Dollar dips ahead of Powell speech
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar dipped against other major currencies on Friday, ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Cha..
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Hungary cenbank seen hiking 100 bps to 11.75% next week as inflation surges
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is expected to raise its base interest rate by 100 basis poi..
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Funds from electricity levy could help German households, says renewables association
BERLIN – A multi-billion-euro account fed by a now-suspended surcharge on electricity prices could be used to provide German hou..
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Global equity funds see large outflows on slowdown worries
(Reuters) – Global equity funds witnessed their biggest weekly capital withdrawals in five weeks in the week to Aug. 24 on conce..
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Heavy Norwegian gas maintenance adds to energy price pressure
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Norway, which has overtaken Russia as the biggest gas supplier to Europe in the wake of the war in..
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European stocks slip on dour German sentiment survey ahead of Powell speech
By Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Friday as investors fretted over downbeat German consumer sentiment data due to..
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Thousands of British postal workers walk out over pay
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 115,000 workers at Britain’s Royal Mail began the first of four days of strike action on Frid..
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Factbox-How far are UK energy bills set to rise and what help are consumers getting?
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem said on Friday the cap on domestic energy prices would rise to 3,549 p..
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FTSE 100 extends gains, Micro Focus soars on buyout deal
By Johann M Cherian and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -UK’s blue-chip index rose for a second straight day on Friday on gains in comm..
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Russian rouble opens flat, sticks to 60-mark against U.S. dollar
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble opened flat in trading on Friday as month-end tax payments by exporters helped keep the currency ..
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Sentiment among German exporters falls for third month in a row -Ifo
BERLIN (Reuters) – Sentiment among German exporters fell for the third month in a row in August as high gas prices and a weak gl..
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New UK PM will need to take urgent action on energy bills – Ofgem CEO
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister will need to act urgently to address the issue of soaring energy prices, t..
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UK’s Micro Focus shares nearly double after Canada’s OpenText agrees $6 billion takeover
By Eva Mathews and Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Shares of Micro Focus soared more than 90% on Friday after Canadian software company OpenText..
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Most of BP’s Whiting refinery units shut following fire -sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Most of the units at BP Plc’s 435,000 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana, refinery were out of production on Thursday ..
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Decision to end ECB reinvestments takes back seat to rate hikes, sources say
By Balazs Koranyi JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – The European Central Bank could soon start talks on ending reinvestments of cas..
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Carlsberg’s Poland unit could stop production; lack of CO2 threatens food industry
GDANSK (Reuters) -Danish brewery Carlsberg’s subsidiary in Poland could cut or halt beer production due to a lack of carbon diox..
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After rescue by Open Arms, 99 migrants wait to dock in Europe
By Juan Medina ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO, off Sicily (Reuters) – Around 30 nautical miles off the coast of Italy’s Sicily, ..
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Novartis to spin off generics business Sandoz next year
By Natalie Grover ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) -Novartis plans to spin off its underperforming generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on..
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Germany signs deal to give ownership of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany signed an agreement on Thursday to transfer ownership to Nigeria of the Benin Bronzes, among Africa&#..
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Citigroup says will close Russian consumer, commercial business
By Lananh Nguyen (Reuters) -Wall Street giant Citigroup Inc will close its consumer and commercial banking businesses in Russia starti..
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French wheat protein slips further in latest harvest results
PARIS (Reuters) – Nearly complete quality results from France’s soft wheat harvest showed slightly weaker protein levels t..
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Looks aren’t everything – British supermarkets to stock misshapen fruit amid drought
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Two British supermarket chains will stock bent carrots and other misshapen fruit and vege..
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UK tenants left frustrated by lack of communication with letting agents
British tenants still favour the phone for contacting letting agents Londoners contact their letting agents more than any other UK lo..
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Dollar edges lower as investors wait on Fed’s Powell
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index and the euro both slipped on Thursday in choppy trading as investors wai..
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Fortum says rising costs of Nordic power trading are “worrying”
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish utility Fortum on Thursday said low liquidity and high price volatility have creat..
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Europe’s Wizz Air considering a Saudi operating license
RIYADH (Reuters) -European budget carrier Wizz Air is considering basing an airline in Saudi Arabia as part an agreement signed with t..
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Oil firms must step up exploration off Norway to unlock potential -NPD
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Oil companies in Norway must increase their exploration activity in remote regions like th..
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Ukraine war, energy crisis send German business sentiment to lowest level since June 2020
By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale in August fell to its lowest reading since June 2020 amid high uncertainty ..
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Sterling rises 0.5% as dollar takes a breather
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling recouped some losses against the dollar on Thursday but was still languishing near a..
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FTSE 100 rebounds on energy, earnings lift
By Johann M Cherian and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -London’s blue-chip stock index bounced off two-week closing lows on Thursday, ..
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EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit – draft
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will urge the world’s biggest economies to improve their targets to..
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Energy stocks boost European shares ahead of ECB minutes
By Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -European shares firmed on Thursday on a boost from oil stocks ahead of minutes from the last policy meetin..
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Sony hikes PS5 price on economic pressures, rising rates
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -Sony Group Corp said on Thursday it was hiking the price of its PlayStation 5 games console in markets ..
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New UK PM must be radical to stop power bill catastrophe – think tank
By Humza Jilani LONDON(Reuters) -Britain’s next prime minister must adopt radical ideas – such as discounted power tariffs..
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Shell Energy to pay for overcharging price cap customers -Ofgem
(Reuters) -Shell Plc’s UK retail energy business has to pay 536,970 pounds ($635,181) for overcharging some customers on its def..
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Rouble steadies near 60 vs dollar; TCS, M.Video shares down after results
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble stabilised near 60 against the dollar on Thursday, lacking new momentum, while shares in T..
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Google to roll out anti-disinformation campaign in some EU countries
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Google’s Jigsaw subsidiary will launch a campaign next week to tackle disinformation ..
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