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Bank of England set to cut rates as inflation and economy slow

Image for BP taps Woodside's Meg O'Neill as CEO after abrupt Auchincloss exit

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BP taps Woodside's Meg O'Neill as CEO after abrupt Auchincloss exit

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BP's chief executives since 1990

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LVMH CEO Arnault: Ask me again in 10 years about succession plans 

Image for Trading Day: Tech slumps, oil spikes

Trading Day: Tech slumps, oil spikes

Date: December 17, 2025

ORLANDO, Florida, Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. shares sank on Wednesday, with tech hit by renewed worries over the AI trade, while Washington's blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving...

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IMF says Moldova's economy has unique growth opportunity, but reforms needed

Date: December 17, 2025

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Moldova has a "unique opportunity" for economic growth, but fundamental reforms are needed and the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine creates additional...

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UK firm Awendio Solaris plans $725 million solar plant with indigenous groups in Canada

Date: December 17, 2025

Dec 17 (Reuters) - UK company Awendio Solaris said on Wednesday that it plans to invest C$1 billion ($725.6 million) to develop a solar cell and module manufacturing facility and global R&D centre in...

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AbbVie, several other pharma companies near MFN deal with Trump, sources say

Date: December 17, 2025

By Deena Beasley, Jarrett Renshaw and Michael Erman Dec 17 (Reuters) - AbbVie and several other drugmakers are expected to announce on Friday agreements with the U.S. government to lower certain...

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BitGo Says it is Setting a New Standard for Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure with Unified Federal Oversight

Date: December 17, 2025

Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) of its application to convert BitGo Trust Company, Inc., a South Dakota-chartered trust company, to a national bank named BitGo Bank & Trust, National Association (N.A.). With today’s OCC conditional approval of its conversion, BitGo’s Trust Company subsidiary expects to operate as BitGo Bank & Trust....

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EU reaches initial agreement on tighter EU-Mercosur safeguards

Date: December 17, 2025

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The European Union struck a provisional deal on Wednesday to set tighter controls on imports of farm products resulting from a planned trade agreement...