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FTSE 100 dented by Wall St losses, plunge in ad firm WPP

By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 closed lower on Friday as Wall Street slipped afte...

5th August, 2022

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Alexa! Start my Roomba: Amazon buys robot vacuum maker for $1.7 billion

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will acquire iRobot Corp, maker of robotic vacuum cleaner...

5th August, 2022

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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

(Reuters) – Shells struck a high-voltage power line on Friday at Europe’s largest power plant, in Uk...

5th August, 2022

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Monte dei Paschi enlists more banks for cash call, fights legal challenge

By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – State-owned Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) said four...

5th August, 2022

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UK’s Sunak criticised for claiming he diverted funds from deprived areas

By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Rishi Sunak, trailing in the two-horse race to replace British P...

5th August, 2022

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U.S. dollar jumps across the board after strong U.S. jobs report

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar rallied across the board on Friday after a s...

5th August, 2022

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Women’s soccer gear in demand after historic England win

By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Weekly sales of women’s soccer gear have tripled since the start o...

5th August, 2022

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Explainer: What are the snags in Germany’s gas levy on consumers?

By Markus Wacket and Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s cabinet agreed late on Thursday to...

5th August, 2022

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Russia bans Western investors from selling banking, key energy stakes

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operation...

5th August, 2022

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U.S. job growth surges in July as labor market defies recession fears

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in July, lifting t...

5th August, 2022

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Switzerland’s new energy asset: hydro plant with capacity to charge 400,000 car batteries

By Denis Balibouse FINHAUT, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland is adding a much needed cog in the w...

5th August, 2022

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Factbox-Wildfires breaking out across the world

(Reuters) – Extreme fires have swallowed up huge swathes of land, destroyed homes and threatened liv...

5th August, 2022