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Soaring valuations, low borrowing costs fuel January fundraising bonanza By Reuters

By Sujata Rao, Karin Strohecker and Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Exuberant share valuations and rock-bottom borrowing costs made it a bumper January for dealmakers in the equity as well as debt space, data shows, with global bond sales topping $600 billion and IPOs more than doubling on the year. World stocks had stepped back off record highs on the last...

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EU to rule on Microsoft’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax deal by March 5 By Reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 5 whether to clear Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the U.S. tech giant's biggest gaming acquisition to better compete with Sony Corp's PlayStation. Microsoft requested European Commission approval for the deal on Jan. 29, a filing on the EU executive's website showed. The EU competition enforcer can clear the...

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European Q4 earnings season: The story so far By Investing.com

By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – European Q4 earnings have got off to a strong start with 45 of the largest companies reporting equating to approximately 14% of the market cap of the STOXX 600. “So far, earnings for Q4 have surprised 13% to the upside (equal-weighted), which is the highest positive surprise since the global financial crisis,” analysts at Goldman Sachs wrote in...

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Wrapped in Brexit red tape, a UK freight firm struggles to trade By Reuters

By Kate Holton FELIXSTOWE, England (Reuters) - In just one month of post-Brexit trading, British logistics expert Jon Swallow has seen exports dive, prices rise and customers so desperate that he is practically offering a counselling service. Swallow is one of thousands of freight forwarders and customs brokers based around Britain's biggest ports...

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For first time, Norway’s wealth fund ditches firms over tax transparency By Reuters

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.3 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, has for the first time pulled investments from companies because of their tax policies, the fund's CEO told Reuters, adding more such moves were likely in future. One of the world's largest investors, the fund holds stakes in around 9,200 companies globally, owning 1.5% of all listed stocks....

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Sterling strengthens on vaccine optimism, approaches 3-year high By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound rose back towards its recent three-year high on Monday, boosted by a combination of heightened global risk appetite and optimism about the UK's vaccine rollout. Riskier currencies gained against the dollar, which edged lower as global market sentiment was lifted by an equity rally in the Asian session. The pound strengthened even more than other...

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Liberty Steel bid still contains open issues: Thyssenkrupp CEO By Reuters

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A bid Britain's Liberty Steel has submitted for Thyssenkrupp (DE:TKAG)'s steel division needs to be clarified in ongoing discussions between the two firms, the German group's chief executive said. The bid still contains "a number of complex aspects that require further clarification", Martina Merz said in a speech prepared for the group's annual general meeting scheduled for Feb. 5....

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British stocks jump as mining shares track strong silver prices By Reuters

(Reuters) - British shares rose on Monday led by gains in mining stocks as silver prices jumped on strong retail demand, while fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HRGV) jumped on upbeat earnings and fashion retailer ASOS (LON:ASOS) gained on a deal to buy rival brands. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index gained 0.7%, recovering from its worst session in three months, with...

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