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The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsItaly's FTSE MIB hits 15-year highEuro zone inflation tumble pits ECB against marketsASR jumps after final settlement with interest groupsSTOXX 600 adds 0.5%Nov 30 (Reuters) - European shares hit a more than two-month high on Thursday, ending November sharply higher, after data showing a drop in inflation in the U.S. and Europe boosted bets that central banks will soon be cutting interest rates.The pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX)...

VIENNA/FRANKFURT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Property and retail giant Signa declared insolvency on Wednesday after last-ditch attempts to secure fresh funding failed, making it the biggest casualty so far of Europe's property crash.Controlled by Austrian magnate Rene Benko, the group is an owner of New York's Chrysler Building as well as several high-profile projects and department stores across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.The multi-billion-euro group, whose tentacles reach from Germany's best-known department store, Berlin's KaDeWe, to the country's top high-street chain Galeria and a skyscraper project, is set to send ripples...