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...He also said more than 2,100 UNRWA workers were members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad....
...The bank’s net interest income for the year rose 49 per cent from 2022, to €2.3bn, lifted by rising central bank interest rates....
...Shares in fast-fashion retailer H&M jumped more than 13 per cent in early trading after the company reported rising operating profits in its first quarter, signalling that it is on track to increase profitability...
...Total sales for the full year rose 19.6 per cent to £1.8bn, while like-for-like sales in company-managed stores increased by 13.7 per cent compared with 2022....
...Encavis: Shares in the German renewable electricity company jumped 26 per cent after private equity firm KKR launched a €2.8bn takeover offer....
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...Profits at the corporate and investment bank fell 21 per cent during the year to £2.7bn. Trading revenue dropped 18 per cent to £7.2bn, while investment banking fees declined 12 per cent to £2bn....
...That was 5.7 per cent below its February 2020 level, before the pandemic, as the cost of living crisis weighs on activity....
...Last year, the country accounted for 13.7 per cent of EU oil imports and 30.3 per cent of its gas imports, which gave it the top slot....
...Imports dropped 5.5 per cent to $2.6tn. Exports to the European Union and United States fell 10.2 per cent and 13.1 per cent, respectively. Exports to Russia rose 46.9 per cent....
...Construction output in December 2023 was down 13 per cent in Spain, dropped 7 per cent in Germany and was flat in France, according to Eurostat data....
...Overall group sales increased 7.2 per cent to £3.8bn....
...The average house price was 1.2 per cent higher last month than in February last year, after a 0.2 per cent contraction in January....
...Macy’s, which owns the eponymous retailer and the luxury department store Bloomingdale’s, said it expects full-year adjusted earnings per share of between $2.88 and $3.13, up from previous guidance of $2.70...
...Schwab, which oversees about $7.8tn in client assets and manages nearly $1tn through its asset management arm, confirmed it was laying off 5 to 6 per cent, or roughly 2,000 people, of its 35,900-strong workforce...
...Adjusted operating margin was negative last year, compared with Dollar Tree’s 13.7 per cent. But arch-rival Dollar General is struggling too....
...Beijing’s military budget will increase 7.2 per cent, in line with last year’s rise despite a slowing economy and making China the second largest spender after the US globally....
...Winning back 7 percentage points from Reform would allow the Conservatives to hold 186 seats....
...But it lowered its inflation forecast for this year from 2.7 per cent to 2.3 per cent, and trimmed it for 2025, opening the door to possible rate cuts in the coming months....
...Viking said its weight-loss drug had led to “statistically significant reductions in body weight”, with 13 per cent weight loss relative to a placebo, in a 13-week, mid-stage trial....
...Hermès plans to increase leather goods production, its biggest source of revenue, by between 6 and 7 per cent this year....
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