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By Isabel Demetz and Patricia Weiss (Reuters) – The world’s largest dialysis specialist Fresenius Medical Care topped market expectation for its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, helped by positive development across its businesses. The results were boosted by positive volume and pricing effects, as well as savings from its FME25 turnaround program and portfolio optimization …

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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s competition authority, which also polices consumer rights, said on Tuesday it was investigating Rome’s bus and metro company Atac over poor service in the past years. The probe for “possible unfair commercial practices” focuses on Atac allegedly not meeting quality standards agreed with Rome covering 2021-2023, the authority said in a …

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(Reuters) – Package holiday provider On The Beach Group said on Tuesday that demand for its European city packages was healthy despite broader inflationary concerns, and forecast summer bookings to be significantly higher than last year.  The company said it expects annual adjusted pretax profit in line with market expectations of 38.2 million pounds ($48.2 …

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By Pietro Lombardi MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s second-largest oil company Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, said on Tuesday it swung to a profit last year on the back of growing earnings at its energy and chemicals divisions, while boosting investments. The results come as the company presses ahead with its plan to shift to low-carbon …

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By Maria Martinez and Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government’s net borrowing rose in 2024 to 118.8 billion euros ($124.4 billion), higher than initially reported, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on Tuesday. The deficit was 15 billion euros higher than the prior year, corresponding to 2.8% of gross domestic product, the …

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By Bernadette Hogg (Reuters) -Dormakaba expects to keep growing its organic sales in the U.S. even as the Swiss access and security group studies the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on its business, its CEO said on Tuesday. While many of Dormakaba’s products sold in the United States, its biggest market, are produced there, …

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