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Asian markets higher after Wall Street sinks

  AP Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Wall Street sank on worries the Trump administration might not do as much for businesses as once thought. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1 percent to 19,175.48 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 0.5 percent to 24,308.32. The Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.4 percent to 3,252.81 while Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 added 0.2 percent ...

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Sour note!

  LONDON / AP It’s a resonant moment of European cultural harmony: a Swedish soprano and a pan-European orchestra rehearsing a Bach cantata in a medieval English church. With Britain about to leave the European Union, it’s also a poignant one. The ensemble rehearsing in a York church is the European Union Baroque Orchestra, founded 32 years ago to use classical ...

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Qatar wealth fund expansion undeterred by Brexit, Trump

  Bloomberg Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to expand in the UK and the US, as top officials said long-term commercial opportunities would outweigh political uncertainty roiling the two countries. The gas-rich Gulf emirate will add 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) to its UK portfolio in the next three to five years, and will set up an office soon in ...

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