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Investors went on January emerging market buying spree, report shows

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Investors piled into emerging market countries' debt to the tune of...

18th February, 2025

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Factbox-Policies of Friedrich Merz's Germany's conservatives

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its...

18th February, 2025

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Europe's options for paying for better defence readiness

By Jan Strupczewski and Yoruk Bahceli BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is discussing how to f...

18th February, 2025

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Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace, wants membership pledge scrapped

By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants NATO to disavow its 2008 pro...

18th February, 2025

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German investor morale improves ahead of election

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) - German investor morale posted its strongest increase in two yea...

18th February, 2025

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Europe stocks end at record high with defence spending spike in focus

(Reuters) - European shares rose to an all-time high on Tuesday as defence stocks continued to climb...

18th February, 2025

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Edenred sees 2025 headwinds overshadow profit beat; shares fall

By Dimitri Rhodes and Hugo Lhomedet (Reuters) - French vouchers provider Edenred said on Tuesday it...

18th February, 2025

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Trading platform Plus500 reports lower margins, shares fall

(Reuters) - Trading platform Plus500 on Tuesday forecast annual performance in line with market expe...

18th February, 2025

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Holiday Inn owner IHG's $900 million share buyback disappoints, shares fall

By Raechel Thankam Job and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Holiday Inn owner IHG is returning more than...

18th February, 2025

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French consumer inflation confirmed at +1.8% y/y in January

(Reuters) - Consumer prices in France were up 1.8% year-on-year in January, statistics office INSEE...

18th February, 2025

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US dollar gains vs major currencies as Russia-Ukraine peace talks stall

By Ankur Banerjee and Greta Rosen Fondahn SINGAPORE/GDANSK (Reuters) -The dollar firmed on Tuesday a...

18th February, 2025

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Exclusive-EU antitrust chief says Trump has upended Europe-US relations

By George Hay and Foo Yun Chee LONDON (Reuters) - The EU's competition chief says U.S. President Don...

18th February, 2025