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Polestar Leans on Revamped Models to Conserve Cash and Boost European Sales
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Ukraine Cuts Power Imports as Weather Gets Less Cold
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ECB’s Cipollone Has No Indication President Lagarde Plans Early Resignation
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Merz Questions German Need for Future Manned Fighter Jet Amid Fcas Trouble
Permits for Housing Construction Rebound in 2025, German Statistics Office Says
Date: February 18, 2026
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The number of permits for housing construction rose in 2025 for the first time after three years of declines, data by the German Statistics Office showed on Wednesday....
UK House Prices Rise by 2.4% in Annual Terms in December, Ons Says
Date: February 18, 2026
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British house prices increased by 2.4% in the 12 months to December, down from a 2.8% rise in the year to November, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday....
ECB's Villeroy: I Read a Rumour About Lagarde, It Does Not Seem Like an Information
Date: February 18, 2026
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that a Financial Times report that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde plans to leave her job early was...
Lurpak-Maker Arla Sees Lower Dairy Prices and Boost From Protein Products
Date: February 18, 2026
COPENHAGEN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Denmark-based Arla Foods, producer of Lurpak butter and Castello cheese, expects surplus global milk supplies to drive down dairy prices and bolster consumer spending in...
Italy Approves Production Start at Rheinmetall's Sardinia Island Plant
Date: February 18, 2026
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Rheinmetall has received the green light from the Italian government to start production at a plant on the island of Sardinia, the German defence company said late on...
Europe's Stoxx 600 Closes at Record High on Earnings Boost; ECB Leadership Shift in Focus
Date: February 18, 2026
Feb 18 (Reuters) - The STOXX 600 index rose on Wednesday, with defence stocks in the lead following strong earnings from the UK's BAE Systems, while investors mulled the outlook for monetary policy...