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Monday, December 25, 2017

Israel regulator seeks to ban bitcoin firms from stock exchange

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's markets regulator said on Monday he will propose regulation to ban companies based on bitcoin and other digital currencies from trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Russia's FinMin: crypto FX should only be traded by professionals

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday that cryptocurrencies should be traded only by professional investors, not in the mainstream.

Russia's standards agency says Nissan to recall 127,738 cars

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall 127,738 Nissan cars in Russia, Russia's technical safety watchdog Rosstandart said on Monday.

Kremlin hopes Rosneft/Sistema settlement to be smoothly implemented

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it hoped an out-of-court settlement reached between Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft and the Sistema conglomerate would be implemented smoothly.

VW may post excellent 2017 results, CEO tells Welt am Sonntag

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen will report excellent group results this year, its chief executive said, helped by expected record vehicle sales and by spending cuts.

Keppel pledges to protect dividends from 'one-off' Brazil bribery fine

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Keppel Corp Ltd said the impact of a mammoth fine borne by its offshore unit will be a 'one-off' in this year's earnings and will not impact dividends, as analysts predicted a share-price slump when markets reopen on Tuesday.

Vice Media co-founders apologize for 'boy's club' environment at firm

(Reuters) - Vice Media co-founders issued an apology on Saturday, saying the Millennial-focused media company had allowed a "boy's club" atmosphere that included sexual harassment to flourish.

An investor's best friend: China's booming pet market sparks deals

PINGYANG, China/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Li Mingjie is a pet industry investor's dream. The 23-year-old e-commerce worker spares little expense to make his pooch happy.

RBS to pay $125 million to settle California mortgage bond claims

(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc will pay $125 million to resolve claims that it made misrepresentations while selling mortgage-backed securities to two large California pension funds, the state's attorney general has announced.

Exclusive: ArcelorMittal tells Ilva it wants to change buying contract

ROME (Reuters) - Steelmaker ArcelorMittal has told commissioners running Italy's Ilva plant that it wants changes made to the contract in which it agreed to buy the company in order to protect it from legal challenges in Italy.