By Shashwat Chauhan, Nikhil Sharma and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -European shares on Friday suffered their steepest decline in three weeks after a robust U.S. jobs report stoked fresh inflation fears and solidified expectations of a cautious approach to rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The pan-European STOXX 600 dropped 0.8%, its most significant fall since …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ample fiscal policy space and tools to support economic growth this year and it will step up spending to spur investment, Vice Finance Minister Liao Min said on Friday. More proactive fiscal policy can be expected in 2025, in terms of its strength, efficiency and timing, Liao said at a …
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(Reuters) – U.S. private equity fund KKR is exploring a potential sale of Viridor Ltd, which could value the UK waste management firm at as much as 7 billion pounds ($8.55 billion) including debt, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. ($1 = 0.8189 pounds) (Reporting by Aatrayee Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
(Reuters) -British midcap stocks logged their biggest weekly decline in more than a year on Friday, as surging borrowing costs on the back of higher inflation expectations and concerns about Donald Trump’s return to the White House hammered risk sentiment. The FTSE 250 index, which is made up of companies that closely track the domestic …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain announced new sanctions on Friday against 15 people associated with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, saying they were responsible for human rights violations and undermining democracy and the rule of law. The sanctions target 15 individuals, including the head of Venezuela’s top court, members of the security forces and military officials, …
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CHICAGO, 10 ene (Reuters) -El Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos bajó sus estimaciones para la producción local de maíz y soja más de lo que esperaban los analistas, en un informe mensual sobre la oferta y la demanda, lo que provocaba un alza de los precios. Los futuros del maíz subían a un máximo …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s Infosys filed a counterclaim against rival Cognizant in a Texas federal court on Thursday, accusing the U.S.-based company of engaging in anti-competitive practices and poaching key executives. India’s second-largest software company accused Cognizant of anti-competitive practices including clauses in contracts that stop clients from awarding IT services work to competitors and refusing …
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By Timour Azhari and John Irish BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria’s new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior military posts is a security concern and bad for their image as they try to forge ties with foreign states, two sources familiar with the matter said. …
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Los Angeles (Reuters) – Hoffnungsschimmer in Los Angeles: Die Feuerwehr erzielt erste Erfolge im Kampf gegen die schwersten Waldbrände in der Geschichte der US-Westküstenmetropole. Den Rettungskräften kam am Freitag eine Pause bei den heftigen Winden zugute, die die Feuer angefacht hatten. Meteorologen warnten jedoch davor, dass starke Böen am Wochenende zurückkehren könnten. Die Windverhältnisse im …
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(Reuters) – German advertising group Stroeer is mulling a potential 4 billion euros ($4.10 billion) sale of its billboard unit, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The company is working with advisers and has received interest for its billboard unit from private equity firms including Hellman & Friedman and KKR, the report said, citing people familiar …
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