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Investors brace for US payrolls data, euro flat amid France turmoil

By Iain Withers and Stella Qiu LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Investors awaited U.S. payrolls data on Frid...

6th December, 2024

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Oil set for weekly loss on surplus fears despite OPEC+ cut extensions

By Enes Tunagur (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Friday as analysts continued to forecast a supply surp...

6th December, 2024

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Business

Investors set to vote on Vivendi’s breakup gamble

By Gianluca Lo Nostro, Leo Marchandon and Florence Loeve (Reuters) – Vivendi will seek shareholder a...

6th December, 2024

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Rattled by China, West scrambles to rejig critical minerals supply chains

By Amy Lv, Divya Rajagopal and Ernest Scheyder BEIJING/TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) – China’s trade rest...

6th December, 2024

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Finance

Aviva set to buy Direct Line to create $21 billion British insurer

By Yadarisa Shabong and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -British insurer Aviva has agreed to...

6th December, 2024

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UK’s FTSE 100 slips on utilities losses; indexes set for weekly gains

(Reuters) – The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 edged lower on Friday, pressured by losses in defence stocks...

6th December, 2024

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Finance

Norway’s wealth fund can start selling Russian stocks, finance ministry says

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest,...

6th December, 2024

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German industrial output unexpectedly falls in October

By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -German industrial production unexpectedly fell in October, owing...

6th December, 2024

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Banking

Cash draws biggest weekly inflow since March 2023, BofA says

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors ploughed $136.4 billion into cash in the week to Wednesday, the biggest...

6th December, 2024

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Investing

Morning Bid: Risk-wary markets count down to payrolls

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Risk sentiment took a hit in...

6th December, 2024

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Business

UK ‘will think carefully’ on retaliating if hit by Trump tariffs, business minister tells FT

(Reuters) -Britain will think very carefully about retaliating if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’...

6th December, 2024

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The pressure’s on: Five questions for the ECB

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank looks set to cu...

6th December, 2024