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Wall Street ends lower, oil dips as Fed looms

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed down on Tuesday and crude prices fell as inv...

18th December, 2024

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Investing

UK’s FTSE 100 hits three-week low after strong pay data; Bunzl slumps

(Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped to a three-week low on Tuesday after domestic data showing st...

18th December, 2024

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Investing

Banks, oil stocks knock European shares to two-week lows

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 fell to two-week lows on Tuesda...

18th December, 2024

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Parties unveil plans to rescue Germany from economic doldrums

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s main political parties presented...

17th December, 2024

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Investing

Oil dips on demand concerns as investors await Fed meeting

By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Tuesday as Chinese economic data renewed demand...

17th December, 2024

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Finance

Exclusive-China plans record budget deficit of 4% of GDP in 2025, say sources

(Reuters) -Chinese leaders agreed last week to raise the budget deficit to 4% of gross domestic prod...

17th December, 2024

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Banking

European shares soft, dollar firms ahead of central bank meetings

By Samuel Indyk and Ankur Banerjee LONDON (Reuters) -European shares were mostly lower while the dol...

17th December, 2024

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QUOTES-Economists on German parties’ election programmes

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germans are preparing to go to the polls on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz l...

17th December, 2024

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Business

German business sentiment tumbles in December amid ‘chronic’ weakness

By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale worsened more than expected in December, a s...

17th December, 2024

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Investing

Oil, healthcare stocks knock European shares to two-week lows

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European shares fell to two-week lows on Tuesday, led by energy and hea...

17th December, 2024

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ECB’s Rehn says speed, scale of rate cuts to be decided at each meeting

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that euro area inflation is m...

17th December, 2024

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Swiss economy to grow 1.5% next year, government forecasts

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss economy will grow by 1.5% next year, the government forecast on Tuesday...

17th December, 2024