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FTSE 100 slips as stronger pound, subdued consumer spending data weigh By Reuters

(Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday after a solid start to the week, as a stronger pound outweighed a set of upbeat earnings, while data showed a nationwide lockdown hurt consumer spending in January. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.2%, with food and drug retailers and construction stocks being the worst performers. The mid-cap FTSE 250 gained 0.1%...

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Does the world need new COVID vaccines? ‘Jury is out’, Oxford’s Pollard says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - It is not yet clear whether or not the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday. "There are definitely new questions about variants that we're going to...

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TUI banking on a summer recovery after pandemic losses By Reuters

By Sarah Young and Ilona Wissenbach LONDON (Reuters) - TUI (LON:TUIT) Group the world's biggest holiday company, is banking on a summer recovery to help ease its strained finances after it sunk to a 699 million euro quarterly loss during another period when coronavirus curbs stopped trips. Germany-based TUI, which before the pandemic took 23 million people on holiday annually, has...

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Tesla Boots the Bitcoin Bandwagon Closer to Corporate America By Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc.’s purchase of $1.5 billion in Bitcoin may have forced cryptocurrencies onto the agenda of corporate treasurers worldwide. While crypto acolytes have been saying for some time that corporate adoption is imminent, in reality it had been limited to firms such as MicroStrategy Inc. and Square Inc (NYSE:SQ). Tesla getting involved -- the fourth biggest...

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Simon Property Earnings miss, Revenue Inline In Q4 By Investing.com

Simon Property (NYSE:SPG) reported on Monday fourth quarter earnings that missed analysts' forecasts and revenue that was inline with expectations. Simon Property announced earnings per share of $0.86 on revenue of $1.13B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $0.9009 on revenue of $1.13B. Simon Property shares are up 16% from the beginning of the year and are trading...

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SoftBank shares breach Y10,000, hits 2-decade high, on record Vision Fund profit By Reuters

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group Corp shares climbed above 10,000 yen apiece on Tuesday, hitting two-decade highs, a day after the group's Vision Fund unit reported record profits as portfolio company listings accelerate. SoftBank's shares were up 5.3% at Y9,990 at 0055 GMT having earlier shot past Y10,000, the biggest intraday jump in two months. On Monday SoftBank...

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