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Russian central bank governor Nabiullina speaks after rate cut

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The governor of Russia's central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, spoke on Friday...

19th December, 2025

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Strategy and bitcoin-buying firms face wider exclusion from stock indexes

By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Michael Saylor's Strategy could soon be dropped from...

19th December, 2025

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Carnival Corp sees strong annual profit, resumes dividend as bookings rise

By Anuja Bharat Mistry Dec 19 (Reuters) - Cruise operator Carnival Corp forecast strong annual profi...

19th December, 2025

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London's FTSE 100 climbs as miners, defence outperform in data-heavy week

Dec 19 (Reuters) - UK stocks paused on Friday near multi-week highs as weakness in homebuilder share...

19th December, 2025

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Italy sells digital payment unit PagoPA to Poste, state mint for up to 500 million euros

By Elvira Pollina MILAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury has agreed to sell PagoPA, which handle...

19th December, 2025

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Court in Brazil's Minas Gerais slaps down Nestle copyright lawsuit

SAO PAULO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A court in Brazil's Minas Gerais state has granted a preliminary injun...

19th December, 2025

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German court jails man for drugging, raping wife, posting assaults online

AACHEN, Germany, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A German court jailed a man on Friday for repeatedly drugging hi...

19th December, 2025

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UniCredit issues its first tokenised structured note

MILAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Italian bank UniCredit said on Friday it had issued its first tokenised st...

19th December, 2025

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UK competition watchdog to probe AB Foods' Hovis purchase

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator will investigate Associated British Foods' deal t...

19th December, 2025

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Trump said he has no bigger healthcare plans: Obamacare will 'repeal itself'

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not plan to unveil a broader...

19th December, 2025

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Analysis-Spanish consumer credit hits near 18-year high on economic boom

(Fixes typo in sign-off) By Jesús Aguado MADRID, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Consumer lending in Spain has hi...

19th December, 2025

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NATO sees positive signs Czech ammunition scheme for Kyiv may continue

By Sabine Siebold WIESBADEN, Germany, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A senior NATO military official voiced caut...

19th December, 2025