TOKYO (Reuters) -The yen climbed to a nine-week high on Friday as market players piled on bets for more interest rate hikes in Japan this year, while the U.S. dollar and other major currencies were little changed ahead of U.S. payroll figures later in the day. After a volatile week punctuated by back-and-forth market-moving headlines on U.S. tariff threats, traders...

ROME, Feb 7 (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Iliad is looking at a potential consolidation deal with Italy's former phone monopolist Telecom Italia (TIM), Italian newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Stampa reported on Friday. La Stampa said Iliad has given a mandate to Boston Consulting Group to study a possible deal, while Corriere said Iliad, assisted by Lazard (...

ROME (Reuters) - After three decades of wage stagnation, workers in Italy have plenty to protest about, yet strikes over pay are rare and seldom last more than a day, prompting growing questions about the role of the country's trade unions. Italy is the only advanced country where inflation-adjusted wages declined between 1990 and 2020, data from the Organisation for...

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