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Santander's Botin bets on US scale with $12.2 billion Webster deal
Date: February 4, 2026
MADRID, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Santander shares fell as much as 5% on Wednesday after the announcement of its proposed $12.2 billion acquisition of Webster Financial and the flagging of short-term...
Wartsila orders miss forecast, but upbeat on data centres
Date: February 4, 2026
By Anne Kauranen and Marta Frackowiak HELSINKI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Finnish engineering group Wartsila missed fourth-quarter orders forecasts on Wednesday, dragged down by U.S. battery tariffs and...
Euro zone inflation dips in January as soft patch begins
Date: February 4, 2026
FRANKFURT, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation dipped last month, data showed on Wednesday, entering a soft patch that most economists expect will last for at least a year and keep the European...
NXP CEO says demand for 'physical AI' boosting outlook
Date: February 4, 2026
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Dutch computer chip maker NXP Semiconductors is benefitting from what it calls "physical AI", as businesses apply artificial intelligence in industrial...
Russia's oil and gas revenue halved in January y/y to lowest since July 2020
Date: February 4, 2026
MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russian state oil and gas revenues halved in January compared to the same month of last year, hitting their lowest level since July 2020, according to finance ministry data....
Global software stocks hit by Anthropic wake-up call on AI disruption
Date: February 4, 2026
By Danilo Masoni MILAN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A deep selloff in global software stocks entered a second day on Wednesday, reflecting growing concerned about how advances in artificial intelligence might...