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Finance

Weak pound and yen shore up dollar, bonds and payrolls in focus

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar made a limp recovery in early Asian tra...

2nd September, 2025

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European regulator says tokenised stocks risk 'investor misunderstanding'

By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS (Reuters) -Blockchain-based assets which provide exposure to equities co...

1st September, 2025

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Italy close to exiting EU's excess deficit procedure, ECB's Lagarde says

ROME (Reuters) -Italy will soon leave the European Union's excessive deficit procedure as it is clos...

1st September, 2025

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Finance

UK stocks close slightly higher supported by precious metal miners, defence stocks

(Reuters) -London equities edged higher on Monday, with precious metal miners and defence stocks lea...

1st September, 2025

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Irish inflation rose to 1.8% in August, flash estimate shows

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish consumer prices rose 1.8% year-on-year in August from 1.6% a month earlier,...

1st September, 2025

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Putin proposes Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members should issue joint bonds

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed that members of the 10-nation...

1st September, 2025

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Finance

Sterling on track for three-day slide versus euro amid fiscal concerns

(Corrects paragraphs 3 and 5 to say 30-year gilt yields were near their highest levels since the lat...

1st September, 2025

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Poland's manufacturing sector contracts again in August, PMI shows

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's manufacturing sector contracted further in August, marked by ongoing decl...

1st September, 2025

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Finance

STOXX 600 ends higher on defence boost; Novo Nordisk jumps after Wegovy data

(Reuters) -European shares edge higher on Monday, supported by healthcare stocks after data showed D...

1st September, 2025

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Morning Bid: China markets latest to get AI fever

(Reuters) -A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a resis...

1st September, 2025

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UK competition watchdog begins initial probe into Greencore-Bakkavor deal

(Reuters) -Britain's competition regulator on Monday launched an investigation into convenience food...

1st September, 2025

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ECB's Lagarde warns of risk to world economy via Trump interference on Fed

PARIS (Reuters) -If U.S. President Donald Trump removed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell or Fe...

1st September, 2025