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Aussie banks start to detail cost of levy, step up criticism

Bloomberg Four of Australia’s biggest lenders gave estimates of how much Australia’s new bank levy will cost them, as they stepped up criticism of the policy and vowed again to pass on the extra charges. Westpac Banking Corp. said the levy will cost it an annual A$260 million ($194 million) after tax, while Commonwealth Bank of Australia estimated A$220 million ...

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‘Momentum investing may work in commodities’

Bloomberg Momentum investing may work in commodities, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which said that returns from raw materials may benefit significantly from following the strategy that’s based on backing past winners and eschewing or betting against losers. “Commodities can benefit significantly from momentum investing although the gains are neither uniform across commodities nor constant over time,” analysts including ...

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Boeing inks defense, commercial deals with Saudi Arabia

DUBAI / Reuters Boeing Co said on Sunday it had signed several defense and commercial deals with Saudi Arabia including for the sale of military and passenger aircraft during a visit by US President Donald Trump to the kingdom. The announcement is the latest in tens of billions of dollars in deals signed between US and Saudi firms since Trump ...

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