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By William Schomberg and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders, who voted for an interest rate hike last month, said on Friday he wanted more information about the impact of the new Omicron coronavirus variant before deciding how to vote this month. Saunders said Omicron might slow Britain’s economy but it …

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A South African high court on Friday struck down an urgent application brought by environmentalists to stop oil major Royal Dutch Shell starting seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off the eastern seaboard’s popular Wild Coast. The applicants, which included Greenpeace Africa and fishermen, had been seeking to stop the …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Unicaja has reached a pre-agreement with unions to cut up to 1,513 jobs, the bank’s leading union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) said on Friday. The bank in October said it was seeking to cut more than 1,500 jobs, around 15% of its workforce, and close more than a quarter of its branches …

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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The business model used by collapsed supply chain financing firm Greensill Capital is causing a “high level of harm” and tighter rules are needed, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday. The watchdog set out proposals for public consultation to apply lessons from Greensill, which collapsed in March leaving …

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PARIS (Reuters) – A 17-billion-euro ($19.23 billion) French arms deal with the United Arab Emirates will secure the industrial supply chain for France’s Rafale warplane for the next decade and directly support 7,000 domestic jobs, a French defence ministry official said. The deal, sealed on Friday, includes the largest ever overseas sale of the French …

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