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(Reuters) -IRobot shares slumped nearly 30% in early trading on Friday after a report the European Union antitrust regulator was planning to block Amazon.com’s $1.4 billion buyout of the Roomba vacuum maker. Amazon was informed during its meeting on Thursday with the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, that the deal was likely to be …

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By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Grifols will send “very, very soon” its responses to a query made by Spain’s CNMV stock market supervisor, in advance of reaching a ten-day deadline that expires next week, Grifols’ board member Tomas Daga told Reuters on Friday. Grifols has said the CNMV sent on Jan. 10 a set …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Finnair said on Friday a strike planned by several Finnish trade unions on Feb. 1-2 would have a “significant impact” on the airline’s operations and result in flight cancellations. Finnish unions have protested in recent months against the right-wing government’s plan to favour local work agreements over centralised bargains, limit political strikes …

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By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German chemicals giant BASF on Friday posted a 45% drop in 2023 operating earnings, worse than both the market and company anticipated, adding to the challenges the new CEO will face when he takes the reins in April. In October, BASF ramped up cost cuts in Europe and scaled back …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Jordan Henderson, who joined Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday, has apologised again to anyone he might have offended six months after the England midfielder was the target of scathing criticism for his move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq. The 33-year-old met with media a day after he signed with the Dutch side having …

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(Reuters) – Ratings agency S&P on Friday kept its ‘B+’ rating for Grifols, with a stable outlook for 2024, in a boost for the Spanish pharmaceutical company after a report by short-seller Gotham City Research sent its shares tumbling last week. Gotham had questioned Grifols’ reported debt and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -Swiss prosecutors on Friday confirmed that Israeli President Isaac Herzog had been the subject of criminal complaints during his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, as Israel finds itself accused of committing war crimes in Gaza. “The criminal complaints will be examined according to the usual procedure,” the Office of the …

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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Performing a stiff-armed fascist salute is not a crime in Italy unless it risks sparking violence or is aimed at reviving the fascist party, the Supreme Court has ruled in a verdict that delighted extreme-right groups. In a decision released on Thursday, the court said fascist salutes during commemorative …

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