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Siemens Healthineers signs $169 million partnership with British hospital trust By Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens Healthineers has signed a strategic partnership worth around 140 million euros ($169 million) with a British hospital operator to supply medical imaging gear for the next 15 years, a spokesman confirmed on Thursday. Under the contract signed with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the German health technology...

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UK will review quarantine country list on Thursday By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review a list of countries affected by quarantine measures, senior minister Michael Gove said on Thursday, after the country announced plans for some travellers to have to stay for 10 days in accommodation such as hotels upon arrival. Britain announced on Wednesday new measures to reduce travel in and out of the country, hoping that by...

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No review into workers’ rights, says business minister By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will no longer hold a review into workers' rights, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said, reiterating that the government will not water down employment protections but instead will look at raising them post-Brexit. Earlier this month, his department rejected a media report that it was proposing changes focused on ending the 48-year working week, rules around rest breaks...

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Exclusive: Regulators press Deutsche Bank CEO to drop investment bank role – sources By Reuters

By Tom Sims and Patricia Uhlig FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Regulators are pressing Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) CEO Christian Sewing to relinquish day-to-day oversight of its sprawling investment bank, two people with knowledge of the matter said. European Central Bank officials have held conversations with Deutsche Bank managers, including Sewing, in which they...

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EasyJet calls for exit-plan from travel curbs to rescue summer By Reuters

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet urged governments on Thursday to set out a plan for easing COVID-19 travel restrictions as the British airline warned its prospects had worsened for January-March and it could not give forecasts for the key summer season. Like all airlines, easyJet (LON:EZJ) has been hoping for a bumper summer after almost a year of travel curbs,...

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London stocks drop to near one-month low as lockdown fears weigh By Reuters

(Reuters) - British shares fell on Thursday as energy and mining stocks tracked commodity prices that fell on virus and lockdowns-led demand worries, while the vaccine row between the European Union and AstraZeneca Plc continued to weigh. AstraZeneca was the top drag to the FTSE 100 index for the second consecutive day after EU officials demanded on Wednesday that AstraZeneca use British...

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European shares hit near 1-month low after Wall Street selloff By Reuters

(Reuters) - European stocks hit a near one-month low on Thursday following Wall Street's worst sell-off since October on concerns about high valuations, with investors also growing wary about a rise in more contagious coronavirus variants. The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 1% by 0812 GMT, turning negative for the year, while major regional bourses like Germany's DAX and France CAC 40 slid...

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