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Czech government wants windfall tax from 2023, but considers earlier start

By Robert Muller and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government favours applying a planned...

19th October, 2022

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Banks brace for tax hit to help plug UK’s budget gap

By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -British banks are bracing for a potential tax h...

19th October, 2022

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Germany adds 54 billion euros to bonds to use for repo, energy spending

(Refiles to fix table, with no changes to text) By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Germany’s finance agency...

19th October, 2022

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Bond vigilantes mean business, governments better beware

(This Oct. 17 story has been refiled to add a dropped word in paragraph 2.) By Marc Jones and Yoruk...

18th October, 2022

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UK’s Truss: ‘Sorry’ for the mistakes, but ‘I’m sticking around’

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that...

18th October, 2022

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Analysis-Despite tax U-turn, UK’s Hunt still faces tough budget choices

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – The screeching about-turn on tax cuts by finance minister Je...

17th October, 2022

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New UK finance minister Hunt ditches most of ‘mini-budget’, pound and gilts soar

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new finance minister on Monday jettisoned most of Prime Minister Liz Tru...

17th October, 2022

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UK finance minister Hunt to make statement at 1000 GMT – source

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will make a statement at 1000 GMT, a source...

17th October, 2022

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Britain’s bond market turmoil

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss is rethinking tax-cut plans that sent markets in...

13th October, 2022

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Holocaust survivor to oversee start of rightist Italian parliament

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new parliament opens on Thursday, with a Holocaust survi...

13th October, 2022

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UK’s Kwarteng, seeking to calm markets, brings forward budget date

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, under pressure to rebuild s...

10th October, 2022

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UK trial lawyers to end strike after accepting government pay offer

LONDON (Reuters) – British trial lawyers will end a weeks-long strike on Monday after voting to acce...

10th October, 2022