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After GE, investors are watching these debt-laden companies

Bloomberg The good times are coming to an end in the corporate debt market, and the turmoil in General Electric Co (GE) credit is a sign that things can get much worse. That’s what a growing chorus of money managers are saying. About half of the $5 trillion market for investment-grade bonds now resides in the lowest tier of ratings. Many ...

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May takes control of Brexit as ministers defy her plans

Bloomberg Theresa May rolled the dice with a dramatic reshuffle of her ministerial team as she battles to cling onto her job and stop her own party tearing up her Brexit deal. The prime minister reduced the power of her critics and promoted allies to key positions as she took personal charge of the final days of the UK’s divorce ...

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WikiLeaks’ Assange charged, prosecutors reveal in filing goof

Bloomberg WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged by federal prosecutors in Virginia in a move that suggests the US government is determined to pursue his extradition, according to an inadvertent filing in an unrelated court case. It’s unclear what Assange, who’s been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012, has been charged with. The existence of the ...

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