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Morgan Stanley’s $911m loss is no emergency

There’s something fitting about Morgan Stanley’s loss from the blowup of Archegos Capital Management totalling $911 million. By all accounts, the episode was among the biggest emergencies within the banking industry since the global financial crisis. The hit certainly came as something of a surprise, given that there was little indication of this kind of loss in advance, and Goldman ...

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Oil markets a long way from back to normal

We’re all pinning our hopes on vaccines to free us to meet friends and family, travel and return to something like our normal lives. Oil market forecasters, too, are finally getting a little more optimistic about the recovery in demand that should accompany that return. But a closer look shows we’re just not there yet. In their latest monthly reports, ...

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Czech Republic blames Russia for 2014 blast, expels embassy staff

Bloomberg The Czech government alleged Russia was involved in a deadly blast at a munitions site in 2014 and said it’s expelling 18 embassy staffers, signaling that the country is joining growing international pressure to rein in President Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s unexpected announcement coincides with concern in the US and Europe about Russia’s military buildup on the ...

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