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* Barnier: ambitious deal with UK conditional on fair
competition
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It's good news that Angola's
Isabel dos Santos has decided to sell her investments in
Portuguese companies, Portugal's Economy Minister Pedro Siza
Vieira told Reuters, saying that would avoid any potential
damage to them as she battles fraud charges.
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Portugal's minority government
cannot accept a tax cut proposed by opposition parties in
exchange for their support to the budget, the economy minister
told Reuters, setting the stage for a potentially cliffhanger
vote on Thursday.
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Women gained seats on U.S.
corporate boards at a steady pace in recent years, but their
share of top board leadership roles is still stuck at a low
level, according to a new study.
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Morgan Stanley said on
Monday it will give $20 million to seven nonprofit groups
working to prevent youth suicide and fight depression and other
children's mental health problems.

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Regional bank Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc
said on Monday it would buy peer Opus Bank in
an all-stock deal valued at $1 billion, to expand its footprint
in California and other parts of the western United States.
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Chile's economic activity
rose 1.1% in December from the same month a year
ago, the central bank said on Monday, beating expectations after
months of protests rocked the South American nation.

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Britain does not accept the
European Union's rules to strike a comprehensive free trade deal
with the bloc, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday,
adding that the choice was either a Canada or Australia-style
accord.
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Britain will not seek to undermine
the European Union's standards with a "cut-throat race to the
bottom", British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.

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UK says it will leave EU single market and customs union at end of 2020, deal or no deal
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