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BNP Paribas facing potential fine as it resolves U.S. messaging probe
PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas is set to resolve a U.S. probe into employees' use of unapproved messaging platforms, its mid-year earnings report showed on Thursday, which could see the French bank fac...
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China to boost credit support to consumer sector – regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will guide banks to boost credit in the consumer service industry, its financial regulator said on Thursday, as authorities seek to boost a flagging post-pandemic economic re...
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Pakistan seen hiking rates again on IMF guidance, analysts say
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank will likely raise its key interest rate again on Monday to tackle persistently high inflation, giving in to pressure from the International ...
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Firefighters battle Greece wildfires overnight as farms, factories burn
By Alexandros Avramidis and Stamos Prousalis VOLOS, Greece (Reuters) - Firefighters in Greece battled flames burning for the 10th day on the island of Rhodes, while new blazes erupted on the mainland ...
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Spain’s unemployment rate falls to 15-year low of 11.60% in Q2
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's unemployment rate fell to 11.60%, a 15-year low, down from 13.26% three months earlier, data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday. The unemploymen...
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Norwegian woman, Nepali sherpa become world’s fastest to climb all 14 tallest peaks
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Norwegian woman and her sherpa guide climbed Mount K2 in Pakistan on Thursday, their 14th highest mountain in just over three months, becoming the world's faste...
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Wildfire on Spain’s Gran Canaria island ‘stabilised’ – emergency services
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) - Firefighters have "stabilised" a wildfire that ravaged 400 hectares of woodland in the centre of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, local emergency services ...
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Shell, TotalEnergies profits slump as oil, gas prices cool after bumper 2022
By Shadia Nasralla, Ron Bousso and America Hernandez LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Shell and TotalEnergies reported sharp falls in second-quarter profit from bumper 2022 earnings as oil and gas prices, ref...
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South Korea proposes tax cuts to stimulate corporate investment, childbirth
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Thursday proposed tax cuts to encourage companies to shift operations back home and nurture the biopharmaceutical and visual entertainment industries, to...
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Zara founder Ortega’s real estate fortune hit $20 billion in 2022
MADRID (Reuters) - The investment firm of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, the founder of fashion giant Inditex, on Thursday reported a 2.8 billion-euro jump in the market value of its real estate ...
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