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Finance

Morning Bid: Venezuela upheaval tests markets

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China seeks to enhance ties with Ireland to boost relations with EU

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Market analysts, investors react to Trump's Venezuela gambit

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Exclusive-Samsung to double AI mobile devices to 800 million units this year

Image for Stocks, energy shares, oil jump after US strikes Venezuela

Stocks, energy shares, oil jump after US strikes Venezuela

Date: January 5, 2026

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Asian stocks opened higher and oil prices were choppy on Monday as investors looked past U.S. military action over the weekend in Venezuela to...

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Russian politicians say Trump strike on Venezuela unlawful, destabilising

Date: January 5, 2026

MOSCOW, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Russia’s Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev and a senior lawmaker said over the weekend that U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela were unlawful...

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Dollar retreats with markets focused on US data, shrugging off Venezuela

Date: January 5, 2026

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The dollar started the first full trading week of the new year on the front foot, rising to a 3-1/2-week high versus the euro and gaining against sterling....

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Ukraine targets Moscow daily with drones this year, Russia says, in apparent escalation

Date: January 4, 2026

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine has targeted Moscow with drones every day of 2026 so far, according to data published by Russia’s Defence Ministry, in what appeared to mark an escalation from earlier, more...

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Activist investors set record number of campaigns in 2025, Barclays data shows

Date: January 4, 2026

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Activist investors who push companies to perform better launched a record number of campaigns in 2025, according to Barclays data, as market...

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UK's Oakley Capital to take majority stake in Global Loan Agency Services

Date: January 4, 2026

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Oakley Capital has agreed to buy a majority stake in debt administration services firm Global Loan Agency Service (GLAS) in a 1 billion pound ($1.35 billion)deal, Sky News reported...