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Image for French bond yields dip but remain near 24-year high in volatile trading
Finance

French bond yields dip but remain near 24-year high in volatile trading

By Stefano Rebaudo Oct 20 (Reuters) - French government bond yields remained near 24-year highs on T...

20th October, 2026

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Poland's parliament sets November date for vote on central bank chief's tribunal referral

WARSAW, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Poland's lower house will vote in the second half of November on whether...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Betting giant Flutter to axe up to 1,400 jobs in UK and Ireland as tax hike bites

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Betting giant Flutter Entertainment plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs across its UK a...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Deutsche Post plans hikes to German letter postage rates to offset rising costs

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Deutsche Post, part of DHL, said on Tuesday it planned to raise letter postage ra...

20th October, 2026

Image for Exclusive-Qualcomm to cut jobs worldwide in performance-focused layoffs, internal memo shows
Finance

Exclusive-Qualcomm to cut jobs worldwide in performance-focused layoffs, internal memo shows

By Aditya Soni and Jaspreet Singh Oct 20 (Reuters) - Qualcomm will cut jobs globally in a "performan...

20th October, 2026

Image for UK stocks slip as banks and commodity-linked stocks weigh
Finance

UK stocks slip as banks and commodity-linked stocks weigh

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 ended lower on Tuesday as banks and commodity-linked stocks we...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Sterling rises as strong labour market data reinforces rate hike bets 

By Samuel Indyk LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The British pound rose on Tuesday after jobs data pointed...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Meta's AI spending, Muse assistant adoption in focus for quarterly results

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Meta's massive artificial intelligence outlays and adoption of its Muse personal...

20th October, 2026

Image for Britain seeks to break Apple's grip on contactless payments
Finance

Britain seeks to break Apple's grip on contactless payments

By Paul Sandle LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday it was see...

20th October, 2026

Image for German regulator fines Nomura over Commerzbank disclosure breaches
Finance

German regulator fines Nomura over Commerzbank disclosure breaches

Oct 20 (Reuters) - German financial regulator Bafin said on Tuesday it had fined Japanese investment...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Enel denies report that it seeks to reduce stake in Spain's Endesa

MADRID, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Italian energy giant Enel said on Tuesday it has no plan to reduce its st...

20th October, 2026

Image for Factbox-Airlines cancel flights to Saudi Arabia after Riyadh airport attacks
Finance

Factbox-Airlines cancel flights to Saudi Arabia after Riyadh airport attacks

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Airlines are cancelling flights to Saudi Arabia following the deadly attacks on R...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Amazon to invest over €16 billion in Germany next year

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion (about $18 billion) in Germany in 20...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Google Cloud outage in UK eases after impacting digital banks, public sector websites

By Anhata Rooprai Oct 20 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday its cloud services in the UK...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Exclusive-ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over $35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders

Oct 20 (Reuters) - ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia's new R...

20th October, 2026

Image for German ZEW investor morale falls more than expected as energy prices weigh
Finance

German ZEW investor morale falls more than expected as energy prices weigh

By Linda Pasquini Oct 20 (Reuters) - German investor morale fell more than expected in October, the...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Germany's Merz touts defence, AI and chip investment drive in pitch to investors

BERLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Germany is investing heavily in sectors including defence, semiconductors...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Italy's Eni to increase gas processing capacity in Egypt's Western Desert

MILAN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Eni will increase its gas processing capacity in Egypt's Western Desert wi...

20th October, 2026

Image for Ryanair CEO tells Europe to ready for biggest airfare hike in history
Finance

Ryanair CEO tells Europe to ready for biggest airfare hike in history

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - European airfares will see their "biggest increase...

20th October, 2026

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Finance

Italian banks, insurers and state lender CDP will help fund 2027 budget, deputy PM says

ROME, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Italian banks, insurers and other financial institutions including state le...

20th October, 2026