025 in Spain over a 5...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Russia's Rosneft may delay refinery modernisation due to high interest rates, taxes

By Olesya Astakhova and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer,...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Freight rates for Russian oil are set to rise amid coming winter, new sanctions, traders say

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Freight rates for Russian oil transportation are set to rise amid coming winter s...

30th November, 2024

Image for Worldline says payments services 'back to normal' after major disruption in Italy
Finance

Worldline says payments services 'back to normal' after major disruption in Italy

MILAN (Reuters) -French digital payments company Worldline on Friday said its services were returnin...

30th November, 2024

Image for BoE finds potential vulnerabilities in financial market plumbing
Finance

BoE finds potential vulnerabilities in financial market plumbing

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said on Friday that a stress test of central...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Germany offers re-deployment of Patriot air defence units to Poland

(This Nov. 28 story has been corrected to change the year to 2023, not 2022, in paragraph 5) BERLIN...

30th November, 2024

Image for Lombard Odier indicted in Switzerland for money laundering
Finance

Lombard Odier indicted in Switzerland for money laundering

By Dave Graham and Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors on Friday indicted private bank...

30th November, 2024

Image for Tech surge propels STOXX 600 to near one-week high
Finance

Tech surge propels STOXX 600 to near one-week high

By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio, Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -Europe's STOXX 600 ende...

30th November, 2024

Image for Volkswagen brushes off union's cost savings proposals
Finance

Volkswagen brushes off union's cost savings proposals

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen, under pressure by high costs and Chinese competition, brushed off uni...

30th November, 2024

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Finance

Stocks rally, dollar droops in abbreviated session

By Alden Bentley and Naomi Rovnick NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stock markets rallied on Friday...

30th November, 2024