Finance

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Swiss insurer Helvetia Baloise to cut up to 2,600 jobs following merger

ZURICH, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Newly created Swiss insurer Helvetia Baloise plans to cut up to 2,600 jobs...

9th December, 2025

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Critical Metals partners with Romania's FPCU to set up rare earth processing plant

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Critical Metals said on Tuesday it will form a joint venture with Romania-based FP...

9th December, 2025

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Oil settles down about 1% as traders focus on Ukraine peace talks, Fed policy decision

By Stephanie Kelly LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after falling 2% in the...

9th December, 2025

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Trafigura lifts dividend payments in 2025 despite lower net profits

By Robert Harvey LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Global commodities trading house Trafigura raised its div...

9th December, 2025

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Explainer-What happens if French social security bill fails

PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A vote against France's 2026 social security budget on Tuesday could plunge...

9th December, 2025

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Exclusive-Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources say

By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - At least half a dozen executives from top Indian arms m...

9th December, 2025

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COVID fraud inflicts 11 billion pound hit to UK public finances, report shows

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Fraudulent claims for taxpayer funds during the COVID-19 pand...

9th December, 2025

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'Shockingly high' number of Gaza children still acutely malnourished after truce, UN says

GENEVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of children have been admitted for treatment for acute malnutrit...

9th December, 2025

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EU's Kallas says criticism of liberties in Europe should be aimed elsewhere, 'Russia perhaps'

BRUSSELS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that cri...

9th December, 2025

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Japan denies report it rebuffed EU's plea to join Russian asset plans

TOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japan's government on Tuesday denied a media report that it had rebuffed a...

9th December, 2025

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Exclusive-US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants

By Dan Levine and Patrick Wingrove Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators informed senior executiv...

9th December, 2025

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Putin does not want to restore the U.S.S.R. or attack NATO, the Kremlin says

By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Ru...

9th December, 2025