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Hungary’s Orban to scrap Sunday shopping ban to avoid referendum

BUDAPEST / AFP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s cabinet will ask lawmakers to rescind a law that barred all but a few shops from staying open on Sundays, Orban’s chief of staff Antal Rogan told reporters on Monday. The government recognized that most people are opposed to the ban and wants to avoid a referendum called by an opposition party ...

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Tata to sell long-products steel biz to Greybull capital

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd., part of India’s biggest conglomerate, agreed to sell its European long-products steel business to Greybull Capital LLP and started the formal sales process to exit the wider U.K. steel industry. The agreement covers its Scunthorpe steelworks in England, as well as mills in Teesside and northern France, according to a statement from the Indian company’s U.K. ...

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Rosneft surpasses Gazprom as Russia’s valuable firm

Bloomberg Rosneft OJSC became Russia’s most valuable company as its market capitalization exceeded that of natural gas exporter Gazprom PJSC for the first time since its shares began trading in 2006. Rosneft shares rose 4.8 percent in London by 12:02 p.m., boosting the value of Russia’s largest oil producer to $52 billion. Gazprom gained 0.3 percent, raising its market capitalization ...

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