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Americans seek realty gain from Brexit chaos

Bloomberg Quay House in London’s Canary Wharf is a two-story glass box nestled among some of the tallest buildings in Europe. Its latest owners have grand plans, potentially transforming it into a hotel closer in height to its 600-foot neighbours. The property is the first acquisition from FirethornTrust, a firm backed by two billionaire American families: the Van Tuyls, who ...

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Italy gets a warning from the 14th century

If you needed extra proof that Italy’s public debt is the main event in Europe, look no further than a document released last week by the so-called ‘New Hanseatic League’—a group of eight fiscally cautious eurozone countries named in homage to the group of northern European trading powers whose zenith was in the 14th century. The modern-day evocation of the ...

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Can they overcome distrust? Doubtful

President Donald Trump and Congress face a mountain of unfinished business — and chances are that most of it will stay unfinished. Of course, no one knows what will happen, and the president and congressional leaders of both parties have made the usual noises about cooperation. “There are a lot of good things that we can do together,” the president ...

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