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Banking

Bank of England to keep rates steady as price pressures linger

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates at 4.75% o...

19th December, 2024

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Business

Dealmakers eye $4 trillion-plus M&A haul in 2025

By Anirban Sen, Anousha Sakoui and Kane Wu LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Top dealmakers expe...

19th December, 2024

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Trading

UK’s FTSE slides to 1-mo low as Fed dampens mood ahead of BoE

(Reuters) – UK’s main FTSE 100 stock index dropped 1% and revisited its near one-month low on Thursd...

19th December, 2024

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Trading

German exports to UK surge amid gold rally, leaving U.S. behind

By Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) – German exports to Britain are growing faster than to any other cou...

19th December, 2024

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Banking

Swedish central bank cuts policy rate, cautious on easing in 2025

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter...

19th December, 2024

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Business

Covestro shareholders accept ADNOC’s XRG takeover offer

(Refiles to correct timing of Egypt JV in paragraph 10) By Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) – XRG, the in...

19th December, 2024

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Trading

European stocks tumble after Fed’s hawkish signal

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European stocks tumbled on Thursday, on course for their biggest percen...

19th December, 2024

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Trading

Pound rocked by tough-talking Fed ahead of BoE decision

By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling inched higher on Thursday as it recovered some of its...

19th December, 2024

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Top Stories

BOJ keeps rates steady, hawkish board member dissents

By Leika Kihara, Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on...

19th December, 2024

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Technology

Italy’s Treasury, Asterion file binding bid for Telecom Italia subsea unit

ROME (Reuters) – A consortium led by the Italian economy ministry has filed a 700 million euro ($733...

19th December, 2024

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Analysis-US stocks face headwind from rising yields after Fed signals fewer rate cuts

By Lewis Krauskopf and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rally in U.S. stocks is encountering a...

19th December, 2024

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Investing

Dealmakers eye $4 trillion-plus M&A haul in 2025

By Anirban Sen, Anousha Sakoui and Kane Wu LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Top dealmakers expe...

19th December, 2024