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Australian shares are set to post their
first weekly gain in four on Friday, as strength in heavyweight
financial stocks and significant gains in real estate firms
pushed the benchmark higher.
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Deutsche Bank has
agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle charges that it
violated U.S. corruption laws by hiring relatives of foreign
government officials in order to win or retain business, the
U.S. markets regulator said on Thursday.
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China's central bank lowered
its official yuan midpoint to a fresh 11-year low on Friday, but
it was nowhere as weak as traders had expected.
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Pupils in north-east England do much worse than counterparts in London
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Iranian trial shows clinical benefits of combining four cheap medicines
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Britain's BT Group Plc is in talks
to sell its corporate business in Ireland to London-based
Mayfair Equity Partners, a Sky News reporter tweeted on
Thursday.
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A lawsuit filed by Puerto
Rico's financial oversight board over a new pension and
healthcare funding law will move forward after a federal judge
on Thursday denied the U.S. commonwealth's motion to dismiss the
case.
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The bond market is in a "bubble,"
particularly sovereign debt, Guggenheim Partners global chief
investment officer Scott Minerd warned on Thursday, and he said
that efforts by the Federal Reserve to head off a recession by
cutting interest rates will ultimately prove futile.
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Amazon.com Inc
is set to snag a minority stake in India's Future Retail Ltd
, which operates more than 900 stores in India and owns
several supermarket brands, including Big Bazaar.
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Two Federal Reserve
officials on Thursday said they see no need for an interest rate
cut next month, while another said he was "open-minded,"
highlighting policymakers' divisions over how to respond to
signs of a global economic slowdown.