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By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:) is turbo-charging its output across three continents with no plans to join a buyout frenzy sweeping the mining industry, a strategy that analysts say positions the company well to capitalize on the clean energy transition’s rising demand for the red metal. Used widely…

By Emma-Victoria Farr, Lucy Raitano and John O’Donnell FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – It was late on Tuesday evening in Europe and investors’ suspicions were growing. The German government’s efforts to sell Commerzbank (ETR:) shares in a market placement, on the face of it, a simple task, were stalling. They had expected…

By Victoria Waldersee, Joseph White BERLIN (Reuters) -When Volkswagen (ETR:) Group last month invested $5 billion in U.S. electric truck-and-SUV maker Rivian (NASDAQ:), the startup’s shares soared on the cash infusion. And Volkswagen’s stock dropped 1.6%. Some analysts praised the creation of a Volkswagen-Rivian joint venture to help the German…