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Polish PM, Kaczynski discuss cabinet revamp

Bloomberg Poland’s Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, seeking to move past reports that she may soon be dismissed, met ruling-party leader and potential successor Jaroslaw Kaczynski to discuss plans for a ministerial shakeup in her cabinet. The changes envisage reorganization of some ministries and personnel changes, government spokesman Rafal Bochenek told PAP news agency after the late on Monday meeting. The ...

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Mugabe’s wife rises to pinnacle of power in Zimbabwe

Bloomberg Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired a vice president who his wife Grace accused of plotting against her husband for the second time in three years, highlighting the first lady’s rise to the pinnacle of power in the southern African nation. The dramatic dismissal of Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday came a day after Grace Mugabe publicly accused the former spy ...

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Welcome to the Powell Fed

It will be Powell’s Fed. Assuming he’s confirmed by the Senate, Jerome (‘Jay’) Powell will become the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in early 2018. Almost by definition, he instantly becomes the most important economic policy-maker in the world. But who is he? Outside economic circles, hardly anyone knows. So let’s catch up. Powell would be the first ...

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