Tobacco Group Swedish Matchs Profit Narrowly Beats Estimates

STOCKHOLM, July 22 Reuters Swedish Match, which is the target of an agreed 16 billion bid by Philip Morris International Inc, on Friday reported secondquarter operating profit just above market expectations, aided by growth in the United States. Operating profit rose to 2.23 billion Swedish crowns 22.47 million from 1.96 billion a year earlier. Analysts […]
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ECB Hikes Rates more than Flagged in Race to Tame Inflation

All rates rise by 50 basis points Inflation to stay 39;undesirably39; high ECB backs 39;antifragmentation39; tool called TPI ECB 39;can go big39; on that, Lagarde says FRANKFURT, July 21 Reuters The European Central Bank raised interest rates by more than expected on Thursday as concerns about runaway inflation trumped worries about growth, even while the […]
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Gas Flows via Nord Stream 1 Resume Briefly in Pressure Tests

BERLIN, July 19 Reuters Gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline showed a rise in flows late on Tuesday ahead of the scheduled end of annual maintenance on Thursday, as the operator carried out pressure tests. Hourly flows through the pipeline, the main source of natural gas fuelling Europe39;s largest economy, Germany, have been at […]
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