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Lack of progress on transport means Britain is still likely to miss emissions targets

Number of services groups reporting rise in domestic sales falls to 2-year low

From Christopher Pike, Albi, France

U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr is expected to back away from prior criticism of an anti-fraud law that allows private individuals to bring lawsuits on behalf of the government, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Home secretary questions status of those arriving as 2 arrested over arranging crossings

Shares of Arconic Inc closed up 9.7 percent after Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-02/apollo-is-said-to-aim-for-sealing-arconic-deal-by-mid-january that Apollo Global Management LLC is in talks to buy the U.S. aluminum products maker for about $22 a share, citing people familiar with the matter.

* Administrators to seek new talks with deposit guarantee fund

Australian shares are expected to jump on Thursday as investors take advantage of attractive prices following a weak showing in equities, while the currency came under pressure from increasing signs of weakness in China's economy. Wall Street only edged up overnight as bargain-hunting was offset by fears...

As U.S. and Chinese delegations prepare for upcoming trade talks in Beijing, the two countries’ disputes over tariffs and trade are rattling markets, businesses, governments, consumers and workers across the globe. All of this corrosive uncertainty was entirely predictable – and explains why Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping failed...

The U.S. banking system has strong capital and liquidity and is well-positioned to manage more adverse market conditions, a spokesman for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Wednesday.