LONDON – European stocks are expected to open in the mixed region on Monday, as market attention has been focused on negotiations between the UK and the EU on post-Brexit trade deals. According to IG, London’s FTSE is down 7 points at 6,546, Germany’s DX is up 41 points at …
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Germany will close most of its stores on Wednesday during the New Year – preventing its Christmas shopping season from implementing strict COVID-19L downdown measures. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that non-national stores would remain closed until at least January 10 as part of a nationwide lockdown. “I would …
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ROME (AP) – After the health care system again failed to protect the elderly – Europe’s highest coronavirus death – and delays in imposing new sanctions by the government, Italy could soon reclaim a record that no one wants. That was not to be. Italy was the first country in …
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By Maria Caspani, Brendan O’Brien New York / Indianapolis (Reuters) – U.S. Health officials, shipping services and hospitals are set to launch an unprecedented mass inoculation campaign on Friday, as federal regulators gave emergency approval to the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Preparations for the vaccine rollout were …
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BERLIN (AP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday advocated tougher restrictions on public life and urged her compatriots to cut back on socialization as the country recorded the highest number of one-day deaths from the coronavirus epidemic. Despite the partial shutdown that began on November 2 – Germany is …
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