Glance-European Factors–Shares set to fall, commods under prssureForbes, NYRoyal Mail wants to keep its stake. Investments for about $2.5 billion, the Swiss bank said on Monday. operations told Reuters in an interview on Sunday. Sea pipeline company to GDF Suez, according to German weekly WirtschaftsWoche. the sidelines of at … More: …
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