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New Tesla sales in Spain fall 44% in December

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Tesla's new car sales in Spain fell 44.2% in December from the same month in 2024...

2nd January, 2026

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Greek manufacturing growth picks up in December despite supply chain woes, PMI shows

ATHENS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Greece's manufacturing sector saw an improvement in December as new orders...

2nd January, 2026

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FTSE 100 tops 10,000 as global AI boom lifts sentiment

By Tharuniyaa . Jan 2 (Reuters) - The UK's FTSE 100 flew past the 10,000 points mark for the first t...

2nd January, 2026

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Finland makes progress in cable breach investigation, police say

HELSINKI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Finnish police on Friday said they have made progress in the criminal in...

2nd January, 2026

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Retailer Lidl GB reports 10% rise in Christmas sales

LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Lidl GB, the British arm of the German supermarket group, reported a 10% y...

2nd January, 2026

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Euro zone manufacturing slips deeper into contraction at year-end, PMI shows

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Euro zone factory activity retreated further into con...

2nd January, 2026

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Sterling struggles for direction on first trading day of 2026

By Samuel Indyk LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The British pound was little changed against both the doll...

2nd January, 2026

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Poland's JSW urges unions to accept cost cuts to secure state aid

GDANSK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - State-controlled Polish miner JSW on Friday warned its employees of irreve...

2nd January, 2026

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Tesla sales fall in big European markets but set record in Norway

By Alessandro Parodi Jan 2 (Reuters) - Tesla registrations fell in some key European markets in Dece...

2nd January, 2026

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Zelenskiy names spy chief to head presidential administration in big shake-up

KYIV, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he has offered the po...

2nd January, 2026

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Trump threatens Iran over protest crackdown as deadly unrest flares

DUBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of prot...

2nd January, 2026

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Exports help French December manufacturing grow at fastest rate in more than three years, PMI shows

PARIS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - French manufacturing activity grew at the fastest rate in 3-1/2 years in De...

2nd January, 2026