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Oil slide weighs on stocks

Bloomberg Global stocks retreated and the yen strengthened after oil tumbled into a bear market on concern a supply glut will persist. The pound extended its decline as the UK prepared to start a new parliamentary session under Theresa May’s minority government. European shares fell for a second day as crude continued to edge lower. Haven demand spurred the yen ...

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Ukraine mulls PwC measures as Privatbank bill grows

Bloomberg Already reeling from a $4.5 billion bill to save its ailing No. 1 lender, Ukraine is now bracing for an even costlier rescue, and says audits by PwC’s local office were instrumental in the bank’s failure. The government may have to stump up 38.5 billion hryvnia ($1.5 billion) more to recapitalize Privatbank after last year’s state takeover, according to ...

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Barclays Africa to fight $86mn payout over Bankorp

Bloomberg Barclays Africa Group Ltd., the South African bank formerly known as Absa, will go to the country’s high court to challenge a decision that it should pay the government 1.125 billion rand ($86 million) over the apartheid-era acquisition of Bankorp Ltd. “This is due to numerous misrepresentations and factual inaccuracies which form the basis of the Public Protector’s findings, ...

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