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European bank shares jittery as slew of sanctions readied

By Tom Sims and Carolyn Cohn FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – European bank shares remained unsteady on...

25th February, 2022

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Prices tumble on hopes for westward Yamal-Europe pipeline flows

LONDON (Reuters) – British and Dutch gas prices fell on Friday amid profit taking after sharp gains...

25th February, 2022

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Oil tops $105/bbl after Russia attacks Ukraine

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped on Thursday, with Brent rising above $105...

24th February, 2022

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Major buyers of Russian oil struggle with bank guarantees -sources

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – The global oil market was thrown into chaos...

24th February, 2022

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Global finance grapples with Ukraine crisis as shares slump

By Tom Sims, Iain Withers and David Henry FRANKFURT/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Financial firms from...

24th February, 2022

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China rejects calling Russia move ‘invasion,’ urges citizens in Ukraine to stay home

By Martin Quin Pollard and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China rejected calling Russia’s moves on Ukra...

24th February, 2022

Image for Factbox-‘Londongrad’ takes a hit as Britain slaps tougher sanctions on Russia
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Factbox-‘Londongrad’ takes a hit as Britain slaps tougher sanctions on Russia

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a package of “se...

24th February, 2022

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Factbox-Commodity supplies at risk as Russia invades Ukraine

(Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea threatens to disrupt exports of commodi...

24th February, 2022

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Dollar surges as Russia invades Ukraine

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar jumped and the Russian rouble tumbled to a...

24th February, 2022

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Russian invasion of Ukraine to dominate EU finance ministers’ talks

PARIS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will dominate EU finance ministers’ planned talks on F...

24th February, 2022

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Oil tops $100, gas, grains, metals spike as Russia invades Ukraine

By Nina Chestney, Nigel Hunt and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) -Commodity prices jumped to multi-ye...

24th February, 2022

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Ukraine shuts ports as conflict threatens grain supplies

By Polina Devitt, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military has s...

24th February, 2022