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May faces new political reality with Brexit-heavy program

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May will make her first attempt to engage with Britain’s new political landscape as she publishes a legislative program heavy on Brexit and likely to be light on anything controversial. Queen Elizabeth II was expected to read out the plans to lawmakers at 11:30 a.m. in London on Wednesday in an occasion stripped of most of …

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Germany warns US against ceding lead role to China, Russia

Bloomberg Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany’s veteran finance minister, urged the US to limit Russian and Chinese influence or risk bringing about “the end of our liberal world order.” The comments by Schaeuble, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet since she took office in 2005, are one of the strongest expressions of concern among European policy makers that President Donald Trump’s …

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MSCI to consider adding Saudi Arabia to key index during 2019

DUBAI­­­­ / Reuters Global index compiler MSCI said it would consider upgrading Saudi Arabia to emerging market status, a move that would attract tens of billions of dollars of fresh foreign money as the country seeks to diversify its economy beyond oil. MSCI will announce its decision in June 2018, and any move to upgrade would take effect in two …

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