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FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 20, 2024.REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
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European shares open flat as falling mining stocks curb gains

By Shashwat Chauhan, Jesus Calero and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – European equities advanced on Monday, led by gains in automobile and financial...

FILE PHOTO: Businessmen pass the Toronto Stock Exchange sing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 6, 2017.  REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Australia’s Paladin Energy to buy Canada’s Fission Uranium for $833 million

Paladin Energy has applied for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange as it agrees to buy Fission Uranium.

FILE PHOTO: Flags of the U.S. and China sit in a room where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China.     Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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China says it reserves right to take measures against US planned investment curbs

China is firmly opposed to rules proposed by the U.S. to ban certain investments in AI.

FILE PHOTO: Fisker Ocean electric SUV vehicles are shown at one of the company’s sales, service and delivery centers in Vista, California, U.S., May 22, 2024.   REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Fisker heads toward liquidation as creditors fight over assets

Electric vehicle startup Fisker is headed towards a liquidation, attorneys said in U.S. bankruptcy court on Friday, as two creditor factions previewed a...

Greenpeace activists, some dressed in business suits and wearing smoke stack hats, 'greenwash' BP's Calgary headquarters with large letters spelling out 'TAR SANDS' in Calgary, Thursday, April 15, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian oil and gas industry making risky play over greenwashing law: experts

Experts in communications and greenwashing say Canada's oil and gas industry is making a risky play in so fully scrubbing environmental claims from...

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File photo
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From construction to crude oil, how do U.S. industries deal with extreme heat?

Extreme heat has companies in the United States changing the way they work. One frequent response: work less. Here is how heat affects...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of a Tesla electric vehicle is placed on a car outside a dealership in Drogenbos, Belgium November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Tesla, opponents of Musk’s pay clash over resolving compensation lawsuit

Tesla and opponents of Elon Musk's compensation clashed on Friday over ways to resolve the legal quagmire that has engulfed the CEO's $56...

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the ExxonMobil oil refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Striking French workers block delivery trucks at ExxonMobil refinery

Striking workers blocked delivery trucks carrying oil products, including petrol, from leaving the ExxonMobil Chemical France's Port-Jerome-Gravenchon refinery in northern France on Friday.

The Ilijan liquified natural gas plant is visible along the coast of Ilijan, Batangas province, Philippines on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The Philippines is seeing one of the world's biggest buildouts of natural gas infrastructure. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Takeaways from AP’s report on Philippines governor’s interest in natural gas

An Associated Press investigation found that a major cheerleader for natural gas, Gov. Hermilando Mandanas of Batangas province, stood to benefit from the...

Ferrari's new factory will produce the group's legendary combustion engine cars as well as hybrids and the firm's first EV (AFP)
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Ferrari eyes electric future with solar-powered factory

Italian carmaker Ferrari on Friday inaugurated a new solar-powered factory at the group's historic Maranello site, where its electric car should be produced...

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