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Hong Kong interbank rate rises to four-month high

Bloomberg The Hong Kong dollar’s interbank borrowing costs rose to their hig-hest level this year, as the city’s de facto central bank bought more of the currency to defend its peg to the greenback. The three-month interbank rate — known as Hibor — climbed for a fourth day to reach 1.32 percent, the highest since December 27, as the Hong …

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Deutsche Bank’s bad news gets worse with $35 billion flub

Bloomberg The bad news at Deutsche Bank AG just got worse. Amid a weeks-long leadership tussle that claimed the scalps of the chief executive, two of his top lieutenants and tainted its chairman, the bank inadvertently transferred 28 billion euros ($35 billion) to one of its outside accounts, Bloomberg News has revealed. While the blunder was quickly reversed and caused …

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Southwest’s white-knuckle ride in focus as NTSB probes engine

Bloomberg Passengers aboard a crippled Southwest Airlines Co. jetliner endured a tense, bumpy, 22-minute ride after an engine failed and hurled a hail of shrapnel that blew out a window, causing the death of a woman. The plane banked hard to the left by 41 degrees moments after the engine shutdown and its smooth exterior tore loose, dramatically increasing wind …

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