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London’s loss is Luxembourg’s gain as funds face Brexit flux

Bloomberg Britain’s Brexit limbo is helping to give Luxembourg’s booming funds industry a boost at the expense of jobs in the City of London. UK funds are racing to set up management units in the EU to avoid being locked out of the soon-to-be 27 nation bloc come March 29. And many are choosing tiny Luxembourg, which has already carved ...

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Russia mulls constitution changes over Putin’s term

Bloomberg The speaker of Russia’s parliament raised the possibility of changing the constitution as speculation grows that the Kremlin is considering ways to allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power beyond the end of his current term, when current law requires him to step down. “This is about the transfer of power,” said Gleb Pavlovsky, a political analyst and ...

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Sudan protests death toll tops 37

Bloomberg The death toll from a week of demonstrations against rising inflation and food shortages in Sudan rose to more than 37, Sudanese doctors said, as protests against the nearly 30-year-rule of President Omar al-Bashir snowballed. “The number is higher than 37 as new protesters have been killed,” the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement. Amnesty International ...

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