Finance

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Exclusive-Lukoil leans towards Xtellus' cashless bid for its foreign assets

By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russia's Lukoil favours U.S. bank Xtellus Partners'...

11th December, 2025

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FTSE 100 gains after Fed's softer tone; eyes on GDP data

Dec 11 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 held steady on Thursday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman's...

11th December, 2025

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Banco BPM CEO says no talks with Credit Agricole, nothing on table with MPS

MILAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Banco BPM Chief Executive Giuseppe Castagna said on Thursday his bank had...

11th December, 2025

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Italy's FS state railways look to foreign network to help drive growth

By Giulia Segreti ROME, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Italy's state-owned railways Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) ai...

11th December, 2025

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Volkswagen says demand to determine if range extender introduced in Europe, US

BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Volkswagen Group said on Thursday that, from a technical standpoint,...

11th December, 2025

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Belgium deputy PM: Russian frozen assets to be used for Ukraine loan

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian frozen assets will have to be used for Ukraine at some point, B...

11th December, 2025

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EU antitrust regulators erred in clearing Broadcom's VMware deal, cloud industry lobby says

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators failed to analyse properly the...

11th December, 2025

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Sterling holds onto gains on dollar, awaits data

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Sterling held onto its gains against a dollar pressured by the Federal Re...

11th December, 2025

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OPEC data indicate close oil supply-demand balance in 2026, no glut

By Alex Lawler LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - World oil supply will match demand closely in 2026, OPEC d...

11th December, 2025

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German court blocks authorities from selling suspected Russian oil tanker cargo

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Germany's top fiscal court has ruled that authorities cannot for now sell or othe...

11th December, 2025

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EU offers simpler rules to comply with methane law after US pressure

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 11 - The European Union will make it easier for companies to comply wit...

11th December, 2025

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Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora video tool

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use charac...

11th December, 2025