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Global Factory Activity Improves on Growing Demand
Date: February 2, 2026
By Leika Kihara and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU/TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Global factory activity improved last month, with a better performance by key Asian exporters and a return to manufacturing...
London's FTSE 100 at Record as Financials, Defensive Plays Offset Commodity-Linked Losses
Date: February 2, 2026
Feb 2 (Reuters) - The UK's FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday, as investors piled into defensive pharma and consumer staples stocks amid a global selloff in energy and metal shares. The blue-chip FTSE...
Romania Gears up to Better Monitor Black Sea Pending Offshore Gas Project
Date: February 2, 2026
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Romania will have advanced detection capabilities in the Black Sea by 2027 to protect a pending offshore gas project that will make it into a net gas...
German Retail Industry Sees 2% Revenue Growth in 2026
Date: February 2, 2026
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Germany's retail sector expects 2026 revenue to rise by 2%, industry association HDE said on Monday, reflecting tepid consumer sentiment in Europe's largest...
Hungary's Tisza Party Maintains Lead Over Orban's Ruling Fidesz, Poll Shows
Date: February 2, 2026
BUDAPEST, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Hungary's centre-right opposition Tisza party kept an eight-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing nationalist Fidesz party in January, a poll showed on...
UK Manufacturing PMI Rises to Highest Since August 2024
Date: February 2, 2026
By David Milliken LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A closely watched barometer of the health of Britain's manufacturing sector rose to its highest since August 2024 in January as inflows of new work...