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By Alan Charlish and Barbara Erling WARSAW, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Poland’s government failed to overturn a presidential veto of a bill regulating cryptocurrencies on Friday, hampering its bid to increase oversight of a market it says is plagued by money laundering and open to exploitation by Russian intelligence.     The clash over the …

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(Refiles to add story identifier for some readers, no change to content of story) WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission denounced the EU’s fine of Elon Musk’s social media company X on Friday for breaching EU online content rules. “Once again, Europe is fining a successful U.S. tech …

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PRAGUE, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Czech defence group CSG has signed a framework deal with Slovakia’s defence ministry to supply ammunition to EU states worth up to 58 billion euros ($67.54 billion). CSG said its Slovak subsidiary ZVS Holding, which is jointly owned with Slovakia, concluded the seven-year deal, with purchases potentially financed under the …

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Dec 5 (Reuters) – Trustpilot shares surged 16% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock by two notches to “overweight” on Friday, a day after U.S. short seller Grizzly Research took aim at the global review platform. “We think the market is underappreciating Trustpilot’s multi-year growth and margin story,” Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Hyatt said, as …

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BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Germany’s coalition secured a majority on Friday to pass a contentious pensions bill in parliament without opposition aid, despite misgivings within the youth faction of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives. It had long been unclear whether the coalition, which has a slender governing majority, would be able to muster enough votes …

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By Joice Alves LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Sterling edged up against the dollar and was set for its second consecutive week on the rise as budget worries receded and a revision of UK business activity this week offered some support. The pound has jumped in the last week after British finance minister Rachel Reeves’ …

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By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Hungary’s state-owned MVM group will be able to supply the country with enough gas even if imports from Russia are halted, although prices will likely rise, its chief executive told Reuters. The European Union agreed on Wednesday to phase out Russian gas imports by …

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BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Swiss government has adopted a draft negotiating mandate for a trade agreement with the United States, it said on Friday. The next step is to consult with the parliamentary foreign affairs committees and Switzerland’s 26 cantons on the draft, it added. The United States and Switzerland announced a framework …

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