By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s economic growth is less than 2% this year and remains 8 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels, while production in sectors such as agricult[...]
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July 22, 2023
‘Barbie’ movie revives interest in doll collectors’ market
By Rachel Nostrant and Julia Harte (Reuters) – Matthew Keith bought his first Barbie dolls in the 1970s using his allowance money, hiding them from his parents for fear they would say the toys w[...]
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ECB to ask banks to provide weekly liquidity data to monitor their health – Enria
MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) will ask banks to provide weekly liquidity data from September so that it can carry out more frequent checks on their ability to ward off potent[...]
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CME Group to lay off 3% of its workforce, reallocate positions
(Reuters) – CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, eliminated about 100 positions, or 3% of its workforce, this week while reallocating some positions, a spokesperson said on[...]
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Russian central bank surprises with sharper-than-expected rate hike to 8.5%
By Elena Fabrichnaya, Alexander Marrow and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by a greater-than-expected 100 basis points to 8.5% on Friday, r[...]
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