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Image for UK stocks mixed as investors assess corporate earnings amid fiscal worries

Finance

UK stocks mixed as investors assess corporate earnings amid fiscal worries

Image for Thales says it has no satellite deal yet with Airbus, Leonardo after report that signing is near

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Thales says it has no satellite deal yet with Airbus, Leonardo after report that signing is near

Image for IKEA sales fall for second year in aggressive price-cutting push

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IKEA sales fall for second year in aggressive price-cutting push

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Putin speaks on oil, gas, coal and nuclear at Russian Energy Week

Image for EU proposes 'flagship' defence projects to counter drones, protect eastern border

EU proposes 'flagship' defence projects to counter drones, protect eastern border

Date: October 16, 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Thursday proposed four European flagship defence projects - including a counter-drone system and a plan to fortify the eastern border - as part of a...

Image for UK's Reeves says she would like a bigger fiscal buffer but that means trade-offs

UK's Reeves says she would like a bigger fiscal buffer but that means trade-offs

Date: October 16, 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Thursday she would like to have a bigger fiscal buffer to cope with volatile global markets, but that creating one in her budget...

Image for EU Parliament committee supports quicker phase out of Russian gas

EU Parliament committee supports quicker phase out of Russian gas

Date: October 16, 2025

(Reuters) -The European Parliament's energy committee on Thursday supported proposals to speed up the EU's phase-out of Russian gas by a year. Under the new proposal, imports of natural gas from...

Image for Analysis-Macron's legacy evaporates as France's political and fiscal woes mount

Analysis-Macron's legacy evaporates as France's political and fiscal woes mount

Date: October 16, 2025

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -In a 2018 interview with Fox News ahead of his first state visit to the United States, a fresh-faced President Emmanuel Macron was asked whether he might back down on...

Image for Hungary working 'full steam' on $1.6 billion pension top-up, Orban says

Hungary working 'full steam' on $1.6 billion pension top-up, Orban says

Date: October 16, 2025

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said his government was working "full steam" on a pension top-up, which could cost around $1.6 billion,...

Image for Thales: still working on satellite merger project, no agreement reached at this stage

Thales: still working on satellite merger project, no agreement reached at this stage

Date: October 16, 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -No agreement has yet been reached between France's Airbus and Thales and Italy's Leonardo to create a major new European satellite manufacturer, a Thales spokesperson told Reuters on...