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Hedge funds and other portfolio managers made few changes to their petroleum positions in the seven days ending on Jan. 21, taking a break from heavy selling the previous week.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 27 whether to clear state energy firm Saudi Aramco's $69.1 billion acquisition of world number four petrochemicals group Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) , a European Commission filing showed.

The Swiss National Bank appeared to remain on the sidelines as the Swiss franc surged to its highest level in nearly three years on Monday, driven by concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.

* Latest terms likely to draw significant response -analyst (Adds comments of minister, MP; paragraphs 10-12, 19,20)

A Portuguese hacker has taken responsibility for disclosing hundreds of thousands of files revealing how billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president, built her vast business empire, his lawyers said on Monday.

* Lawmaker ousted from party for defying PM Johnson (Recasts with details, quotes)

British banks approved the highest number of mortgages in more than four years in December, industry group UK Finance said on Monday, adding to signs of a turnaround in the country's housing market since last month's election. Mortgage approvals for house purchase hit 46,815 last month on...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cheap housing, deep unease and intense resilience - all forces that are driving a clutch of Americans to swap city life for a fresh start off grid and far from civilisation.

* Mining stocks slump on fears virus outbreak may hit China growth

British banks approved the highest number of mortgages in more than four years in December, industry group UK Finance said on Monday. Mortgage approvals for house purchase hit 46,815 last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the most since August 2015, according...