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Russian Rouble and U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationTop banker: This is 'hot war' not Cold WarKostin: Dollar use will be hurt by West's sanctionsKostin: China moving towards removing currency restrictionsKostin: Record VTB profit this yearKostin: VTB to sell one of biggest grain tradersMOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) - The end of the dominance of the U.S. dollar is nigh as the Chinese yuan rises and the rest of the world sees the peril of the West's failed attempt to bring Russia to...

Croda profit warning weighs on other chemical firmsAll eyes on Fed, ECB policy meetings next weekSTOXX off 0.2%, ends week 0.5% downJune 9 (Reuters) - European shares slipped on Friday, rounding off a lacklustre week that saw investors step to the sidelines ahead of crucial updates from the U.S. Fed and European Central Bank (ECB), while Croda slid on a tepid profit outlook.The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) closed 0.2% down and ended the week 0.5% lower.Investors feared that the Fed could opt for a hawkish stance in its meeting...

White House rebuts reports of Iran oil dealFed expected to keep interest rates on hold in JuneU.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline inventories riseJune 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled lower on Thursday but rebounded from earlier losses after the U.S. and Iran both denied a report that they were close to a nuclear deal.Oil fell by more than $3 on the report that the U.S. would give Iran sanctions relief to export oil in return for Tehran reducing uranium enrichment.A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council called the...

BERLIN, June 8 (Reuters) - Reality star Kim Kardashian's arrival at a gathering of the globe's top deal brokers in Berlin failed to dispel their dark mood as the rising cost of money puts the brakes on the private equity industry.Flanked by bodyguards, Kardashian drew a crowd of hundreds of executives at the SuperReturn industry event, saying she wanted to learn the secrets of investing having set up her own fund last year.Talking about her ambitions, Kardashian, whose empire spans skincare and underwear, sought what she called the "magic sauce"...