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Russia to service foreign debt using gas-for-roubles type scheme -Vedomosti

(Reuters) -Russia plans to settle its Eurobond obligations using a mechanism similar to the scheme u...

30th May, 2022

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Marketmind: One investor’s rebound is another’s bear rally

A look at the day ahead in markets from Julien Ponthus. What a difference a week makes! With the Dow...

30th May, 2022

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Swedish economy shrinks as pandemic and war pinch exports

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, data from the...

30th May, 2022

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Analysis-Safe as houses? Rising rates test foundations of property boom

By Francesco Canepa and Julie Gordon (Reuters) – In Toronto’s far-flung suburbs, just a few months a...

30th May, 2022

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Dollar drifts toward monthly loss as Fed bets ease

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar nursed last week’s losses on Monday and was headed...

30th May, 2022

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Ukraine war hits Africa’s most vulnerable as aid costs spike

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – A small charity broke ground this year on a clinic in norther...

30th May, 2022

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Biden heads to Texas town crushed by deadliest mass school shooting in a decade

(Corrects to remove extra letter in “Greg” in paragraph 15 and adds dropped word “school” in headlin...

29th May, 2022

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List of new cardinals named by Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Here is a list of the 21 men Pope Francis will install as Roman Catholic ca...

29th May, 2022

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Shanghai to lift ‘unreasonable’ curbs on firms, Beijing eases restrictions

By Emily Chow and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Sunday “unreasonable” cur...

29th May, 2022

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Saving on water bills: More than just a drop in the ocean for businesses facing the cost-of-living crisis

By Josh Gill, CEO and Founder of Everflow The rising cost-of-living isn’t just a crisis facing consu...

27th May, 2022

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4th GDPR anniversary: Expert opinions on its impact, four years on

May 25th marks the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulatio...

27th May, 2022

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Exclusive: How Russian billionaire Melnichenko shielded assets from European sanctions

By David Gauthier-Villars and Gabriela Baczynska ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian businessman A...

27th May, 2022