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Ukraine to make case for Cabinet rejig as another reformer quits

Bloomberg The political crisis roiling Ukraine’s post- revolution leaders is coming to a head after the International Monetary Fund threatened to cut off aid and another top reformer quit. If efforts to revamp the cabinet fail, the risk is early elections. PM ArseniyYatsenyuk is set to report to parliament this week on government performance, with proposed personnel changes to follow. ...

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A small German city pushes nation’s auto giants on pollution

Bloomberg A leafy city of 275,000 in Frankfurt’s commuter belt is opening a new front in the German car industry’s battle against pollution. An administrative court in Wiesbaden, known for a historic hot spring and a giant U.S. military base, ordered the regional government to clean up diesel exhaust fumes by September or face a fine. The ruling last month ...

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Deflation blow hits Romania hard in Jan

Bloomberg Romania’s first bout of deflation in more than 25 years worsened in January after a new round of tax cuts came into force, but the decline in prices was less than expected. Prices fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier after a 0.9 percent decline in December, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday in an e-mailed statement. The ...

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