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Cenovus Energy acquires additonal shares in MEG Energy reut.rs/4ngTouY

Cenovus Energy acquires additonal shares in MEG Energy

Cenovus Energy bought more shares in MEG Energy , raising its stakes to 9.8% in the Canadian oil sand company.

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Morning Bid: Fed balm soothes trade war jabs reut.rs/48wGd5k

Morning Bid: Fed balm soothes trade war jabs

What matters in U.S. and global markets today

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Synchrony Financial third quarter profit rises on resilient online spending reut.rs/3Jeav2n

Synchrony Financial third quarter profit rises on resilient online spending

Consumer lender Synchrony Financial on Wednesday reported a rise in third-quarter profit, helped by higher interest income as customers spent more on online purchases.

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India's Axis Bank posts bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on higher provisions reut.rs/46PQjgk

India's Axis Bank posts bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on higher provisions

Indian private lender Axis Bank reported a bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, as higher provisions for bad loans weighed on earnings.

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The dispute over the return of bodies still has the potential to upset the ceasefire deal along with other major issues that are yet to be resolved. Read more: reut.rs/4nQwziv 4/4

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However, the militant group returned more Israeli bodies overnight, and an Israeli security official said preparations were underway to open Rafah to Gazan citizens, while a second official said that 600 aid trucks would go in 3/4

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Israel had threatened to keep Rafah shut and reduce aid supplies because Hamas was returning bodies too slowly, showing the risks to a truce that has stopped two years of devastating warfare in Gaza and freed all living hostages held by Hamas 2/4

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Aid trucks rolled into Gaza and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas reut.rs/43lDU1j 1/4

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Former Spurs director Paratici returns to club after 30-month FIFA ban reut.rs/472jn4t

Former Spurs director Paratici returns to club after 30-month FIFA ban

Fabio Paratici has returned to Tottenham Hotspur as a sporting director, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, after the Italian had finished serving a 30-month ban from football.

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State airline Garuda Indonesia appoints new CEO Glenny Kairupan, official says reut.rs/4n5aPOG

State airline Garuda Indonesia appoints new CEO Glenny Kairupan, official says

State airline Garuda Indonesia on Wednesday appointed a new chief executive officer, retired military official Glenny Kairupan, its corporate secretary Cahyadi Indrananto said.

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- Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
- Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow
- French PM to suspend Macron's flagship pension reform reut.rs/3KOzutG

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Sterling strengthens against weaker dollar, Reeves' budget plans in focus reut.rs/3W6gUj2

Sterling strengthens against weaker dollar, Reeves' budget plans in focus

The pound firmed against a broadly weaker dollar on Wednesday, as Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves confirmed tax rises and spending cuts are on the horizon, and market focus stays on the Bank of England's rate path.

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Wall Street futures rise on boost from chip stocks; bank earnings in focus reut.rs/477ecip

Wall Street futures rise on boost from chip stocks; bank earnings in focus

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as chipmakers rallied after ASML's results, while investors awaited earnings from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley following strong reports from lenders that helped lift markets in the prior session.

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Investors on guard for risks that could derail the AI gravy train reut.rs/4nRWwyt

Investors on guard for risks that could derail the AI gravy train

Optimism over the profit potential of artificial intelligence has helped drive the U.S. stock market to record highs, but investors are looking for weak spots that could emerge in the AI trade and have identified some risks to watch for.

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India's trade deficit widens to 11-month high of $32.15 bln in September reut.rs/4qgG4JM

India's trade deficit widens to 11-month high of $32.15 bln in September

India's merchandise trade deficit widened to an 11-month high of $32.15 billion in September, data showed on Wednesday, as imports surged faster than exports after President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs to 50% on several Indian goods in late August.

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South Korea issues travel ban for parts of Cambodia after nationals trapped in scam centres reut.rs/47d7wzn

South Korea issues travel ban for parts of Cambodia after nationals trapped in scam centres

South Korea issued a "code-black" travel ban for parts of Cambodia on Wednesday and dispatched a team of high-level officials to help nationals lured into working in scam compounds and secure the release of those held against their will.

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That's driving business for AI startups that help companies slash staffing costs and scale operations — even though many consumers still prefer to deal with a person. Read the full report: reut.rs/3WFKTOU 5/5

Meet the AI chatbots replacing India's call-center workers

Rather than pump the brakes as AI threatens jobs built on routine tasks, the country is accelerating, wagering that a let-it-rip approach will create enough new opportunities to absorb those displaced.

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Now, AI-powered systems are subsuming jobs done by graduates in technical support, customer care and data management, sparking a scramble to adapt, a Reuters examination found 4/5

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Cheap labor and English proficiency helped make India the world's back office — sometimes at the expense of workers elsewhere 3/5

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The company, LimeChat, has an audacious goal: to make customer-service jobs almost obsolete. It says its generative AI agents enable clients to slash by 80% the number of workers needed to handle 10,000 monthly queries 2/5

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At a startup office in this Indian city, developers are fine-tuning artificial-intelligence chatbots that talk and message like humans reut.rs/4qcdpVS 1/5