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            <title><![CDATA[France Sees Up to €6 Billion Budget Impact From Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MSC Founder Gianluigi Aponte Transfers Ownership to Children]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dolce & Gabbana Names Ex-Gucci Boss Cantino as Co-CEO]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:28:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merck to Create a Separate Cancer Unit as Patent Cliff Looms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:22:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[LyondellBasell Slashes Dividend, Citing Challenging Markets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Societe Generale to Cut 1,800 Jobs in France to Trim Costs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:47:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sign for Societe Generale SA at the bank&apos;s headquarters in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. SocGen is scheduled to announce earnings on Feb. 8.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merck to Buy Cidara in $9.2 Billion Deal as Sales Drop Looms]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novo Nordisk Rises After Bowing Out of Metsera Takeover Battle]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:16:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEB Plunges After Cutting Sales Forecast on Europe Weakness]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:47:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Pharma Plan Looks Like Reprieve for Many Drugmakers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[L’Oreal Names New CEO of US Business in Leadership Shuffle]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BAT CFO Unexpectedly Steps Down as Turnaround Takes Shape]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:22:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Commuters Face Disruption From Tube Strike Next Month]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:39:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[P&G Plans to Cut 15% of Office Jobs Over Next Two Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Honeywell Enters Cooperation Pact With Elliott Before Breakup]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 11:19:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[France, UK, Canada Call on Israel to Allow More Aid to Gaza]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 18:49:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Balenciaga Names Pierpaolo Piccioli New Creative Director]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 16:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sodexo Drops After Guidance Cut on US University Business]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Honeywell to Break Up After Pressure From Activist Elliott]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiel Porter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:24:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[France’s Engie Stepped Up Pace of Clean Energy Sales in 2024]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee walks between containers housing lithium-ion batteries at the Engie SA power blackout avoidance battery storage park in Drogenbos, Belgium, on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Engie is close to a deal to sell its German and Dutch coal operations to Riverstone Holdings, part of a series of disposals the utility is planning that will fund clean-energy investments, people familiar with the matter said.</media:description>
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