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(Reuters) -TotalEnergies has sold 50% of its portfolio of renewable assets in Portugal and bought a half of AES’s renewable energy portfolio in the Dominican Republic, it said on Wednesday. The Portuguese assets were sold to a consortium composed of MM Capital Partners 2, Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure and Mizuho Leasing for 178.5 million euros …

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By Libby George and Federico Maccioni LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -Emerging market debt sales boomed in the first half of the year, defying tariff tantrums, missile attacks and gyrating oil prices, on track for another year of records – and with nascent signs of a shift away from the dollar, bankers told Reuters.  Cash-rich investors keen for …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French payments company Worldline has hired auditing firm Accuracy to assess its remaining portfolio of merchants engaged in risky activities, it said on Wednesday. Last month, a group of 21 European media outlets alleged that Worldline covered up client fraud to protect revenue. Belgian prosecutors said last week they had opened an investigation …

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By Jagoda Darlak STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden-based Volvo Cars reported on Wednesday a fourth straight month of falling sales volumes, pressured by trade tariffs and weaker electric vehicle demand. Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, said in a statement it sold 62,858 cars in June, a 12% drop from a year earlier. The group, …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British government bond prices fell by the most since October 2022 and the pound tumbled on Wednesday, after finance minister Rachel Reeves appeared visibly distressed in parliament, a day after the government sharply scaled back plans to cut benefits. The yield on the 10-year government bond, or gilt, rose as much as 22 …

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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Google has proposed fresh changes to its search results in an attempt to fend off growing criticism from rivals, a week before a key meeting that could lead to yet another EU antitrust fine, according to a document seen by Reuters. The U.S. tech giant has been under pressure …

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By Nell Mackenzie and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority is to extend rules covering non-financial misconduct such as bullying and discrimination beyond the banking industry in a bid to clamp down on bad behaviour, it said on Wednesday. Concerns about poor practices at financial firms have shot up the regulatory agenda …

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By Miranda Murray and Anneli Palmen DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -The German government is still in talks with Thyssenkrupp over a spin-off of its naval ship building division TKMS, officials said on Wednesday, after a report said Berlin had no plans to take a stake. The business daily Handelsblatt, citing government sources, had reported that the chancellery …

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