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Europe stocks hit lowest in more than six months as bond yields advance

BLOOMBERG A retreat in European stocks deepened on Wednesday, sending the benchmark index to the lowest in more than six months as bond yields climbed on worries of higher-for-longer interest rates. The Stoxx 600 was down 0.2% in London, sliding for a third straight session as the yield on 30-year Treasuries hit 5% for the first time since 2007. In …

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Financial rout spreads as US 30-year yield hits 5%

BLOOMBERG The selloff in US Treasuries extended into a third straight day, with 30-year yields touching 5% for the first time since 2007 and sending global financial markets into a tailspin. As conviction grew that US interest rates could rise further from current 22-year highs, 10-year Treasury yields also climbed closer to the key 5% threshold. That pushed the MSCI …

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UK retailers demand crackdown to stop wave of shoplifting

BLOOMBERG Retailers ranging from Tesco Plc to Burberry Group Plc have called for immediate action from the UK government to tackle the rise in shoplifting that’s emerged during the nation’s cost-of-living crisis. Almost 90 retail chiefs have signed a letter to Home Secretary Suella Braverman asking for the government to create a standalone offense of assaulting a retail worker, along …

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