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Deutsche Bank eyes private equity help in settlement

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is supposed to give relief to subprime mortgage borrowers as part of a $7.2 billion settlement with the US government. It is considering an unusual approach to meeting that requirement: lending money to private equity firms and hedge funds. Germany’s biggest bank, dogged last year by questions about its capital levels, is exploring ways to ...

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Qatar central bank sells 1.4 billion riyals of T-bills

  DUBAI / Reuters Qatar’s central bank said on Thursday it had sold 1.4 billion riyals ($385 million) of Treasury bills at a monthly auction this week, with yields rising from December’s auction. It sold 750 million riyals of three-month bills at a yield of 1.84 percent, 500 million riyals of six-month at 2.06 percent and 150 million riyals of ...

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Barclays flags ‘black swan threats’ to commodities this year

  Bloomberg Watch out for the unexpected in commodities in 2017. Barclays Plc said raw materials markets from energy to metals face the high likelihood of disruptions, giving a laundry list of possible threats including a default by Venezuela, riots in Chile and a trade war with China. “The new politics of populism and protectionist trade policies have the potential ...

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