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Zimbabwe to cut jobs as part of stabilisation plan

Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s cabinet agreed to cut government jobs as part of a program to stabilise the economy, the Information Ministry said. The measures will help Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube reduce a state wage bill that the International Monetary Fund estimates consumes more than 90 percent of government revenue. Ncube is implementing a series of reforms to steady an economy impaired ...

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Tax collections in India raise doubts on lower borrowing programme

Bloomberg Nothing seems to be helping India’s sovereign bond market. The optimism spurred by the government’s decision to cut its borrowing plan proved fleeting as tax collections failed to meet the target for a fifth straight month. Revenue from the goods and services tax, or GST, totaled 944.4 billion rupees ($12.9 billion) in September, falling short of the 1-trillion rupee ...

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Comcast sells $27bn of bonds in year’s second-biggest deal

Bloomberg Comcast Corp sold bonds to finance its $39 billion acquisition of Sky Plc in one of the biggest corporate debt sales ever in the US. The Philadelphia-based cable giant sold $27 billion of unsecured bonds in 12 parts. The longest portion of the offering, a 40-year security, yields 1.75 percentage points above Treasuries, less than an initially discussed range ...

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