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By Lucinda Elliott, Lisandra Paraguassu and Philip Blenkinsop MONTEVIDEO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc dragged a long-delayed free trade deal over the line on Friday, announcing an agreement – at least in principle – on the pact that has deeply divided nations in Europe. In a press conference in Montevideo, …

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(Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 logged its steepest one-day fall in three weeks on Friday, led by losses in precious metals and mining and utilities, while Direct Line jumped after Aviva agreed to buy the insurer, lifting the mid-cap index. The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended down 0.5%, while the midcap FTSE 250 was up 0.3%. Both …

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By Sarah McFarlane, David French and Ron Bousso LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – BP is seeking buyers for a stake in its U.S. natural gas pipeline network, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The British energy company could raise up to $3 billion from the sale, two of the people said, with one of …

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By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European shares eked out gains on Friday, with French stocks logging their biggest daily rise in three weeks as investors factored in a potential budget despite ongoing political uncertainty, while also parsing an upbeat U.S. jobs report. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.1%, logging …

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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s capital Tbilisi has resounded with the crackle of fireworks late into the night for the past week – their eruptions becoming a symbol of the large pro-EU protests that have plunged the South Caucasus country into crisis. With riot police using water cannon, tear gas and mass arrests …

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By Lucy Papachristou and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia could deploy its new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile on the territory of its ally Belarus in the second half of next year. Putin was responding to a request from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a summit in Minsk, where …

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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – One of Britain’s leading employers’ groups on Friday cut its estimate for economic growth next year due to measures in the new government’s first budget, striking a gloomier note than other recent forecasts. Growth in 2025 is now seen at 1.6%, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said, down …

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