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Vietnam’s central bank says it’s able to keep currency stable

Bloomberg Vietnam’s central bank said record-high foreign reserves will enable it to keep the currency stable for the rest of the year as the government focuses on boosting growth in the Southeast Asian economy. With reserve levels at $45 billion, “we are confident that we will be able to maintain the dong’s value,” in 2017, Nguyen Thi Hong, deputy governor ...

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Commerzbank hires Goldman, Rothschild as advisers

Bloomberg Commerzbank AG has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Rothschild & Co. as financial advisers as the German lender faces possible takeover bids from European competitors, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified people. The firms are advising Commerzbank on its options and not necessarily preparing a defense strategy for any acquisition attempt, the newspaper reported one of the people ...

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Nike’s $50bn bluster looks dead just two years later

Bloomberg With its shares and confidence surging, Nike Inc. was on top of the world in 2015. The company was at an “all-time high,” Chief Executive Officer Mark Parker said at an investor day in October of that year. He predicted sales would jump 63 percent by 2020 to total $50 billion annually. “It’s clear that Nike is a growth ...

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