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Argentina in review for emerging-mkt status after Macri moves

  Bloomberg Argentina is one step closer to regaining its status as an emerging market as MSCI Inc. considers the possibility of an upgrade that could lure new investors. The market in South America’s second-largest economy will be included in MSCI’s 2017 annual market review to determine if the nation is ready to leave its frontier status after seven years. ...

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Two steps towards Obama’s nuclear ‘moral revolution’

  U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for a “moral revolution” in humanity’s approach to nuclear weapons was the highlight of his poignant recent visit to Hiroshima, while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump similarly agree on the pressing need to secure loose nuclear material. However, speeches aspiring to a higher morality are only a beginning; morality is made truly meaningful though ...

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Will UK vote against Europe? Markets vote No

  Matthew Winkler A week before Britain votes on whether to leave the European Union, polls show that the public’s preference is too close to call. Financial markets provide a different view: a persistent expectation that the U.K. will remain. When markets and polls point in different directions, markets tend to be superior prognosticators. Will Britain Leave the EU? That’s ...

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