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By Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -European shares touched a more-than-one-month high on Wednesday, boosted by technology stocks ahead of Nvidia’s results later in the day and as Ageas’ better-than-expected results lifted insurance stocks. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2% to 520.09 points. It hit its highest level since July 15 earlier in the session. Technology …

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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, August 28 (Reuters) – Toymaker Lego said on Wednesday it was on track to replace the fossil fuels used in making its signature bricks with more expensive renewable and recycled plastic by 2032 after signing deals with producers to secure long-term supply. Lego, which sells billions of plastic bricks annually, has …

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By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday it was targeting annual global sales of 5.55 million vehicles by 2030, up 30% from 2023, as it plans to double its hybrid lineup to counter a slowdown in global electric vehicle demand. Hyundai, the world’s No. 3 automaker by sales along …

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(Reuters) – Ukraine will temporarily suspend payments on GDP warrants starting from May 31, 2025, a government decision published on the official website said. According to the document, Kyiv will also temporarily suspend payments for loans from Cargill Financial Services International, Inc., starting from Sept. 3, and on government-guaranteed bonds of Ukrainian power firm Ukrenergo …

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By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders in the U.S. equity options market are expecting Nvidia’s upcoming earnings report to spark a more than $300 billion swing in the shares of the world’s most dominant artificial intelligence chipmaker. Options pricing shows that traders anticipate a move of around 9.8% in the company’s shares …

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(Reuters) – The CEO of Ukraine’s largest state energy company Naftogaz, Oleksiy Chernyshov, said on Tuesday that new solutions are needed for the energy security of Ukraine and Slovakia. “For now, a priority is to implement new solutions for the energy security of our countries. It is about new suppliers and, in the future, about …

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LONDON (Reuters) – More than 3,500 current and former shop workers at British retailer Next have won a six-year legal fight for equal pay, lawyers representing the claimants said on Tuesday. An Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to show that paying its sales consultants, who are overwhelmingly women, lower pay rates than its …

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