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Macron shields French from some price pain before polls

  Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron’s price caps to stop a cost-of-living crisis colliding with April’s elections will slow inflation by about one percentage point at the start of 2022, according to Insee. The government has earmarked 15.5 billion euros ($17.7 billion) to curb the impact of inflation for households, most of which for mechanisms to limit the effect of ...

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Glaxo expects profit to rise as drugmaker prepares for split

  Bloomberg GlaxoSmithKline Plc expects profit to rise this year as the UK drugmaker prepares to spin off its consumer-health business, its biggest shake-up in more than two decades. Earnings for the pharma and vaccines businesses are expected to rise 12% to 14% in 2022 on an adjusted basis, Glaxo said on Wednesday. The shares rose as much as 1.4% ...

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US, EU to resume shellfish trade after 10-year dispute

  Bloomberg The trade of molluscan shellfish between the European Union and the US is set to resume following a 10-year break after the two sides resolved regulatory disputes. Sales of mussels, clams, oysters and scallops will resume at the end of this month, the European Commission said after it adopted legislation to that effect. Two EU member states, Spain ...

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