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Colombia peso falls most in a month

  Bloomberg The Colombian peso led losses among emerging-market currencies amid concern the U.K. will vote to leave the European Union and after the Latin American nation increased its fiscal deficit target. The currency pared its drop as bets on a so-called Brexit decreased. The peso retreated 1.3 percent to 3,015.95 per dollar in Bogota, after slumping as much as ...

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Japan’s ‘new approach’ to Russia

  James D.J. Brown SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS On May 6, 2016, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travelled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi. This was a bold move by the Japanese leader, as it was seen as breaking ranks with the G7’s policy of isolating Russia in response to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. U.S. President ...

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Trump gives Clinton her cause

  The political context around Hillary Clinton has changed. Until now, complaints about her have pervaded public commentary, usually with a predictable refrain. In a May podcast, former Daily Show host Jon Stewart couldn’t find much good to say about the next leader of the Democratic Party. He imagined Hillary Clinton, he said, “to be a very bright woman without ...

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