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Investors Look Beyond US Hedge Funds for the First Time Since 2023, Barclays Says
Global Chip Sales Expected to Hit $1 Trillion This Year, Industry Group Says
Markets Expect UK Interest Rates to Bottom Out at 3.0% in Q1 2027, BoE Survey Shows
FTSE 100 Rises as Heavyweight Banks Offset Relx Drop; Logs Weekly Gain
Norway to Probe Epstein Revelations as Scandal Reverberates Round Europe
Date: February 6, 2026
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Norway looks set to launch an inquiry into its own foreign ministry over links to late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, one of several European nations to...
ECB's Kocher Sees Dollar Weakness Rather Than Euro Strength
Date: February 6, 2026
VIENNA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The euro's current strength against the dollar is mainly due to weakness of the U.S. currency that may be what Washington wants, European Central Bank policymaker Martin...
Sterling Recovers Some BoE-led Losses, Politics Loom Large
Date: February 6, 2026
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The pound rose on Friday, recovering some of the previous day's steep slide that followed a surprisingly tight vote from the Bank of England to leave rates...
Big Tech's $600 Billion Spending Plans Exacerbate Investors' AI Headache
Date: February 6, 2026
By Lucy Raitano LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Global technology and data stocks slid again on Friday, as a rout showed no signs of abating on worries over the impact of powerful new AI models on their...
Germany's Merz Says EU Willing to Talk to Russia, but Will Not Hold 'parallel' Talks
Date: February 6, 2026
BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that the European Union is always willing to hold talks with Russia in an effort to end the war in Ukraine, but will not "open...
Amazon Shares Slide as $200 Billion Outlay Fans Fears Over AI Returns
Date: February 6, 2026
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Amazon shares dropped 8% in premarket trading on Friday after the company's hefty capital expenditure plans deepened investor worries over Big Tech's spending spree on artificial...