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Finland's Nordea Bank just beats Q4 estimates on "slow" lending market recovery

(Reuters) - Finnish lender Nordea Bank reported fourth-quarter operating earnings slightly above est...

30th January, 2025

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BBVA plans $1 billion share buyback and expects Sabadell bid approval

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's BBVA on Thursday said its fourth-quarter net profit rose 18% from the same...

30th January, 2025

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H&M reports weaker than expected fourth-quarter sales

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish fast-fashion retailer H&M reported weaker than expected sales for its...

30th January, 2025

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Finance

Shell dividend hike drives shares higher despite profit miss

(Reuters) - Shell reported a smaller fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as the oil major took a hit...

30th January, 2025

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STMicroelectronics says too early to guide for 2025 after gloomy Q1 view

By Nathan Vifflin and Leo Marchandon (Reuters) -STMicroelectronics, one of Europe's largest chipmake...

30th January, 2025

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Roche sees high single-digit core profit growth in 2025

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swiss drugs and diagnostics company Roche said on Thursday it...

30th January, 2025

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Bank of England readies rate cut and could hint at more to come

By Andy Bruce (Reuters) - The Bank of England looks likely to cut interest rates next week, when it...

30th January, 2025

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US dollar edges higher against peers amid fresh tariff threats, ECB cut

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dollar bulls were ready to pounce on the euro on Thursday should th...

30th January, 2025

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Microsoft, Meta back big AI spending despite DeepSeek's low costs

By Aditya Soni and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) - Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a br...

30th January, 2025

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US tariff threat limits oil prices

(Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed in early trading on Thursday, as markets watched for tari...

30th January, 2025

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Germany's private LNG terminal fears state operator may undercut it

By Vera Eckert MUKRAN, Germany (Reuters) - Private German liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal opera...

29th January, 2025

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German tax revenue rose more than expected in 2024, finance ministry says

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state government tax revenue rose 3.8% in...

29th January, 2025