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  "id": 17045616,
  "title": "ECB Chief Christine Lagarde to step down in February",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ezb-chefin-christine-lagarde-tritt-im-februar-zuruck",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T10:07:25.000Z",
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    "name": "Der Standard Wirtschaft",
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  "original_language": "de",
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  "summary": "The succession at the top of the European Central Bank must be regulated by then. There had been speculation for some time about the 70-year-old's early retirement.",
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        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "European Central Bank: Lagarde to leave early in February - Poker game for ECB top spot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/europaische-zentralbank-lagarde-geht-vorzeitig-im-februar-poker-um",
        "published": "2026-10-29T10:12:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
        "title": "ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down early in February",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ezb-prasidentin-christine-lagarde-tritt-vorzeitig-im-februar-zuruck",
        "published": "2026-10-29T10:14:49.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/christine-lagarde-quittera-ses-fonctions-de-presidente-de-la-bce-en",
        "published": "2026-10-29T10:19:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Bangkok Post Business",
        "title": "ECB chief Christine Lagarde to step down in February",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ecb-chief-christine-lagarde-to-step-down-in-february",
        "published": "2026-10-29T11:45:00.000Z"
      }
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