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Wall Street stocks, bitcoin take breath from record highs ahead of US jobs data

By Lawrence Delevingne, Dhara Ranasinghe BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin traded near $100,000 on Thursday as investors bet on a friendly U.S. regulatory shift, while world stocks pulled back slightly but held near record highs ahead of a key U.S. jobs report.  France’s government lost a confidence vote late on Wednesday for the first time since 1962, …

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Oil falls as investors weigh ample 2025 supply outlook, delayed OPEC+ output hike

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Thursday as investors weighed an ample supply outlook for next year against OPEC+ delaying its planned output increase by three months to April 2025. Brent crude settled down 22 cents, or 0.3%, at $72.09 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) settled down 24 cents, …

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McKinsey Africa to pay $122 million in South Africa bribery scheme, US Justice Department says

By Doina Chiacu and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -McKinsey and Company Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, will pay more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. investigation into a bribery scheme in South Africa, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Privately owned McKinsey Africa was charged with one count of conspiracy …

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Mali issues arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO, document shows

By Fadimata Kontao, Portia Crowe and David Lewis BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali, one of Africa’s biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company. The West African country’s junta-led government is seeking more …

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Namibia’s president-elect pledges ‘radical shifts’ on poverty and unemployment

WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia’s President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged “radical shifts” to fix the country’s high levels of poverty and unemployment, speaking on Thursday in her first press conference since winning last week’s election. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who will take office in March as the first woman to hold the post in the southern African country, suggested she …

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Libya’s central bank to print 30 billion dinars to ease liquidity shortage

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) said on Thursday it had contracted British banknote printer De La Rue to print 30 billion dinars ($6.250 billion) in order to “solve the liquidity shortage problem” at the country’s commercial banks. The central bank said last Sunday that the liquidity shortage problem would be “gradually …

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