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Alarm bells for Macron as left gains in polls

Spain's Acerinox and Dutch company Aperam are in preliminary talks about a possible merger, they said on Friday, a move that could create a global leader in stainless steel and Europe's biggest producer.

Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an "environment of fear rather than trust", a body representing top tech companies has warned the government, calling for a one-year delay before the rules take effect.

Turkey's annual inflation rate jumped to a 24-year high of 73.5% in May, fuelled by the war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and a tumbling lira -- though the figure was slightly lower than economists had feared.

Diagnostic companies are racing to develop tests for monkeypox, hoping to tap into a new market as governments ramp up efforts to trace the world's first major outbreak of the viral infection outside of Africa.

Walmart Inc announced plans on Thursday to open four new fulfillment centers in the United States over the next two years, creating 4,000 new jobs that will expand its delivery network and make workers' jobs easier.

Senior Walmart Inc executives said on Friday some suppliers have been responding to the largest U.S.

As EU squeezes Russia, Serbia embraces old ally

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For at least a decade, Burger King's formula for European expansion has relied on a joint venture partnership, including a master franchisee, to open and operate new locations.

U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in May and maintained a fairly strong pace of wage increases, signs of labor market strength that will keep the Federal Reserve on an aggressive monetary policy tightening path to cool demand.

U.S. employment increased more than expected in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, signs of a tight labor market that could keep the Federal Reserve's foot on the brake pedal to cool demand.

Global stock markets fall after US jobs report

Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors hoped U.S.

European shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors await a key jobs report that will help gauge the strength of the U.S.

Oil settled higher on Friday, supported by expectations that OPEC's decision to increase production targets by slightly more than planned will not add that much to global supply which should tighten as China eases COVID restrictions.

Oil edged higher on Friday, supported by expectations that OPEC's decision to increase production targets by slightly more than planned won't much affect tight global supply and by rising demand as China eases COVID restrictions.

Oil rose higher on Friday, supported by expectations that OPEC's decision to increase production targets by slightly more than planned won't much affect tight global supply and by rising demand as China eases COVID restrictions.

Oil prices edged higher on Friday as markets shrugged off the decision of OPEC+ to increase production and questioned whether the incremental output would make up for lost Russian supply and meet China's growing demand amid easing COVID restrictions.

Oil prices moved in a thin range on Friday as markets shrugged off the decision of OPEC+ to increase production and questioned whether the incremental output could make up for lost supply from Russia and meet China's growing demand amid easing COVID restrictions.

Oil prices were roughly unchanged on Friday, clinging to gains made in the previous session on doubts that producers belonging to OPEC+ can hike their crude output enough to make up for lost supply from Russia.

Oil slipped on Friday after OPEC+ decided to increase production targets by slightly more than planned, although tight global supply and rising demand as China eases COVID restrictions limited the decline.

Oil slipped on Friday after OPEC+ decided to increase production targets by slightly more than planned, although tight global supply and rising demand as China eases its COVID restrictions limited the decline.

The U.S. dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday after a better-than-expected U.S.

The U.S. dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on Friday, after a better-than-expected U.S.

The dollar was little changed on Friday, even as risk appetite picked up ahead of U.S. jobs data.

The dollar edged lower on Friday as risk appetite picked up ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day.

The dollar wobbled toward its first steady week in three on Friday as traders looked to U.S.

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