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HeadlinesGerman unemployment rises slightly in February
Britain's FTSE 100 hits new peak on miners strength, on track for eighth monthly gain
Date: February 27, 2026
Feb 27 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 climbed to a fresh record high on Friday and was set for its eighth straight monthly rise, boosted by heavyweight miners as lingering tariff concerns fuelled safe-...
Irish retail sales jump 3% year-on-year in January
Date: February 27, 2026
DUBLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Ireland's retail sales rose by 1.5% in January from the previous month and were 3% higher than a year earlier, rising at the quickest year-on-year pace in four months,...
JPMorgan takes profit on Chinese yuan rally
Date: February 27, 2026
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - JPMorgan's analysts said they were closing their long offshore Chinese yuan position after the country's central bank cut the cost of buying dollar forwards on Friday in a...
LME launches consultation for proposed rules on position limits
Date: February 27, 2026
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) on Friday issued a consultation paper on proposed changes to rules on position limits to comply with a directive from Britain's financial...
CPP, Equinix to buy Nordic data center operator atNorth in $4 billion deal
Date: February 27, 2026
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Equinix have agreed to acquire Nordic data center operator atNorth from private equity firm Partners Group in a deal valued at about $4...
German union says truce reached in dispute with Tesla
Date: February 27, 2026
Feb 26 (Reuters) - Tesla and German union IG Metall have agreed for now to set aside their dispute over a labour meeting at the carmaker's plant outside Berlin this month, the union said on Thursday....