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Deutsche Bank’s infighting has a cost

As Deutsche Bank AG hurries to rearrange the deckchairs in its boardroom, the firm is losing market share in some of its most important investment banking divisions. If something doesn’t change soon, there won’t be much of a business left for its new directors to oversee. In international bond underwriting, the largest fixed-income category for which Bloomberg compiles league tables, ...

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Macron’s battle to get France back on track

French President Emmanuel Macron’s fight with public-sector rail workers will show how serious he is about economic reform. Unions are promising two days of disruption each week unless the president abandons his plan to expose the network to a whiff of economic reality. Macron should stand his ground. A government-commissioned report published in February showed just how badly France’s rail ...

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What the world’s markets can expect next from China

Trade tensions between the US and China have escalated to the point where each side has slapped tariffs on imports. The logical question is: What now? Although a deal between the two countries will be reached by the end of May, China is expected to announce policies that attempt to mitigate any economic downside resulting from the trade frictions. Those ...

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