French government to present 2025 belt-tightening budget
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government is to deliver its 2025 budget on Thursday with plans for 60 b..
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Britain sets out funding model for renewable energy storage projects
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will offer developers of renewable energy storage projects, such as pumped ..
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Multilateral banks could lend up to $480 billion more before rating downgrades, Fitch says
(Reuters) – A dozen of the largest multilateral development banks could collectively lend a further half-trillion dollars..
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Insurer Aviva secures $2 billion pensions buy-in
LONDON (Reuters) – British insurer Aviva has completed a 1.5 billion pound ($1.96 billion) bulk annuity buy-in deal with ..
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Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate o..
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Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to trio of protein pioneers
By Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard, Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hass..
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Spain grants $146 million subsidy to Stellantis for potential EV battery plant
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has granted automaker Stellantis a 133 million euro ($146 million) subsidy for its potential bat..
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UK population rises to 68.3 million, driven by immigration
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s population grew by 1% in annual terms to 68.3 million as of mid-2023, mainly due t..
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Thirty marathons in 30 days: Briton tests his stamina to raise funds for rare disease
By Horaci Garcia and Nacho Doce BARCELONA (Reuters) – When Mike Humphreys finished his 42 kilometre (26.1 miles) run in B..
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Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a t..
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Global money market funds draw large inflows in the week to Oct. 2
(Reuters) – Global money market funds attracted large inflows in the week to Oct. 2 as investor caution ahead of a key U...
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Greece’s growth seen nearly unchanged in 2025, draft budget shows
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government is forecasting economic growth of 2.3% in 2025, outperformi..
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Exclusive-Samsung Electronics says it is not interested in spinning off foundry business
By Neil Jerome Morales and Heekyong Yang MANILA/SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics is not interested in spinning off i..
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Pfizer wins bid to invalidate GSK’s patents over RSV vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) – Pfizer on Monday won a bid in a London court to invalidate two of GSK’s patents relating to a re..
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Adani Group in talks to buy Heidelberg’s Indian cement operations, paper says
BENGALURU (Reuters) -The Adani Group is in talks to buy the Indian cement operations of Germany’s Heidelberg Materials in..
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Japan leads Asia stock rally, dollar firms after blowout US payrolls
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rallied and the dollar reached a fresh seven-week peak on the yen on Mon..
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Factbox-2024 Nobel prizes announced this week
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology ..
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Soccer-Beleaguered Man United battle to 0-0 draw at Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Manchester United ground out a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa on Sunday with the club suffering their w..
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UK pay growth weakest since February 2021, REC survey show
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobs market showed more signs of cooling in September as pay growth increased at the s..
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ECB will probably cut rates in Oct on risk of too low inflation: Villeroy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Oct 17 as economic growth is weak and..
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Dollar hovers near six-week high ahead of US jobs report; sterling attempts recovery
By Ankur Banerjee and Medha Singh SINGAPORE/LODNON (Reuters) – The dollar hovered near a six-week high on Friday ahead of..
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Bayer sees Intacta2 Xtend GMO seed covering 30% of Brazil’s soybeans
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer forecasts that some 30% of Brazil’s soybean area will be sowed with its..
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England’s NHS to offer Lilly’s weight-loss drug to some patients
(Reuters) – England’s National Health Services will offer Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug to nearly a quarter mi..
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Telecom Italia board to meet Friday over bid for Sparkle unit, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) will hold a board meeting on Friday over a 700 million euro ($772 million) non-bin..
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Exclusive-Germany to vote against EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, sources say
By Andreas Rinke FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany on Friday will vote against the introduction of European Union tariffs on Chinese..
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Sabadell CEO says 2024 full-year profit could top 1.6 billion euros
MADRID (Reuters) – The CEO of Spain’s Sabadell, Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno, on Thursday said the bank could earn more tha..
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SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital..
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SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital..
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Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Services PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely t..
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France to stick with wind power development targets
PARIS (Reuters) – France is aiming for a target growth rate of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) per year in onshore wind power, Energy ministe..
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ECB’s top conservative shifts tone with sanguine inflation message
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to ease back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target on a durab..
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LME monitors tightness in aluminium market after spike in spread
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) is tracking tightness in the aluminium market, which has see..
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Big oil’s big payouts under strain as energy prices fall
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Major energy companies are set to borrow billions to maintain shareholder payouts or cut the ra..
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Bonds rally, dollar firms as traders ponder rate cuts
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Government bonds rallied on Tuesday as euro zone inflation data boosted the case for faster European Centr..
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CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its..
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Italy and BlackRock discuss potential data centres investment
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the head of the U.S. fund BlackRock Inc, Larry Fink, in Rome o..
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French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected
French retailer Casino to present new strategy with heavy job cuts expected
PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarket chain Casino will set out its new strategy in November, with heavy job cuts still likely, it said on..
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