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(Reuters) – Ukraine will send a team to Washington this week to move forward with negotiations on a more expansive draft for a minerals deal offered by the United States, the deputy prime minister said on Monday. “We aim to align on project selection, legal frameworks, and long-term investment mechanisms,” Yulia Svyrydenko said on X. …

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(Reuters) – The pound weakened against the dollar and the euro on Monday as investors shied away from risk-sensitive assets, as uncertainty grew around global trade policy and fears mounted of a recession triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Global financial markets were delivered a significant blow on Monday after Trump warned foreign governments …

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(Reuters) – Citi Research on Monday lowered its 0-3 month Brent price forecast to $60 per barrel and also reduced its 0-3 month copper and aluminium price forecasts to $8,000 per metric ton and $2,200 per ton, respectively due to the latest tariff announcements. Last week, U.S. president Donald Trump imposed a 10% baseline tariff …

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(Reuters) – Barclays on Monday cut its year-end target for Europe’s STOXX 600 index for the second time in under a month as escalating trade tensions and U.S. tariffs fueled recession fears. The brokerage cut its target for the European benchmark index to 490 from 580, but warned that “setting a point forecast has little …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in British sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion underperformed a stock market rout on Monday, reflecting both its heavy exposure to key partner Nike and U.S. tariffs. Ahead of a trading and strategy update scheduled for Wednesday, shares in JD Sports were down 6%, taking losses over the last month to over …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government wants to dilute regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds in a bid to bolster the country’s appeal as an investment hub. The UK finance ministry and the Financial Conduct Authority regulator launched plans on Monday to lift the threshold for ‘full-scope’ regulation from 100 million pounds of assets …

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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The EU will need to remain calm and proportionate in its response to U.S. trade tariffs and aim for negotiations, Dutch Trade minister Reinette Klever said on Monday. “We need to get ourselves at the table with the Americans and see how we can lower these tariffs,” Klever said before a meeting …

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By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese technology investment group SoftBank Group plans to raise 600 billion yen ($4.10 billion) by issuing bonds to retail investors, it said in a filing on Monday. It is SoftBank’s largest ever bond issuance and the proceeds will be used to redeem existing bonds and to cover a portion …

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