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BlackRock to back fewer shareholder resolutions in this AGM season

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock said on Tuesday it expected to support fewer shareholde...

10th May, 2022

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Italy industry output flat in March after February jump

ROME, May 10 (Reuters) – Italian industrial output held up much better than expected in March, posti...

10th May, 2022

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Ukraine’s Odesa douses fires after Russian Victory Day strikes

By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Firefighters battled blazes...

10th May, 2022

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Takeaway quits Romania; shares inch up from all-time lows

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Just Eat Takeaway.com NV, Europe’s largest food delivery company, on Tuesday s...

10th May, 2022

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Swiss to vote on streaming tax, European border agency

By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to make global video str...

10th May, 2022

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N.Korea missile launched from sub last week appears same model as last year’s -Japan minister

TOKYO (Reuters) – The ballistic missile North Korea launched last week appears to be the same model...

10th May, 2022

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Travel demand helps Fraport’s Q1 sales but war hurts profits

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany airport operator Fraport reported better-than-expected sales on Tuesda...

10th May, 2022

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Oil drops as economic worries, strong dollar weigh

By Florence Tan (Reuters) – Oil prices dropped more than 1% on Tuesday, extending the previous day’s...

10th May, 2022

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NATO membership would strengthen Nordic defence, Swedish defence minister says

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Nordic region’s defence capabilities would be strengthened if Sweden and F...

10th May, 2022

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Stablecoin Terra’s broken dollar peg hits wider crypto markets

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – TerraUSD, the world’s fourth-largest stablecoin, lost a third of...

10th May, 2022

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Munich Re posts 3% rise in Q1 profit, writes down Russian and Ukraine bonds

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Munich Re on Tuesday posted a 3% rise in net profit for the first quarter, wei...

10th May, 2022

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South African labour union to strike at ArcelorMittal over wages

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s metal-workers’ union said it will launch a wage-related strike...

10th May, 2022