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Image source: Getty Images FTSE 250 stock Energean (LSE:ENOG) currently offers investors the third-highest dividend yield in the index. The firm continues to reward loyal shareholders without quarterly payouts, yet the stock price has taken quite a hit. In fact, since May, the oil & gas producer has seen close to a quarter of its market cap wiped out. As a result, buying shares today would lock in a 10.4% yield. And since production recently hit record highs, this may just be the tip of the iceberg. But if that’s the case, why is the stock tumbling? And is this…

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ZURICH (Reuters) – A group of campaigners wants UBS to lose its exemption from U.S. regulations that allows the Swiss bank to operate in the American pension market despite breaking banking rules, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday.The U.S. Department of Labor is considering an application from UBS that would extend its exemption to operate in the world’s largest with $30 trillion of assets under management, the newspaper said.Under U.S. rules, banks that have been convicted of criminal offences or punished by supervisory authorities are not allowed to manage the pension assets of American employees.A group of activists is now lobbying…

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ZURICH (Reuters) – A group of campaigners wants UBS to lose its exemption from U.S. regulations that allows the Swiss bank to operate in the American pension market despite breaking banking rules, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday. The U.S. Department of Labor is considering an application from UBS that would extend its exemption to operate in the world’s largest with $30 trillion of assets under management, the newspaper said. Under U.S. rules, banks that have been convicted of criminal offences or punished by supervisory authorities are not allowed to manage the pension assets of American employees. A group of activists…

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Image source: Getty Images AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN), Unilever (LSE: ULVR), and GSK (LSE: GSK) are some of the largest businesses in the FTSE 100. All are blue-chip companies that are popular with investors. Wondering what kind of dividends they’re likely to serve up in the year ahead? Here’s a look at the dividend forecasts for 2025. Ignore the low yield Let’s start with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Because it’s the largest business in the Footsie with a market cap of around £182bn. Now, the dividend yield here isn’t high. Currently, analysts expect a payout of 327 cents for 2025 – a…

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By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Iran’s missile barrage this month against Israel, after a similar large-scale attack in April, shows the value, as well as the shortcomings, of U.S. and allied missile defences in a potential Indo-Pacific conflict with China, analysts say. Although differences between the two scenarios limit the lessons that can be learnt, the nearly 400 missiles of different types that Iran has fired at Israel this year offer the United States and China some idea of what works and what does not. For Washington, the main takeaway from Iran’s Oct. 1 attacks – the largest sample…

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(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin climbed to the highest level in two weeks as a mixed reaction to China’s latest stimulus efforts emboldened wagers that speculators will chase after cryptocurrencies rather than the nation’s stocks.Most Read from BloombergThe largest digital asset rose as much as 2.8% on Monday before paring some of the increase to change hands at $63,890 as of 6:55 a.m. in London. Smaller tokens including second-ranked Ether and top-10 coin Solana advanced too.China is striving to revive its economy but a highly anticipated weekend policy briefing failed to specify exactly how much fiscal stimulus the government plans to inject.…

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