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Greek parliament approves austere budget for 2016

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek parliament approved a 2016 budget featuring sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases to satisfy the country's international lenders at a time of growing…

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Any doubts over about December Fed hike may be swept away

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation numbers from the United States on Tuesday could be the provider of the final domino in the Federal Reserve's track to raise interest rates next month. Earlier in November a robust report on U.S. employment hardened expectations for the Fed's first rate increase in nearly a decade and if prices are shown to be rising steadily those views will likely solidify. Minutes from the Fed's October meeting will also be published, giving an insight into the Committee's decision…

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Exclusive: Commodity trader Cargill restructures, cuts jobs – sources

By Sarah McFarlane LONDON (Reuters) – Cargill Inc [CARG.UL], one of the world's largest privately held corporations, has launched a restructuring that includes job cuts, one company source and four industry sources said on Friday, the latest casualty of a downturn in the farm economy. The 150-year-old company, a top commodities trader, is also closing offices, two of the industry sources said. The cutbacks at the Minnesota-based company come as global agricultural companies are under pressure from slumping commodity prices…

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Pfizer-Allergan deal refocuses market on U.S. tax-inversion rules

Pfizer Inc's buyout bid for Allergan Plc has financial markets on edge over a possible new move by the U.S. Treasury Department against tax-inversion deals, but the outlook for any such

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American Airlines delays Paris flights; United operates as planned

American Airlines Group , the world's biggest carrier by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was delaying flights to Paris in response to the explosions and shooting attacks there, even though French airports remained open. “Currently Charles de Gaulle International Airport is open, however, we are holding our remaining departures this evening to Paris until we have additional information,” American Airlines spokesman Joshua Freed said. United Continental Holdings said its three scheduled flights would still depart for …

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Tycoons, telecoms and Trotsky: book lifts veil on Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim's brother interrogated leftist rebels for Mexico's intelligence agency while his eldest son often hands out a biographical novel about Leon Trotsky as a gift, according to a new book on the tycoon who was long the world's richest man. The biography, by far the most comprehensive written on Slim, seeks to show how the Mexico City businessman navigated local politics to become the world's richest man in a country where almost half …

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Exclusive: France’s Sephora to open shops in Iran next year

By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis PARIS (Reuters) – France's Sephora plans to open several shops in Iran starting next year, becoming one of the first major European specialist cosmetics retailers to directly invest in the country as it emerges from years of economic sanctions. Sephora, part of luxury industry leader LVMH , running around 2,000 outlets worldwide, is keen to build its presence in Iran …

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