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Italy’s Berlusconi wins another legal battle in Bunga Bunga bribe case

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of paying witnesses to lie in an underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade. Berlusconi was accused of bribing 24 people, mostly young, female guests at his so-called Bunga Bunga parties, …

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NATO aims for closer cooperation with industry after Nord Stream blasts

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO said on Wednesday it will set up a point of contact at its Brussels headquarters to improve coordination with the industry on issues concerning critical undersea infrastructure after the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September. “The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has reminded us all of the …

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Wall Street baja, mientras dólar y rendimiento de bonos EEUU suben

Por Sinéad Carew 15 feb (Reuters) -Las acciones de Wall Street caían el miércoles, mientras que el dólar y el rendimiento de los bonos del Tesoro estadounidense subían, tras datos que mostraron que las ventas minoristas de Estados Unidos aumentaron en enero a un máximo en casi dos años, provocando preocupaciones sobre las subidas de …

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FTSE 100 breaches 8,000 to hit new high as pound declines

By Shashwat Chauhan and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 briefly cleared 8,000 points to hit a fresh record high on Wednesday, helped by a drop in the pound after data showed domestic inflation eased more than expected. The export-oriented FTSE 100 closed 0.6% higher at 7,997.83 points, after hitting 8,003.65 earlier in the …

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Senators press U.S. FAA on recent airplane near miss incidents

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Wednesday raised concerns about a string of recent near miss airplane incidents with the acting Federal Aviation Administration head as well as about a FAA computer system outage that snarled thousands of flights last month. “These incidents are concerning. They impact Americans confidence in our aviation …

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EU regulators set new June 7 deadline for Broadcom, VMware deal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have resumed their investigation into Broadcom’s $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware and will decide by June 7 whether to clear or block the deal, a European Commission regulatory filing showed on Wednesday. The EU competition watchdog had stopped the clock on its investigation on Jan. 31, …

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UK regional airline Flybe to wind down as rescue talks collapse

(Reuters) – British regional airline Flybe will wind up its business after rescue talks fell through, its joint administrators said on Wednesday, a month after the company cancelled all flights and entered insolvency proceedings for a second time in three years. The company has struggled since its relaunch in April last year, despite other low …

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Amazon says it is in talks with regulators on Roomba vacuum maker deal

By Samrhitha A and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) -Amazon said on Wednesday it is in talks with regulators on its $1.7 billion bid for iRobot Corp, maker of the robotic vacuum cleaner Roomba, with the takeover likely to draw tough scrutiny due to regulatory concerns about deals by Big Tech. The Financial Times reported earlier that …

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Anglo American Platinum slides on surprise CEO exit plan

(Reuters) -Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) shares fell more than 5% on Wednesday after the South African miner said its CEO would step down next year to become operations chief at U.S.-based gold miner Newmont Corporation. Natascha Viljoen, who has been at the helm of the world’s biggest platinum group metals miner since April 2020, will …

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Fintech threat to big banks fizzled in 2022 as rates rose – report

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – The competitive threat of financial technology companies to big banks diminished over the past year as rising interest rates constricted funding, a new report from Moody’s Investor Service found. A decline in venture capital funding in 2022 particularly hurt fintech firms that rely on outside capital to fund their operations …

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