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Breathing space for UK companies and professionals operating on French soil

Italy's Banca Carige has filed an official request to tap a state guarantee scheme for an upcoming bond issue, Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said on Thursday, adding Rome favoured a private sector solution for the troubled lender.

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BAML says media group would need to sharpen investment to combat disruption

India's top business groups on Thursday urged the central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate by at least half a percentage point and lower the cash reserve ratio it imposes on banks to stimulate an economy that is showing signs of weakness.

The head of Russia's ACRA ratings agency, Ekaterina Trofimova, left her post on Jan. 16 following three years at the helm of an organisation created after western sanctions saw Russia downgraded by the top three international agencies.

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U.S. Treasury yields pared their earlier decline on Thursday as an unexpected drop in domestic jobless claims and a larger-than-forecast increase in Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional business index reduced pessimism about the U.S. economy.

Citigroup Inc on Thursday named David Livingstone as head of its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, in place of Jim Cowles, according to a memo seen by Reuters. Livingstone, who was most recently the Wall Street bank's chief country officer for Australia and New Zealand, is...

Sites such as the Postings in Kirkcaldy are being sold as redevelopment opportunities

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PrivatBank expects an appeal in its case against its former owners to be heard in a London court in 2019, part of an effort by Ukraine's largest bank to recover $2 billion it says was lost to fraud, the head of its supervisory board said on Thursday.