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MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish unit of telecoms provider Orange on Wednesday suffered a cyber attack that affected an undisclosed number of clients who could not access certain websites, a company spokesperson said. The unauthorized access to Orange’s IP network coordination centre has been mostly solved and was neutralized by Orange, the second largest telecoms …

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(Reuters) -European energy firms Equinor and BP terminated their agreement to sell power to New York state from their proposed Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm, citing rising inflation, higher borrowing costs, and supply chain issues. “This agreement reflects changed economic circumstances on an industry-wide scale and repositions an already mature project to continue development …

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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -Activist hedge funds ValueAct Capital and Blackwells Capital moved on Wednesday to back Walt Disney Co as it defends itself against a board challenge from a third activist investor, Trian Fund Management. The unusual twist in the battle for Disney’s board underscores the high stakes in the company’s attempted turnaround under …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Fines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet’s Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies are no longer registered as debtors in the state bailiffs’ database. But the database, accessed by Reuters on Wednesday, still includes X (formerly Twitter) and Twitch, with fines totalling 51 …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly in December, by much less than analysts had expected, labour office figures showed on Wednesday. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out ofwork increased by 5,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.703 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the …

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