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Oil prices steady as news of Saudi, Russia meeting calms investors
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU -Oil prices steadied on Thursday after dropping to near 15-month lows earlier in the session, supported by re..
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Explainer-Credit Suisse: How did it get to crisis point?
By Anshuman Daga (Reuters) – Credit Suisse said on Thursday it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to sho..
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Global equities gain, as rising bond yields pressure gold
By Chris Prentice and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares stemmed a five-session rout on Tuesday as bank sha..
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Market stress indicators react sharply after U.S. bank failures
By Amanda Cooper, Yoruk Bahceli and Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Financial market stress indicators reacted sharply on Monda..
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Mobile games developer Huuuge says has $24.2 million at SVB
(Reuters) – Mobile games developer Huuuge Inc said late on Saturday about 10% of its cash and securities were held at the collap..
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US stock futures, bonds rally as markets flirt with Fed pause
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures rallied in tense Asian trade on Monday as authorities announced plans to lim..
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How to deal with data privacy in 2023
Chris Hyde, SVP global head of data solutions at Validity The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect..
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80% of British public want card payment fees slashed as the cost of living crisis hits businesses
Four in five Brits want retailers to pay less to card schemes and put money back into the pockets of embattled British ..
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Wall St flutters, Treasury yields ease as Powell resumes testimony
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks struggled for direction and Treasury yields wavered on Wednesday as a barrage o..
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Dollar jumps as Powell flags higher terminal rate
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar extended gains against a basket of currencies on Tuesday after Federal Reserve..
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Wall Street drops, Treasury yields gyrate on Fed Chairman Powell’s remarks
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated and benchmark Treasury yields wavered on Tuesday as Federal Reserve C..
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Wall Street stocks power higher as Treasury yields and dollar ease
By Lawrence Delevingne and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks posted strong gains while Treasury yields and the d..
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Dollar retreats, headed for biggest weekly loss since mid-January; bitcoin down
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slid from a 2-1/2-month high versus the Japanese yen on Friday,..
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Cepsa to nearly double investments over next 3 years as profit soars
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa plans to nearly double its investments over the next three years to a total of 3.6..
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Stocks mixed, dollar gains after robust inflation, jobs data
By Lawrence Delevingne and Marc Jones (Reuters) -Global stock markets were mixed on Thursday, as investors weighed indicators of econo..
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Covestro sees lower 2023 profit, cash flow as macro challenges prevail
By Bartosz Dabrowski and Andrey Sychev (Reuters) -German chemicals maker Covestro said on Thursday it expected lower core profit and l..
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Volkswagen’s financial services undergoing reorganization
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen is reorganizing its financial services holding companies, Volkswagen Bank and Volkswagen Financ..
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Dollar slips, yuan gains on China PMI; hot inflation lifts euro
By Herbert Lash and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar slid and China’s yuan gained on Wednesday after Chin..
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Dubai International Financial Centre chooses Napier to provide client screening capabilities
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) reg..
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Wall St indexes mixed, Treasury yields tick up as higher rates loom
By Lawrence Delevingne and Samuel Indyk (Reuters) – Wall Street indexes and global equities were mixed on Tuesday and bonds wrap..
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Mahalo Banking becomes first in industry to offer comprehensive neurodiversity functionality to credit unions in reimagined platform
Digital banking provider unveils new credit union platform designed to expand and enhance member-experience Mahalo Banking a CU..
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Dollar edges down from six-week peak, Swedish crown jumps
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar edged lower on Monday but kept close to Friday’s six-week high, after a flur..
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Shares steady, dollar dips as US holiday lifts rates gloom
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares inched up on Monday as a U.S. holiday tempered volatility ahead of minutes of the lat..
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Shares fall with oil prices amid concerns about U.S. Fed rate hikes
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock markets around the globe fell on Friday and oil prices settled lower after U.S. econo..
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Hawkish ECB comments push up rate-hike expectations
By Leigh Thomas and Francesco Canepa PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rates still have some way to ris..
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Dollar advances as strong U.S. data backs higher rates backdrop
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held gains against a basket of currencies on..
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Slowdown in UK inflation eases pressure on Bank of England
By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British inflation fell by more than expected in January and there were si..
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Dollar hits six-week high vs yen, rallies from two-week low after U.S. inflation data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose to a six-week high against the yen and climbed from a roughly t..
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Sterling gains after strong jobs data add to pressure on BOE
LONDON (Reuters) – The pound rose against the dollar and euro on Tuesday after data showed British wages rose quicker than expec..
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Love in a time of inflation: how much will Valentine’s Day set you back?
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -This Valentine’s Day is set to look different after a year of record food inflation that has se..
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Japanese yen gains as Ueda set to be named next BOJ governor
(Adds comment, U.S. data, NEW YORK dateline, byline, FX table, bullets, updates prices) By Samuel Indyk and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss L..
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Bank of England officials split over future path for rates
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymakers disagreed on Thursday about where interest rates need ..
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First Abu Dhabi Bank could renew $35 billion offer for StanChart -Bloomberg News
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, could renew a p..
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Italy inflation-adjusted retail sales fell in 2022
ROME (Reuters) -Italian retail sales increased in value terms but decreased in volume in 2022 compared to the previous year, with cons..
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European shares hit nine month high, dollar wobbles after Powell remarks
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares jumped and most currencies rose against the dollar on Wednesday as investor..
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Stocks, dollar pause ahead of Powell, Biden speeches
By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A gauge of global equities edged lower and the dollar inched up on Tu..
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