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Oil prices stable, heading for weekly gain

Oil prices stable, heading for weekly gain

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices held steady on Friday, poised to register a weekly gain as renewed optimism on China&#..

Cepsa to nearly double investments over next 3 years as profit soars

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..

Euro zone recovery gathers pace, allays fears of recession-PMI

Euro zone recovery gathers pace, allays fears of recession-PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – The recovery in euro zone business activity gathered pace last month as growth accelerated in the bloc’..

Morgan Stanley, others now forecast 4% peak for key ECB rate

Morgan Stanley, others now forecast 4% peak for key ECB rate

By Sudip Kar-Gupta (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley and two other investment banks have revised their forecasts for the European Central Bank..

British property portal Rightmove hikes dividend after annual profit jump

British property portal Rightmove hikes dividend after annual profit jump

(Reuters) -British real-estate portal Rightmove Plc on Friday raised its final dividend payment and posted a higher annual operating p..

Credit Suisse offers higher deposit rates in Asia to woo the wealthy – sources

Credit Suisse offers higher deposit rates in Asia to woo the wealthy – sources

By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) -Credit Suisse is offering higher deposit rates than its rivals to attract new funds from wealthy cli..

Dollar firms after U.S. labor data suggests more rate hikes

Dollar firms after U.S. labor data suggests more rate hikes

By Herbert Lash and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar strengthened on Thursday after unemployment claims pointe..

Estonia’s pro-Kyiv government faces election test amid cost of living crisis

Estonia’s pro-Kyiv government faces election test amid cost of living crisis

By Andrius Sytas KOHTLA-JARVE, Estonia (Reuters) – One of Europe’s most staunchly pro-Ukrainian governments faces a challe..

Citi pledges to cut emissions for more sectors including coal

Citi pledges to cut emissions for more sectors including coal

LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. bank Citi on Thursday announced targets for cutting emissions tied to loans it makes to coal mining, auto, stee..

Britain’s Nationwide curbs cryptocurrency purchases by customers

Britain’s Nationwide curbs cryptocurrency purchases by customers

By Lawrence White and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Nationwide Building Society has restricted customers..