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  Bloomberg Campaigners to get Britain out of the European Union have moved into the lead, according to a YouGov poll that increases the pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron with less than three weeks until the referendum. The online poll for ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme on Monday put “Leave” voters at 45 percent and “Remain” at 41 percent, ...

  Bloomberg The pound slumped to a three-week low after polls showed more Britons favor exiting the European Union, reviving concern a June 23 referendum will throw global markets into turmoil and undermine confidence in the 28-nation trading bloc. Sterling weakened against all 10 developed-market peers after two surveys showed more voters were willing to vote to leave the EU ...

  Bloomberg Days before a referendum that seemed to be in the bag for David Cameron, a YouGov Plc poll suddenly showed the “Leave” side ahead. The pound plunged, the prime minister panicked — then Scotland voted to stay in the U.K. by a 10-point margin. Two years on, and British voters are preparing to decide whether to leave the ...

  Bloomberg Rothschild & Co., part of the banking dynasty focused on advising on mergers, is buying Compagnie Financiere Martin Maurel to expand its wealth-management and lending operations for French families and entrepreneurs. The boards of both companies support the deal, which needs approval from shareholders and regulators, according to a joint statement on Monday. Marseille-based Martin Maurel has received ...

  Bloomberg Iceland erected new defenses to block fast money from chasing western Europe’s highest interest rates as the nation prepares to dismantle the last remnants of capital controls that have existed since 2008. Over the weekend, the small north Atlantic island set reserve requirements for new offshore investors forcing them to keep a substantial part of their holdings in ...

  Bloomberg Lukoil PJSC, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, said profit dropped 59 percent in the first quarter as oil prices declined to a 12-year low. Net income fell to 42.8 billion rubles ($651 million) from 104 billion rubles a year earlier, the Moscow-based company said. Russian producers have been partially buffered against the rout in crude by a weaker ruble, ...

  Bloomberg Chinese retailer Suning Commerce Group Ltd will acquire about 70 percent of Italian soccer club Inter Milan for €270 million ($306 million), making the deal a rare purchase in which a Chinese company will control a major European sports team. Suning will purchase existing and new shares in Inter Milan. Suning’s Inter Milan deal comes as another Chinese ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, issued a resolution reshuffling the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi General Services Company under the chairmanship of Eng Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar. The resolution named ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Zayed Housing Programme (ZHP) endorsed the names of 690 citizens eligible for housing worth over AED430.5 million. The move comes in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and follow up ...

  Dubai / WAM The site of Expo 2020 Dubai will be one of the fastest, smartest, and best connected places in the world during the global mega event, through its Premier Partnership with Etisalat Group, announced on Sunday. Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General Bureau Expo Dubai 2020 welcomed the Premier Partnership ...