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Image for Instant View: Intesa launches $35 billion Monte dei Paschi bid to redraw Italian financial map
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Instant View: Intesa launches $35 billion Monte dei Paschi bid to redraw Italian financial map

June 8 (Reuters) - Italy's largest banking group Intesa Sanpaolo said on Monday it had made a €30.6...

8th June, 2026

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Airline CEOs warn EU plan to expand carbon costs will raise fares

By Kate Abnett and Joanna Plucinska BRUSSELS/BERLIN, June 8 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest airlines ha...

8th June, 2026

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Five ways Elon Musk's SpaceX upended Wall Street's IPO playbook

By Manya Saini June 8 (Reuters) - Elon Musk is bringing his pioneering business style to the IPO wor...

8th June, 2026

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UK competition watchdog launches probe into eBay's purchase of Depop

June 8 (Reuters) - UK's competition regulator on Monday launched a probe into eBay's $1.2 billion pu...

8th June, 2026

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Sterling muscled toward two-month lows by robust dollar

By Amanda Cooper LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - The pound neared its lowest level in nearly two months o...

8th June, 2026

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Intesa CEO says bank took Generali stake to pre-empt defensive moves

MILAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Intesa Sanpaolo has taken a 3% stake in Generali to prevent the insurer fr...

8th June, 2026

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Big tech firms must stop young people circulating nude images, says UK PM Starmer

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - Big tech firms operating in Britain must introduce safety measures on chi...

8th June, 2026

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Tate & Lyle: From sugar barons in London's East End to US takeover

June 8 (Reuters) - Tate & Lyle on Monday agreed to a £2.7 billion ($3.6 billion) takeover in cash fr...

8th June, 2026

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Kosovo prime minister looks to other parties for cooperation after election win

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, June 8 (Reuters) - Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti called for cooperatio...

8th June, 2026

Image for Factbox-Italy banking shake-up: Intesa moves for MPS after Banco BPM approach
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Factbox-Italy banking shake-up: Intesa moves for MPS after Banco BPM approach

MILAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Italy's largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo on Monday announced a €30.6 billion (...

8th June, 2026

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EU plans tax changes to reduce electricity bills, draft shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, June 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing changes to energy taxes...

8th June, 2026

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Gaudí's legacy celebrated by papal visit a century after his humble death

By Joan Faus BARCELONA, June 8 (Reuters) - When Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí was fatally struck by...

8th June, 2026