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Switzerland’s 1,000 franc bill among world’s most valuable

  Bloomberg A 53-year-old Swiss man who lost more than 6,000 francs ($5,900) in cash when it fell out of his car has reclaimed it, according to the Zurich police. The man, who hails from eastern Switzerland, was able to reclaim the bundle of large-denomination notes from the city’s lost-and-found office on Wednesday after an 85-year-old pensioner discovered the stash ...

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Kenya seeks banks’ advice to raise $1.5bn in bonds, loans

  Bloomberg Kenya has invited banks to submit proposals on how it can tap international markets for as much as $1.5 billion to finance a budget deficit and boost foreign-currency reserves, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. East Africa’s largest economy will return to the international debt market in the first quarter of 2017, when it ...

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A reindeer’s perilous journey in Swedish Lapland

  Dikanäs / AFP A herd of reindeer moves silently down the mountain, their silver coats and majestic antlers blending into the Swedish tundra as their herder leads them to their winter grazing grounds in the plains below. The annual pilgrimage, called transhumance, takes on almost sacred meaning for Sweden’s indigenous Sami reindeer herders nowadays, as they face modern-day threats ...

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