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Ex-Labour leaders urge for pro-EU vote

  London / AFP Former leaders of Britain’s main opposition Labour on Saturday urged supporters to vote in favour of EU membership at this month’s referendum. Six senior figures including Tony Blair and Gordon Brown said that, unless the party’s supporters turned out to vote on June 23, there was a risk of Brexit. Current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been ...

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Moody’s downgrades Finland’s credit rating

  Bloomberg Finland was downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service, losing its last top credit rating just as the northernmost euro member is showing signs of emerging from a protracted economic stagnation. The country’s debt rating was cut to Aa1 from Aaa, Moody’s said in a statement on Friday. Finland had a triple-A rating from Moody’s since 1998. The country lost ...

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German bonds seen outperforming with elections vexing investors

  Bloomberg German government bonds may gain next week along with the rest of the euro region’s core debt market as investors seek havens before unprecedented political events later this month. Britain’s referendum on its European Union membership and Spain’s repeat elections are approaching, and bonds from Germany, France and the Netherlands have been outperforming their peripheral peers in the ...

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