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Deadline looms for Italian-French shipbuilding deal

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri's planned acquisition of state-controlled French rival Chantiers de l'Atlantique to create a European "Airbus of the Seas" is facing collapse barring last-minute political intervention from Paris or Rome. With the offer due to expire in two days after repeated deadline extensions over competition concerns, the deal is still awaiting European antitrust approval in a market that...

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Unicaja and Liberbank announce creation of Spain’s fifth-biggest bank

MADRID (Reuters) - The boards of Spanish lenders Unicaja and Liberbank on Tuesday approved the terms of an all-in share deal that will create Spain's fifth-biggest bank with around 110 billion euros ($134.71 billion) in assets, the lenders said. Under the terms of the deal, in which Unicaja will fully absorb Liberbank, the exchange ratio is set at 2.7705 Liberbank shares for...

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Italy Treasury meets local authorities on potential Monte dei Paschi merger – sources

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury met Monte dei Paschi's banking foundation and local authorities on Tuesday to discuss the impact of a potential merger of state-owned Monte dei Paschi (MPS) on the economy of Siena and the surrounding areas, people with knowledge of the meeting said. The talks, held in Rome, were also over the out-of-court request for damages against the...

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Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.40%

Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Materials sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite lost 0.40%. The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were TransAlta Renewables Inc. (TSX:RNW), which rose 6.07% or 1.26 points to trade at 22.01 at...

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EU to buy extra 100 million doses of Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will buy an extra 100 million doses of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total from the two firms to 300 million doses, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. "We decided to take an additional 100 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, which is already being used to vaccinate...

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U.K. shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 1.71%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Beverage, Automobiles & Parts and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.71%. The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Halma PLC (LON:HLMA), which rose 5.05%...

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American Airlines restarts U.S. commercial Boeing 737 MAX flights

By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing (NYSE:BA)'s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month. American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) Flight 718 departed Miami around 10:40 a.m., bound for New York's LaGuardia and is scheduled to land soon after 1 p.m. American and...

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Exclusive: Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer, according to a letter it sent to the chipmaker's chairman on Tuesday that was reviewed by Reuters. Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb wrote to Intel chairman Omar Ishrak calling for immediate...

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Escaping the ‘guillotine’: Brexit deal brings relief to French fishermen

By Richard Lough BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - French trawler owner Bruno Margolle refuses to talk of victory over British fishermen, when European quotas have been cut and will soon be negotiated annually. But for now, the right to keep on fishing deep into British waters brings considerable comfort. Talks over Britain's post-Brexit trade relationship with the European Union went down to the...

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Vietnam, Britain sign free trade deal, to take effect Dec. 31

HANOI (Reuters) - Britain and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, Vietnamese state media reported, days before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union. The deal, which will for Britain replace the existing EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), will take effect on Dec. 31, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. The free trade agreement with Britain has...

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