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First time UK will spell out detail of what it wants from future relationship with EU

* Shares in Lonmin, Sibanye fall (Adds Sibanye comment, updates shares)

NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Prominent hedge fund managers appeared to make big first-quarter bets in UnitedHealth Group Inc, Anthem Inc and other health insurers whose shares tumbled in January after Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon in January announced a joint venture to slash U.S. healthcare costs.

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* 10-yr US yield hits near 7-year high, dollar hits 2018 peak

PORT LOUIS, May 15 (Reuters) - Mauritian bank MCB Group reported a 3.1 percent rise in nine-month pretax profit on Tuesday, helped by higher net interest income.

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday sanctioned Iran's central bank governor Valiollah Seif and Iraq-based Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for trafficking millions of dollars for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the second batch of sanctions by the Trump administration since it withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last...

Ardent naysayers, fevered fans and insouciant elites are faced with something new

May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Board nominees Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman on Tuesday both pledged their best efforts toward achieving the U.S. central bank's twin goals of full employment and low inflation in a nomination hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.

PRAGUE, May 15 (Reuters) - A new Czech market for small company listings had a mixed start on Tuesday, with one firm selling all the stock it had planned, but a second only finding buyers for a third of its offering and another abandoning its listing altogether.