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...We think a rational assessment of the state of the economy as the end of the year approaches will force Johnson to seek an extension. Anyway....
...or ‘V’ shaped recovery,” said Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...In June, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency noted that the average amount of an auto loan was greater than the value of the car during the fourth quarter of 2013, as lenders bundled the costs...
...(Financial Times) Sprint, the US mobile phone operator, has abandoned its takeover pursuit of rival carrier T-Mobile US, bringing to an end a long-running attempt to create a new force in America’s highly...
...(FT’s Global Markets Overview) Kerry tours middle easy seeking support for new Iraq gov: John Kerry, the US secretary of state, started a week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe on Sunday to try and...
...The program, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, covered losses for American commodities exporters in cases where their import partner failed to make a payment.”...
...(Financial Times) “FedEx was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing....
...“The state of Iraq is in imminent collapse,” said Faisal Istrabadi, Iraq’s former deputy ambassador to the UN....
...Vivendi would get 43 percent of the entity formed by a merger of SFR and Bouygues Telecom, compared with 46 percent previously (Bloomberg)....
...A reading of New York state manufacturing conditions also disappointed....
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...the U.S....
...(Financial Times) Currency manipulation should be part of trade talks, Senators say: “A bipartisan majority of the US Senate demanded that US President Barack Obama address “currency manipulation” in trade...
...(Financial Times) “U.S. prosecutors are seeking more than $13 billion from Bank of America to resolve federal and state investigations of the lender’s sale of bonds backed by home loans in the run-up to...
...The figures should cast light on the state of the economy before and during the fiscal crisis that gripped Washington for 16 days, threatening the recovery’s momentum....
...(Financial Times longread) U.S. inflation is a window into a global growth risk (WSJ, Hilsenrath) Emerging markets can learn from America’s bank stress tests (Financial Times, Tett) France is looking...
...) The Fed appears mired in a classic state of active inertia (Financial Times) How a digital currency could transform Africa, although we are far less sure about the image of a “pronking impala” (Financial...
...(WSJ) “Some banks in the U.K. are talking with regulators and drawing up internal plans on how they would cope if the U.S. fails to increase its borrowing limit [with some saying] they have been stockpiling...
...Markets: Most Asian stocks rose as President Barack Obama pulled the U.S. from the brink of a military strike against Syria. Energy producers led declines....
...(WSJ) “Shuanghui International intends to quickly ramp up pork exports from the U.S. as its top priority after Thursday’s closing of its $4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods senior executives said...
...relief) as part of a deal with US state and federal authorities....
...“A group of Swiss banks is lining up to deliver key information to U.S. authorities investigating tax evasion, potentially moving a long-running legal battle further toward a close.”...
...(Financial Times) COMMENT AND CURIOS: - Europe’s austerity u-turn isn’t enough to create growth....
...China offered on Tuesday to talk with the United States about cyber security amid an escalating war of words between the two sides on computer hacking, but suspicion is as deep in Beijing as it is in Washington...
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