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Sweden warned not to return to high-tax 70s as incomes squeezed

  Reuters Don’t return Sweden to the high taxes of the 1970s and 1980s. That warning comes from Sweden’s state-funded economic think tank as the Social Democratic-led government has been raising taxes on workers, while planning to cut levies on pensioners and those collecting benefits. “There are big negative effects, at least in the longer term, of higher state income ...

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Deutsche Bank eyes new home lending

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is finding that there just isn’t enough soured US mortgage debt anymore. The German bank needs the stuff, after agreeing to provide $4.1 billion of relief to borrowers as part of a larger legal settlement with the US. It’s already been planning to finance fund managers that would in turn buy underwater mortgages and ease their ...

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Lego Fund eyes London real estate market

  Bloomberg The $12 billion fund that manages the wealth of the billionaire family behind Lego A/S wants to add more UK real estate to its portfolio, reflecting a bet that Britain’s departure from the European Union might make the London property market more accessible. “We need to keep finding targets for investments and we feel that Brexit can give ...

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