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Linde sees another year of steady growth as Q4 results beat forecasts
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Swedish nuclear plans need direct state investment, Vattenfall says
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Kremlin dismisses Western claims that Epstein was Russian intelligence asset
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German cartel office bans Amazon from using price controls
EIB fast-tracks 3 billion euros to ease carbon market concerns
Date: February 5, 2026
BRUSSELS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will "front load" 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) to governments to invest in shielding poorer citizens from an upcoming EU carbon price...

Lockmaker Assa Abloy says US residential market has hit a floor
Date: February 5, 2026
By Greta Rosen Fondahn STOCKHOLM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sweden's Assa Abloy, the world's largest lock maker, said on Thursday it believed the U.S. residential market had bottomed out, lifting its shares,...
Apple Ads and Apple Maps should not be designated under Digital Markets Act, says EU
Date: February 5, 2026
BRUSSELS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The European Commission said Apple Ads and Apple Maps should not be designated under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, citing Apple Maps' relatively low usage in the EU and the...
Germany's Evonik amends dividend policy as 2025 profit meets forecast
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 5 (Reuters) - German chemicals group Evonik said on Thursday it would amend its dividend policy from next year, after it reported preliminary 2025 core earnings broadly in line with market...

Russia expels German diplomat, accuses Berlin of 'spy mania'
Date: February 5, 2026
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it had expelled a German diplomat in response to what it said was Berlin's unfounded expulsion of a Russian diplomat accused...

Ukraine hit infrastructure at Russian missile launch site, military says
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Thursday it had carried out a series of "successful" strikes at the infrastructure of a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile launch site in January...
