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World shares near record levels as vaccines inject hope

By Lawrence White and Hideyuki Sano LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – – Global shares approached...

5th February, 2021

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UK house prices fall for first time since May: Halifax

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices fell last month for the first time s...

5th February, 2021

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Energy prices set to soar for millions of Britons from April

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Energy prices for millions of Britons will likely rise f...

5th February, 2021

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Rio Tinto issues mea culpa over Indigenous leadership upset

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd said on Friday it should have better communic...

5th February, 2021

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World shares near record levels as vaccines fuel normalisation hopes

By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – – Global shares traded near record highs on Friday, w...

5th February, 2021

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Oil prices rise to highest in a year on U.S. growth optimism, crude supply restraint

By Roslan Khasawneh Singapore (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Friday to their highest levels...

5th February, 2021

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Dollar set for best week in three months as pandemic recoveries diverge

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar headed for its best weekly gain in three months...

5th February, 2021

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World shares close in on record peak as vaccines fuel normalisation hopes

By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – – Global shares closed in on their record peak on Fri...

5th February, 2021

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Global equities markets rise on better outlook, dollar gains

By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global equities rallied for a fourt...

5th February, 2021

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Oil rises on economic optimism, tightening supplies

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil ticked up on Thursday on strong U.S. economic data,...

5th February, 2021

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UK plans paid maternity leave for ministers to promote women in politics

By Sonia Elks LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain will introduce its first formal ma...

5th February, 2021

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U.S. struggling to combat forced labor, ex anti-trafficking tsar warns

By Kieran Guilbert (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States must get better at tacklin...

5th February, 2021