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FTSE 100 dips as Shell weighs, investors eye US tariffs

(Reuters) -Britain’s main stock indexes ended lower on Monday as investors parsed through a bunch of corporate updates and focussed on developments around U.S. tariff policy. The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.2%, while the domestically oriented FTSE 250 slipped 0.1%. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Washington was close to finalising several trade …

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European share rise on tech, banks boost with focus on US trade negotiations

By Sukriti Gupta, Sanchayaita Roy and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -European shares ended higher on Monday, driven by gains in technology and bank stocks at the start of a week where investors are on the lookout for any trade-related headlines in the countdown to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline. The pan-European STOXX 600 index ended …

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DR Automobiles invests 50 million euros in its Italian plant, hires 300 people

MILAN (Reuters) -Italian automaker DR Automobiles said on Monday it would invest 50 million euros ($59 million) in its production site in Macchia d’Isernia and hire 300 people to fund its growth. Based in the southern Italian region of Molise, DR assembles low-cost cars, including fully electric models, produced by the Chinese car manufacturers Chery, …

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IPO values Blackstone’s gambling co Cirsa at 2.52 billion euros

MADRID (Reuters) -Blackstone’s gambling company Cirsa confirmed on Monday the share price of 15 euros ($17.60) in an oversubscribed initial public offering that floats at least 18% of the capital and values the whole company at 2.52 billion euros. The IPO, whose planned terms were announced on June 30, is the first in Spain since …

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Mediobanca to give formal opinion on Friday on Monte dei Paschi’s bid, source says

MILAN (Reuters) -The board of Mediobanca will gather on Friday to discuss an unsolicited takeover offer by rival Monte dei Paschi di Siena and give formal advice to shareholders, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Mediobanca has slammed the offer as hostile. But under Italian takeover rules, the board of a …

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MOVES-Barclays names Khaled El Dabag and Walid Mezher co-CEOs for Middle East

DUBAI (Reuters) -Barclays has appointed Khaled El Dabag and Walid Mezher as co-CEOs for the Middle East region, it said in a statement on Monday. The two executives will be based in Dubai and report to Stephen Dainton, Barclays Bank’s president and head of investment bank management. El Dabag, who joined Barclays in 2014, is …

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Russia budget deficit reaches 2025 target level of 1.7% GDP in first half of year

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s budget deficit reached 3.69 trillion roubles ($46.89 billion), or 1.7% of gross domestic product (GDP), in the first half of the year, the same as expected for the full year, the finance ministry said. The deficit for the first half of the year was higher than in the first five months of …

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