By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s biggest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has made its first proprietary bitcoin trade, buying 1 million euros ($1 million) of the world’s largest digital currency in what CEO Carlo Messina described as “a test”. Intesa in 2023 set up a proprietary trading desk for digital assets and last year started handling …
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By Paul Sandle and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will use new regulatory powers to investigate Google’s search services to see how they impact consumers and businesses, including advertisers and rivals, following U.S. calls to break up the tech giant. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which gained a wider remit over big tech this …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday on a visit intended to send a clear signal of Europe’s support ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has pushed for swift talks to end the Ukraine war. “The first and most important thing is to make it very …
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Por Tim McLaughlin y Joshua Schneyer OMAHA, EEUU, 14 ene (Reuters) – En su carta a los inversores del año pasado, el presidente de la empresa Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, instó a “respirar el aire, beber el agua” y asistir a la junta anual de accionistas de la empresa en Omaha, su ciudad natal. La …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Clariant said it would defend itself against a claim from German rival BASF seeking 1.4 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in damages from a group of companies, including Clariant, fined by the EU for colluding in the purchase of ethylene before 2020. Clariant was served with a claim targeting four companies on Jan. 9, …
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Por Florence Tan y Siyi Liu SINGAPUR, 14 ene (Reuters) – Los fletes de los superpetroleros se dispararon después de que Estados Unidos amplió las sanciones a la industria petrolera rusa, lo que hizo que los operadores se apresuraran a reservar buques para enviar suministros de otros países a China e India, informaron intermediarios de …
ZURICH (Reuters) – Bayer will focus on paying down debt and not make any major acquisitions in the next two or three years, the head of the German company’s pharmaceuticals division said in an interview published on Tuesday. “I don’t see any major acquisitions in the next two or three years at least,” Stefan Oelrich …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese commerce ministry said on Tuesday that it had added seven U.S. companies to its so-called “Unreliable Entity List” for their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan, which China regards as part of its territory. Effective from Tuesday, the blacklisted companies, which include Inter-Coastal Electronics, will be banned from exporting to …
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LONDRES, 14 ene (Reuters) – Catalina, princesa de Gales, visitó el martes un hospital londinense en el que se sometió a un tratamiento contra el cáncer el año pasado para agradecer personalmente a los médicos sus cuidados y su apoyo, informó su oficina. La princesa británica, de 43 años, recibió quimioterapia preventiva después de que …
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(Reuters) -Britain could need as much as 40 billion pounds ($49 billion) for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in southeast England, nearly double the developer EDF’s initial estimate, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. New nuclear plants to replace its ageing fleet are key to Britain’s efforts to meet climate targets and boost …
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