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BBVA sees higher lending income in its main markets in Mexico and Spain

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's BBVA on Thursday said its third-quarter net profit fell 3.7% compared to t...

30th October, 2025

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SocGen tops profit forecasts but shares slip as CEO holds fire on buybacks

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -Societe Generale reported a forecast-beating 11% jump in third-...

30th October, 2025

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Finance

Yen weakens after BOJ holds rates steady, Fed boosts dollar

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen fell on Thursday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) left rates un...

30th October, 2025

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Finance

Stocks falls on megacap drag, yen stumbles after BOJ announcement

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks fluctuated between gains and losses early...

30th October, 2025

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Finance

Oil prices steady as investors assess US-China trade truce

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) -Oil prices held on to most gains from the previous session in ear...

30th October, 2025

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Trump tells Pentagon to resume testing US nuclear weapons

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has instructed the Department of Def...

30th October, 2025

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Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to authorize strike

(Corrects dateline to Oct 29) By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Ten...

30th October, 2025

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UK energy watchdog plans to tackle 4.4 billion pounds consumer debts

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's energy regulator Ofgem announced plans on Thursday to...

30th October, 2025

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ECB keeps rates unchanged as economy holds up for now

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is all but cer...

29th October, 2025

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New Zealand targets shadow fleet in expanded Russia sanctions

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Thursday announced expanded sanctions on Russia's oil industry...

29th October, 2025

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Trump says South Korea has approval to build nuclear-powered submarine

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump wrote on social media on Thursday that he has given South Korea ap...

29th October, 2025

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Carmakers' answer to US EV lull: hybrids, cheaper models

By Nora Eckert, Abhirup Roy and David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) -One month after a $7,500 federal...

29th October, 2025