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UK Inflation to Average 2.5% in 2026, Obr Forecasts
FinanceUK to Remove Stamp Duty Tax From Newly London-Listed Shares for 3 Years
UK Watchdog's Early Budget Release Steals Reeves' Thunder, Stirs Markets Frenzy
China's Slow-Motion Stock Rally Starts to Win Investor Trust
Monte Dei Paschi Shares Bounce After Report That Markets Watchdog Rules Out Hidden Shareholder Pact
Date: December 8, 2025
MILAN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Shares in Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena rose on Monday, lifted by a weekend report that markets regulator Consob found no evidence of a secret accord among the bank's top...
Israel's Netanyahu to Discuss Second Phase of Gaza Plan With Trump Later This Month
Date: December 8, 2025
(Corrects timing of announcement of Netanyahu's invitation in paragraph 3) By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the second...
Swiss Re Stock Slides After New Profit Target Falls Short of Expectations
Date: December 8, 2025
By John Revill and Oliver Hirt ZURICH, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Swiss Re shares dropped 7.5% on Friday after the world's second-largest reinsurer announced a new profit target that fell short of market...
Post-Budget Rally Keeps Sterling Hovering Around Five-Week High
Date: December 8, 2025
By Joice Alves LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Sterling edged up against the dollar and was set for its second consecutive week on the rise as budget worries receded and a revision of UK business activity...
Morning Bid: Tepid End to Torrid November
Date: December 8, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee On perhaps the slowest trading day of the year, investors are dealing with an outage on CME Group platform affecting...
Warner Bros Fight Heats up With $108 Billion Hostile Bid From Paramount
Date: December 8, 2025
By Harshita Mary Varghese, Aditya Soni and Dawn Chmielewski Dec 8 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, in a last-ditch effort...