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Naira weakens beyond 300 per dollar for first time

  Bloomberg Nigeria’s naira fell to a record against the dollar as Africa’s largest economy struggles with a scarcity of foreign exchange more than a month after the currency was devalued. The naira weakened beyond 300 to the dollar for the first time on Friday, according to generic data compiled by Bloomberg, tumbling 2.3 percent to 300.25, Nigeria’s commercial capital. ...

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BBVA to weigh thousands of job cuts to reduce costs

  BLOOMBERG Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain’s second-biggest bank, is weighing a fresh round of job cuts across the company to lower costs, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The bank may eliminate 2,000 positions or more, said the people, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The cuts would mostly affect branches and ...

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Deutsche Bank: There is still reason to worry

  Bloomberg The US unemployment rate is below five percent, manufacturing is picking up, and jobless claims are falling, but Deutsche Bank AG says there’s still reason to worry about a recession. According to the firm’s Chief US Economist Joseph LaVorgna, looking at the index of leading economic indicators — a measure by the Conference Board that includes economic indicators ...

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