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Pompeo offers no details on Trump-Taliban meeting

Bloomberg Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he doesn’t know when or where President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Taliban would take place. “They have an enormous amount of American blood on their hands,” Pompeo said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “We’re going to see if the Taliban are prepared to live up to the commitments they made.” ...

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Stocks advance on central bank hopes; oil rebounds

Bloomberg The worst stock rout since the global financial crisis showed signs of easing on Monday amid optimism that central banks will help cushion markets from the impact of the coronavirus. Crude oil rebounded. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped, with 17 of 19 industry sectors in the green, and futures for all three main American indexes advanced in the ...

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China stock traders are making big bet on fiscal stimulus

Bloomberg China’s biggest stock rally in months signals investors are counting on Beijing to loosen the purse strings after data showed a collapse in economic activity. Old-economy stocks led the charge on Monday, helping the CSI 300 Index close 3.3% higher for its biggest gain since May last year. A gauge of industrial shares rose 5.5%, the best day since ...

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