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Image for EU awaits Trump letter as markets digest latest tariff salvo
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EU awaits Trump letter as markets digest latest tariff salvo

By Julia Payne and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union braced on Friday to rece...

11th July, 2025

Image for Levi Strauss shares jump after raising forecasts on strong global denim demand
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Levi Strauss shares jump after raising forecasts on strong global denim demand

(Reuters) -Levi Strauss shares surged more than 7% in premarket trading on Friday after the denim ma...

11th July, 2025

Image for EU population hits record 450 million on another migration boost
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EU population hits record 450 million on another migration boost

By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record...

11th July, 2025

Image for Brookfield, Stonepeak and Air Liquide shortlisted for Macquarie's $3.6 billion S. Korean gas firm, sources say
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Brookfield, Stonepeak and Air Liquide shortlisted for Macquarie's $3.6 billion S. Korean gas firm, sources say

By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Macquarie Asset Management has shortlisted Brook...

11th July, 2025

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ECB should ease monetary policy if disinflationary trends intensify, Panetta says

MILAN (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should continue to loosen its monetary policy if threats...

11th July, 2025

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UniCredit CEO says no plans to abandon Commerzbank investment, newspaper reports

MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit has no plans to heed the advice of the German government to drop its ambi...

11th July, 2025

Image for Norway's DNB posts profit miss on soft interest income, loan losses
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Norway's DNB posts profit miss on soft interest income, loan losses

(Reuters) -Norway's largest bank DNB on Friday reported smaller than expected second-quarter earning...

11th July, 2025

Image for Analysis-Isolated and fearing a ban, Germany's far-right tones down the rhetoric
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Analysis-Isolated and fearing a ban, Germany's far-right tones down the rhetoric

By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Last weekend, Germany's far-right lawmakers vowe...

11th July, 2025

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German wholesale prices rise 0.9% in June

(Reuters) -German wholesale prices rose by 0.9% in June compared with the same month last year, acco...

11th July, 2025

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French inflation revised higher to 0.9% as service costs rise

(Reuters) -The preliminary reading of France's consumer price inflation was confirmed in June, match...

11th July, 2025

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Citigroup sets mid-2026 target of 1,150 for MSCI's global equity index

(Reuters) -Citigroup on Friday introduced its mid-2026 target for the MSCI All Country World Index (...

11th July, 2025

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Fitch upgrades Bulgaria to 'BBB+' on euro adoption approval

(Reuters) -Global ratings agency Fitch on Thursday upgraded Bulgaria's long-term foreign-currency is...

11th July, 2025