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Audit office finds failings over cost control and slow take-up of scheme

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 22 (Reuters) - Data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc must open its books to early investor Marc Abramowitz, who wants to investigate possible fraud and mismanagement at one of the most highly valued private U.S. companies, a judge ruled on Thursday.

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to gain at Friday's open, following a positive lead from Wall Street and higher oil prices. U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday, buoyed by gains in industrial and energy shares. Meanwhile, oil prices rose to two-week highs on Thursday,...

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, lost a bid on Thursday to modify the terms of his bail, after a federal judge said his proposal to pledge certain properties as collateral was "unsatisfactory."

* Minister says ECB sets Friday deadline (Adds finance minister, executive comments)

OTTAWA/NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Canadian and Indian officials scrambled on Thursday to explain how a convicted Sikh extremist was invited to a New Delhi reception for Justin Trudeau, the latest misstep in the Canadian prime minister's bumpy eight-day trip to India.

Treasury aims to levy large digital groups ‘fairly’ after avoidance scandals

LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Britain's Phoenix Group Holdings is in talks to buy Standard Life Aberdeen's insurance business for about 3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion), a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

BUCHAREST, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Romania's Justice Minister called on Thursday for the country's chief anti-corruption prosecutor to be dismissed for "excess of authority", triggering street protests and potentially destabilising a crackdown on graft.

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 22 (Reuters) - Data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc must open its books to early investor Marc Abramowitz, who wants to investigate possible fraud and mismanagement at one of the most highly valued private U.S. companies, a judge ruled on Thursday.