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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -London Stock Exchange Group reported first-half income above analysts’ expectations on Thursday, helped by progress with its Microsoft joint venture, as well as a rise in annual subscription value, an indicator of customer retention. LSEG, which suffered outages in February and this month, said its partnership with Microsoft is “approaching …

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By Philip O’Connor PARIS (Reuters) – Having seen their men win gold a few minutes earlier, the Netherlands’ female quadruple scullers looked all set to make it double Dutch on Wednesday, only for Britain to snatch gold from their grasp on the very last stroke of the Olympic final. It was easily the most stunning …

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By Mitch Phillips PARIS (Reuters) -Britain’s Alex Yee ran a perfectly-paced 10km to snatch a dramatic Olympic triathlon gold on Wednesday, overhauling a fading Hayden Wilde of New Zealand in brutal conditions. The race was originally due to be held on Tuesday but postponed due to poor water quality in the river Seine and, after …

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By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to raise taxes when she presents her budget in three months’ time, but her options are limited by her promise not to increase taxes paid by “working people”. On Monday, Reeves said the Labour government, which won a landslide victory in the July 4 …

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LONDON (Reuters) – New British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday she would need to raise taxes in her Oct. 30 budget, confirming expectations of such a move after she earlier this week set out a 22 billion pound shortfall in this year’s budget. “I think that we will have to increase taxes in …

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By Alistair Smout and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new government on Tuesday set out mandatory housing targets for councils in England with a view to delivering 1.5 million more homes before the next election, aided by an overhaul of the planning system. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made reforms to planning a key …

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