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  Bloomberg The political chaos since the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union should be more of a concern for Electricite de France SA’s £18 billion ($23 billion) Hinkley Point nuclear power project than the slump in sterling. The drop in the pound to a three-year low against the euro will shave just a small fraction off the anticipated ...

  Bloomberg German government bonds fell for a second day as greater political clarity in the U.K. and the prospect of a boost to monetary stimulus globally supported stocks and reduced demand for the safest assets. Yields on the nation’s 10-year bunds, the euro zone’s benchmark government securities, climbed to the highest in a more than a week — days ...

  Bloomberg A flood of soured assets will come on the market in Italy if a referendum to overhaul the political system is approved in the autumn, said Keith Breslauer, founder and managing director of Patron Capital Partners. “The opportunity in Italy is far greater” than in the U.K. after it voted to leave the European Union, Breslauer said in ...

  Bloomberg Daimler AG rose the most in three weeks after the company solidified its lead in the luxury-car market and said it’s confident of reaching this year’s underlying profit goals, despite more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in one-time costs in the second quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes rose 5.6 percent to 3.97 billion euros in ...

  Bloomberg China has intensified the drumbeat of its opposition to an international tribunal’s ruling expected on Tuesday that could threaten its expansive claims in the South China Sea. How Beijing responds to the ruling in the case filed by US ally the Philippines could chart the course of global power relations in an increasingly dangerous hotspot. It comes as ...

  AP  India has triggered the escape clause on dozens of bilateral investment treaties, aiming to renegotiate toward securing better protection from foreign litigation. The notifications, issued earlier this year, effectively let governments know they have 12 months to broker new treaties before the old ones expire. The changes India seeks could make it harder for foreign investors to legally ...

  Bloomberg Russia’s concern about water rights is holding up a $1 billion loan package Mongolia is seeking from China to build a hydroelectric dam that would help the landlocked central Asian nation ensure independent supplies of energy. The Kremlin said in June the project to build the Egiin Gol Hydro Power Plant on the Eg River in northern Mongolia ...

  Frankfurt / AFP The Frankfurt stock exchange said on Monday that it is examining whether to lower a key hurdle for its planned merger with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to go ahead. The shareholders of German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse have until Tuesday to decide whether to swap their shares for shares in the new merged company. ...

  Bloomberg French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Monday that Portugal does not deserve EU penalties for government budgetary overruns. “Portugal has made enormous efforts in the past years. It does not deserve excessive discipline,” said Sapin in Paris, speaking on his way to a meeting of European finance ministers. The ministers are meeting in Brussels and are mulling ...

  Bloomberg Nine of the world’s biggest offshore wind farm developers joined with the Scottish government to fund a 7.9 million-pound ($10.3 million) study aimed at curbing the costs of the expensive renewable energy technology. Companies including Dong Energy A/S, EON SE, Iberdrola SA and RWE AG, will together invest at least 6.4 million pounds over the next four years ...