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S&P 500 to open lower as UK's Truss resigns as PM

The S&P 500 index was set to open lower on Thursday after the resignation of Liz Truss as prime minister of the UK added a layer of uncertainty to markets struggling to hold on to gains from a set of positive earnings forecasts from U.S.
YouGov found that within six weeks of taking power Liz Truss has become the most unpopular leader it has ever tracked

UK's Truss tells booing MPs she's no 'quitter'

British Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted she would not quit on Wednesday as she faced questions from booing MPs at her first Question Time session since abandoning her disastrous tax-slashing economic policies.
Gas meter is pictured at a home in Bad Honnef near Bonn

EU leaders still eyeing multiple gas price caps - document

European Union leaders meeting this week are set to endorse the bloc's latest proposals to curb energy prices, but pressure Brussels to go further and cap the price of gas used in power generation, according to a draft of their meeting conclusions.
Georgeta Ichim, 67, talks to a Reuters reporter in front of her house in Vasilati

As Europe saves energy, some Romanians have little to unplug

In the quiet Romanian village of Vasilati, where most houses are heated with wood, people worry about their power bills even though Romanians consume the least electricity per capita in the European Union and many have cut back use all they can.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Number 10 Downing Street for the Houses of Parliament, in London

UK PM Truss tries to reassert authority as rebellion grows

British Prime Minister Liz Truss sought to reassert authority over her fraught party on Wednesday with Conservative enforcers telling lawmakers they had to support her fracking policy as a vote treated as a test of confidence in the government.
Meta was banned by German authorities from collecting user data and linking the information to the person's Facebook account for advertising purposes

Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle

Britain's competition regulator has ordered Facebook-owner Meta to sell animated-images platform Giphy on Tuesday after a tribunal upheld its view that the acquisition could damage its rivals and remove a potential competitor in advertising.
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