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Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi
movement has targeted facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco
in Jizan on the Red Sea, its military spokesman said
on Wednesday in comments reported by the group's Al Masirah TV.
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Mastercard Inc beat Wall Street
estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday as customers spent
more on its cards during the U.S. holiday shopping season,
boosting fees for the world's second-largest payment processor.
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* Saban gave up controlling stake in Partner last year
(Adds Partner, analyst comment)
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The European Commission is
considering a proposal to phase out 1-euro cent and 2-euro cent
coins, an EU document showed, in what would be a cost-saving
move as the coins' production and handling costs often exceed
their face value.
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Mastercard Inc reported a 25% jump
in adjusted quarterly profit on Wednesday as customers spent
more on its cards to shop and pay bills, boosting fees for the
world's second-largest payment processor.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan
Diab asked the government and the country's banks on Wednesday
for a plan to restore confidence as the country faces its worst
economic and financial crisis in decades.
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Shares in Mediobanca
fell 1% in Milan on Wednesday with traders pointing to the risk
of a share placement after investor Banca Mediolanum
said it no longer considered its 3.3 stake in the lender
strategic.
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Insurers in Europe may need to
put aside money to protect their policyholders should they
become insolvent, and regulators should be able to be shut them
down swiftly without the need for taxpayer bailouts, a top EU
official said on Wednesday.
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CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
Albert Sabawe, 25, is waiting to eat lunch, resting against the
wall of his flimsy wooden home in a small village in eastern
Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district.
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Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday
backed plans to ban private lotteries and bring the one billion
lev ($562 million) market under state control in an attempt to
tackle corruption, curb gambling among young people and boost
funding for sport.