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Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan on Friday pushed back against assertions that moves by the central bank were weighing down the U.S. economy, saying other factors, such as trade and immigration, were far more significant.

Thousands of chanting Hong Kong protesters joined peaceful "Baltic Chain" links of hands on Friday, with almost three months of anti-government demonstrations showing no sign of let-up across the Chinese-ruled territory.

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A London judge ordered on Friday the confiscation of bitcoin and other digital currencies worth nearly $1 million from a prolific computer hacker, in the first case of its kind for Britain's biggest police force.

The Sri Lankan rupee fell for the fifth straight session on Friday, after the central bank cut key monetary policy rates amid foreign outflows from government securities, and tracking other emerging currencies. Stocks closed slightly weaker. ** The central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates for the second time in four months...

The U.S. Federal Reserve should continue to ease monetary policy because of the Treasury yield curve, which recently inverted again, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Friday.

From supermarket checkouts in the capital Caracas to electronics stores in the central city of Maracay, Venezuelans struggling with hyperinflation and a deep economic crisis are turning to a new form of payment: euros in cash.

Japan's biggest asset manager plans to expand into the United States for the first time as part of efforts to win more money from overseas clients, its chief executive told Reuters.

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