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‘Indonesia economy growing below 5%’

Bloomberg The World Bank projects Indonesia’s economic growth will slide to below 5% next year and warned of “severe” outflows if global risks worsen. The forecasts were made in a presentation to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who didn’t want to be identified because the discussions were private. The presentation slides — …

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Lloyds suspends buyback after new mis-sold insurance claims

Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc suspended its share buyback after a last-minute rush of compensation claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance, taking its total costs for the scandal to 21.8 billion pounds ($26.7 billion). Lloyds shares fell as much as 2.5 percent in London. The bank is making a further provision of between 1.2 billion pounds and 1.8 billion pounds …

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Oil gains as new Saudi minister signals cuts

Bloomberg Oil kept up its push higher after Saudi Arabia’s new energy minister signaled that Opec and its allies would continue with output cuts as the group prepared to gather in Abu Dhabi. Futures in New York added as much as 2.9% after newly-appointed Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said there won’t be radical change in the policy …

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