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Spain’s Abengoa wards off bankruptcy with creditor deal

  Madrid / AFP Spain’s energy giant Abengoa, struggling under a billions-strong debt pile, said on Thursday it had reached a deal with creditors and investors allowing it to ward off bankruptcy. The renewable energy firm had until October 28 to strike a debt restructuring agreement after announcing last year that it was filing for preliminary protection from creditors following ...

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TUI confident despite terror blow to tourism

  Berlin / AFP German-British travel giant TUI said on Thursday it is weathering the hard times brought on by a series of terrorist attacks despite a slide in revenues in its third quarter. “People still want to travel, but they’re travelling differently,” chief executive Fritz Joussen said in a telephone conference. “The overall number of travellers will be higher ...

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European stocks at 7-week high close to erasing Brexit drop

  Bloomberg European equities traded at a seven-week high, coming close to erasing their post-Brexit losses, boosted by optimism in the recovery as companies from Zurich Insurance Group AG to KBC Group NV posted profit that beat estimates. Zurich Insurance added 4.5 percent after saying earnings fell less than projected. Belgian lender KBC advanced 5.5 percent after posting better-than-expected profit ...

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