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Flight attendants still wary of American’s new uniforms

  FORT WORTH / AP Beth Henry’s eyes sometimes itch and her throat begins to swell when she’s on an American Airlines plane, even if she’s not wearing a new uniform blamed by thousands of flight attendants for causing allergies. Henry and other flight attendants think the airline hasn’t done enough to protect them. “The only thing that will make ...

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Junk rating puts S Africa banks’ profit at risk

  Bloomberg South Africa’s banking index fell to the lowest in six months after S&P Global Ratings cut the sovereign’s foreign-currency debt rating to junk, increasing the likelihood that lenders will have to battle declining returns and rising bad debts in the year ahead. South Africa’s six-member banks index, which includes Standard Bank Group Ltd. and Barclays Africa Group Ltd., ...

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Credit Suisse probe puts Swiss officials on back foot again

  Bloomberg The latest probe into Credit Suisse Group AG is a blow, not just for the firm but also for the Swiss attorney general, who didn’t know some of the bank’s offices were going to be raided. It’s too early to tell whether the Credit Suisse accounts being investigated are older, or include some that are more recent as ...

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