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French building materials firm Consolis took its first step towards a possible stock market flotation by formally registering plans for an initial public offering (IPO) with the AMF market regulator.

Britain's opposition Labour Party will keep open the option of a second Brexit referendum with a question wide enough to include the option of remaining in the European Union, the party's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.

Australian shares closed almost unchanged on Tuesday as an escalation in Sino-U.S. trade tensions hit risk sentiment, while energy stocks jumped on a rally in oil prices.

Standard Chartered said on Tuesday it will stop financing new coal-fired powerd stations, joining the growing ranks of lenders and financiers ending support for the dirtiest fossil fuel amid rising concerns about climate change.

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agreed to enter into a "strategic alliance" to provide global mobility tax and immigration services to clients, Fragomen said in a statement on Tuesday.

* U.S., China imposed fresh tariffs on each other's goods on Monday

China's stock markets fell on Tuesday morning in their first trading session after fresh U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports kicked in on Monday, prompting retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. imports to China. ** At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was down 21.15 points...

Philippine stocks fell on Tuesday on the peso's continued slide coupled with renewed trade war concerns, while Singapore extended gains for a fifth session thanks to "window dressing" attempts by portfolio managers ahead of the third quarter close. Broader Asian stocks struggled as the latest round...

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