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Caixabank ups profitability target, unveils $1.9 billion share buy-back

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – Caixabank raised its key profitability target for 2024 and announ...

17th May, 2022

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Factbox-COVID-hit Chinese cities seek exit from painful lockdown

By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo (Reuters) – Plans by COVID-hit Chinese cities to exit or avoid lockdown...

17th May, 2022

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The dollar’s primacy will not be threatened by sanctions against Russia

By Nicholas Sargen, Darden School of Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses one of the biggest...

17th May, 2022

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Dollar firm at 2-decade highs as Aussie, yuan sink

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The Australian dollar and the Chinese yuan came under pressu...

16th May, 2022

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New development strategy to better target aid, says Britain

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will try to better direct its aid budget to nations to help foster econom...

16th May, 2022

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Euro zone trade plunges into record deficit in March on energy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone trade balance swung into a record deficit in March, data showed on Mo...

16th May, 2022

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Ukraine war to slash euro zone 2022 growth, boost inflation -EU

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting surge in ener...

16th May, 2022

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Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency ag...

16th May, 2022

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European shares slide as weak China data stokes recession woes

By Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European shares fell on Monday, with French and German stocks losing up t...

16th May, 2022

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Shanghai aims for June 1 return to normal as COVID lockdown batters economy

By Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the end...

16th May, 2022

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Turkey must keep diplomatic balance for peace talks -Erdogan adviser

By Orhan Coskun, Can Sezer and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey must maintain a delicate...

16th May, 2022

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Dollar dips to end trading week but set for weekly gain

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slipped on Friday as a rally in equities contri...

13th May, 2022