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Infrastructure funds prepare sales of airports in UK and Italy-sources

A aircraft taxis past the control tower at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland April 23, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A group of infrastructure investors around Europe are working on the sale of their stakes in European airports, leveraging on the recovery of travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to bankers, investors and industry sources.Among the largest of the airports that may see a change of ownership as soon as 2024 is Edinburgh, five of the sources said.Its owner Global Infrastructure Partners...
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Rabobank hit with $29 mln EU fine over 2006-16 bond cartel

Rabobank headquarters is seen in Utrecht, Netherlands August 21, 2018. Picture taken August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/ File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Dutch bank Rabobank was hit with a 26.6-million-euro ($29 million) fine by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday for taking part in a euro-denominated bonds trading cartel for a decade.Banks around the world have been fined billions of euros by antitrust enforcers in recent years for rigging key financial benchmarks and currencies.The European Commission said the cartel, which operated between 2006 and 2016, focused on...
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Worldline shock fuels European payments sector slump

U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 25 (Reuters) - Worldline's shares shed more than half of their value on Wednesday after the French payments company stunned investors with a cut to its full-year targets, spooking the stocks of rivals such as Nexi and CAB Payments.Investors have grown increasingly cautious about the sector, where stretched valuations have come under pressure from higher interest rates and fintech funding has dropped sharply.Shares in Worldline...
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Spain government upbeat about auto sector investment after Euro 7 deal

Spain's new Minister of Industry Hector Gomez Hernandez walks outside Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Spain is optimistic about the prospects of attracting new investment into its automotive sector following the so-called Euro 7 agreement, which watered down proposed rules on pollutant emissions rules for new cars in Europe, Trade Minister Hector Gomez told Reuters on Thursday.EU ministers last month approved the rules under Spain's rotating presidency of the European Council, a position which Gomez said was...
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