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GameStop shares rise after Robinhood lifts trading curbs By Reuters

(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop (NYSE:GME) and other companies caught in the recent social media-hyped trading frenzy rose on Friday, after online broker Robinhood lifted all the buying curbs imposed at the height of the battle between amateur investors and Wall Street hedge funds. The videogame retailer, the initial trigger for the market slugfest, was up 8.4% in U.S. pre-market trading although...

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Aggreko approached about potential takeover – Sky News By Investing.com

By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – Aggreko (LON:AGGK), a Glasgow-based constituent of the FTSE 250, has been approached about a potential takeover according to Sky News. The company, which supplies temporary power equipment had a market capitalisation of approximately £1.6B before the story broke and a potential takeover is expected at a “substantial premium” to that valuation. Sky News City Editor Mark...

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UK’s Aggreko in talks for 2.25 billion pound buyout proposal By Reuters

(Reuters) - Aggreko (LON:AGGK) said on Friday it was in talks over a 2.25 billion pound ($3.09 billion) buyout proposal for the British equipment rental company from a consortium of TDR Capital LLP and I Squared Capital. The company, which has a contract to supply power equipment for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, said TDR and I Squared had...

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UK says currently no plans to roll out ‘vaccine passports’ By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain currently has no plans to roll out vaccine passports, but is keeping the situation under review, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Friday, responding to reports that a certification system was being developed. "There are still no current plans to roll out vaccine passports, and as you know, going on holiday is currently illegal, but we've always...

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Illinois Tool Works Earnings, Revenue beat in Q4 By Investing.com

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) reported on Friday fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations. Illinois Tool Works announced earnings per share of $2.02 on revenue of $3.48B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.79 on revenue of $3.32B. Illinois Tool Works shares are down 3% from the beginning of the year and are...

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HSBC opts out of Britain’s pandemic loan collection plan By Reuters

By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has opted out of an industry-wide plan for collecting unpaid emergency COVID-19 business loans, in a blow to efforts by other banks to team up to limit any reputational damage if firms struggling to repay are treated unfairly. Reuters reported in December that only 10 of 23 lenders that have granted 'bounce back' loans (BBLs)...

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Worst yet to come for banks in terms of pandemic fallout, BoE’s Woods says By Reuters

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks in Britain have been shielded from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by government relief measures and the toughest time has yet to come, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Friday. Government relief schemes such as furlough payments and guarantees on banks' loans to companies have cushioned banks against fallout from...

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Senate Adopts Stimulus Bill, Kuaishou IPO, Jobs Report – What’s up in Markets By Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The Senate adopts a bill speeding the passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Nonfarm payrolls are set to top the prior consensus for a gain of 50,000 in January, Ford and Peloton struggle with production bottlenecks, Kuaishou Technology completes the largest tech IPO since Uber and oil closes in on $60 a...

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Exclusive: Navalny affair no grounds to cancel Nord Stream pipeline, new German CDU chief says By Reuters

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should not drop support for the planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia over the crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as "feel-good moralising" is not foreign policy, the man best placed to be the next German chancellor told Reuters. Pointing to U.S. purchases of crude oil from Russia, Armin Laschet described himself as a...

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