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Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries dropped to a six-month low in January, allowing the Kremlin to increase fuel supplies to the domestic market and resume gasoline exports....

China resumed its position as the biggest importer of Russian seaborne crude in January...

The sons of the late tycoon David Barclay, who built one of the UK's largest fortunes with his twin brother, are facing bankruptcy demands and civil claims as banks owed around £160 million ($219 million) pursue the trio through the courts....

The yield on Germany's benchmark 30-year bond climbed to the highest since 2011 as investors demand higher premiums to account for the record debt burden they need to absorb....

Cipher Mining Inc. is seeking to raise $2 billion in the US junk bond market to help fund construction of a data center tied to Amazon.com Inc....

Arko Petroleum Corp., the fuel wholesaler subsidiary of convenience store firm Arko Corp., is seeking to raise as much as $210 million in an initial public offering that could value the company close to $1 billion....

Walt Disney Co. said Josh D'Amaro, a 28-year-veteran of the company, will succeed Bob Iger as chief executive officer of the entertainment giant effective March 18. Ed Ludlow reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Elon Musk's xAI is under investigation by the UK's data protection watchdog, as regulatory scrutiny ramps up of the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized imagery of people....

The public commission building the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey said it sued the Trump administration over a federal funding freeze that could halt work on one of the nation's biggest infrastructure projects....

Walt Disney Co. said Josh D'Amaro, will succeed Bob Iger as chief executive officer of the entertainment giant, ending a three-year search to replace its long-serving leader....

India's agreement with the US to buy $500 billion-worth of goods over five years includes an existing pipeline of projects, as well as new areas of spending, such as data centers and energy, an official in New Delhi said....

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin said last year's interest-rate reductions have helped bolster the labor market as officials now look to bring inflation back down to the central bank's target....

President Donald Trump sent the US dollar tumbling last week by suggesting he was comfortable with its recent weakness. Some Canadian pension managers are taking him at his word....

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said the absence of strong price pressures in the economy means interest rates, which he described as restrictive, need to be lowered again this year....

Pfizer Inc. said that a monthly regimen of an obesity drug obtained in its deal for Metsera Inc. produced up to 12.3% weight loss after 28 weeks compared to a placebo....

Otro Capital raised $1.2 billion for its first flagship private equity fund, as the sports-focused firm capitalizes on soaring demand from large institutional investors for the burgeoning asset class....

Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad pitched two economists for open seats on the central bank board, but said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hasn't yet made a decision on the nominees....

Brazil's central bank said it will determine the size and length of its coming monetary easing cycle over time as board members mull economic data that is still showing mixed signals....

Elon Musk is combining SpaceX and xAI in a deal that values the enlarged entity at $1.25 trillion, as the world's richest man looks to fuel his increasingly costly ambitions in artificial intelligence and space exploration. Elsewhere in technology, Palantir Technologies shares rose in afterhours trading on Tuesday after the data-analysis software company gave a revenue forecast that is much stronger than analysts expected. Precious metals gold and silver rebounded, after a historic collapse from all-time highs lured dip-buyers back to precious metals. The Opening Trade has everything you need to know as markets open across Europe. With analysis you won't find anywhere else, we break down the biggest stories of the day and speak to top guests who have skin in the game. Hosted by Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie. (Source: Bloomberg)...

While broad market participation is welcomed by officials, any threat to social cohesion is sure to attract negative attention....