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European corporate outlook improves, but earnings overall expected to fall
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Environmental groups sue EU commission over Portugal's lithium mine
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Saudia in talks with Boeing, Airbus for its largest jet order to date, Bloomberg News reports
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Anthropic releases AI upgrade as market punishes software stocks
Factbox-Hedge funds jump into volatile January to reap returns
Date: February 5, 2026
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Hedge funds posted positive returns in January thanks to ripples of market volatility stemming from U.S. military action in Venezuela, questions around the...
Pirelli board rejects Sinochem's spin-off plan to end dispute over governance
Date: February 5, 2026
ROME, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The board of Italian tyremaker Pirelli opposes any spin off of its cyber tyre activities, the company said on Thursday, reacting to a plan put forward by Chinese shareholder...
Slovak prosecutor ends probe over fighter jets, air defence systems donated to Ukraine
Date: February 5, 2026
PRAGUE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A Slovak prosecutor on Thursday shut down investigations initiated by Prime Minister Robert Fico's government claiming that donations of fighter jets and air defence systems...
Factbox-How Glencore and Rio Tinto's core assets stack up
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto walked away from a mega-mining deal with rival Glencore for the third time on Thursday. Attempts to combine the companies have repeatedly fallen short. Rio rejected a...
Elton John's husband accuses Daily Mail of homophobia in UK privacy trial
Date: February 5, 2026
By Sam Tobin LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - British singer Elton John's husband, David Furnish, on Thursday told London's High Court that the publisher of the Daily Mail had unlawfully obtained information...
World Economic Forum investigates its CEO over Epstein links
Date: February 5, 2026
ZURICH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The World Economic Forum has launched an independent investigation into its CEO Borge Brende to clarify his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the organisation...