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Nintendo takes Animal Crossing to phones in new move

Bloomberg Nintendo Co. has made its biggest move in mobile gaming so far with plans to add Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as its third smartphone title. The game will be available on both Apple Inc.’s iOS and Android from late November and is the first smartphone iteration of a popular series about anthropomorphic animals. It will be free to download ...

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Draghi’s fresh stimulus provokes ‘dissent’

Bloomberg As markets cheer European Central Bank President Mario Draghi for keeping the exit from monetary stimulus wide open, the decision is sitting uneasily with some of his colleagues. A day after policy makers extended their bond-buying program for a third time and pledged to do yet more if needed, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann went public with his opposition by ...

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BOE may split on UK rate hike

Bloomberg Not everyone at the Bank of England will be on board with raising interest rates. While November 2 may see the UK’s first rate increase in more than a decade, economists surveyed by Bloomberg say three out of nine officials on the Monetary Policy Committee will vote against the move. That’s based on the median estimate from 24 responses. ...

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