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Russia’s Sberbank to open offices in Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions this month

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest lender Sberbank plans to open offices in Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia this month, Alexander Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of Sberbank’s board, said on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin moved to annex Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in September 2022, following what Ukraine …

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Some German retirees find low-cost refuge in Orban’s anti-migrant Hungary

By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo SZOLOSGYOROK, Hungary (Reuters) – Andre Iwan and his wife moved to a village in Hungary from eastern Germany a few months ago, complaining of high taxes and a feeling that immigration had turned them into “second-class citizens”. Iwan, 55, bought a plot of land in 1998 in Szolosgyorok near …

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Airbus delivers 84 planes in November

(Reuters) – Airbus delivered 84 planes in November as the planemaker moved back towards end-year targets after a downturn over the summer. Industry sources told Reuters this week deliveries rose sharply to above 80 in November, after engine maker CFM and Airbus reached a deal over short-term engine supplies last week. The 643 deliveries year-to-date …

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Aviva sweetens Direct Line bid to $4.33 billion, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Insurance company Aviva has sweetened its bid for UK’s Direct Line to about 3.4 billion pounds ($4.33 billion), or 261 pence per share, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The new offer is about 4% higher than Aviva’s initial offer, according to the Bloomberg report. The revised proposal comes …

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Europe’s Vega-C rocket returns to space after two-year gap

By Giulia Segreti and Tim Hepher (Reuters) -Europe’s Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission. Carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite into orbit for the European Union’s flagship Copernicus Earth observation programme, Vega-C blasted off into leaden …

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UK homebuilder Berkeley cautious on near-term demand after HY profit fall

(Reuters) -Britain’s Berkeley struck a cautious tone on the near-term demand environment after the high-end homebuilder posted a nearly 8% fall in half-year profit on Friday, as affordability concerns continue to weigh on sentiment in the sector. The British housing sector has been marked by caution in recent months due to concerns about the slowing …

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