By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Dealmaker Ian Hannam is suing Randgold Resources for up to $18 million he says he is owed for work on its acquisition by Canada’s Barrick Gold, telling a London court on Friday that the gold miner reneged on their agreement. Hannam was formerly one of JPMorgan’s top rainmakers and …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are asking Nvidia rivals and customers if the U.S. artificial intelligence chipmaker bundles its products that may give it an unfair advantage, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in a move that may lead to a formal investigation. Nvidia, which has a near-monopoly …
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(Reuters) – Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday survived a no-confidence motion in parliament against his pro-European Union government, the second this year, launched over a high-profile case of alleged corruption involving a former minister. The motion was initiated by the opposition Social Democratic Party, citing the involvement of government ministers and officials of …
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By Gleb Bryanski and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble rebounded past 100 to the U.S. dollar, trading at 99.50 on Friday, after a decree by President Vladimir Putin which opened new payment options for European buyers of Russian gas, allowing foreign currency flows to resume. The rouble strengthened by 1.5% against the …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Thames Water has received a joint bid from Covalis Capital and France’s Suez Group as it seeks more than 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) of new equity, in the latest part of a rescue aimed at preventing its collapse. Britain’s biggest water supplier has close to 18 billion pounds ($23 billion) of …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police have detained a Russian citizen wanted in connection with fraud and money laundering while running a large cryptocurrency exchange, they said in a statement on Friday. The man, named only as Dmitry V. due to Polish privacy laws, was detained on the basis of an extradition request from the United …
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By Mark Trevelyan and Ronald Popeski (Reuters) -Russia is open to talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump but will use “any means” to prevent Washington and its allies from defeating it in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson. In an 80-minute interview released late on Thursday, Lavrov urged the West to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William will visit Paris on Saturday to attend the re-opening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, Kensington Palace said on Friday. William, Prince of Wales, is attending the ceremony on behalf of the UK at the request of the British government, the palace …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece announced a new round of power bill subsidies on Friday to help households grappling with rising electricity costs in December. Greece spent nearly 10 billion euros ($10.58 billion) in power bill subsidies for households and businesses in the 2021-23 period, the biggest amount an EU country has disbursed on such subsidies …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Danish brewer Carlsberg has finalised the sale of its assets in Russia to local company VG Invest, Russian company filings showed on Friday, days after Carlsberg said it was selling to two longstanding employees of Baltika Breweries. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the Russian government had approved a 34-billion-rouble ($345.2 million) deal …
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