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By Marleen Kaesebier (Reuters) -German pharmaceuticals and technology company Merck KGaA gave a guidance for 2026 that sent its shares falling during its capital markets day on Thursday, wiping out their earlier gains that had been buoyed by more upbeat mid-term commentary. Merck’s life science and electronics units are expected to improve gradually next year, …

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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss engineering company ABB said it is seeing strong customer demand, particularly from a surge in new data centres being built in the U.S. to process artificial intelligence. ABB, which makes factory robots, as well as motors and drives for factory production lines, also said on Thursday it was seeing …

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By John Revill IBACH, Switzerland (Reuters) -Swiss Army Knife maker Victorinox is trying to hold down its U.S. prices, while exploring new markets, as it experiments with new tools to navigate President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.  Popularised in the United States by soldiers who were based in Europe after World War Two, the distinctive red-and-silver …

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By David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain wants to see more investment in the country by pharmaceutical companies if it agrees to pay higher drug prices as part of tariff talks with the United States, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Thursday. Britain and the United States have been negotiating on drug pricing as London seeks …

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By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -France’s political standoff shows how European governments, caught between the demands of their ageing electorates and the need to keep spending in check, keep struggling to fix the pension-shaped holes in their budgets.  The right to a pension has been a central plank of the European social contract for decades. …

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