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Hong Kong stock’s 78% collapse adds to sudden crashes wave

Bloomberg A third Hong Kong stock in less than a week lost most of its value in a sudden one-day plunge, underscoring concern that the $5.2 trillion market has become a breeding ground for wild volatility. China First Capital Group, an investment company that focusses on financial and education services, plunged as much as 78% on Wednesday before trading was ...

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Brainard says US economy solid, backs strategy change

Bloomberg Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard painted a mostly positive picture of the near-term outlook for the US economy while advocating longer-term changes in the conduct of monetary policy in an era of low interest rates and subdued inflation. “There are good reasons to expect the economy to grow at a pace modestly above potential over the next year or ...

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Deutsche Bank sells off $51bn unwanted assets

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG sold another chunk of unwanted assets to Goldman Sachs Group Inc as part of a radical restructuring that’s seeing the German firm exit businesses where it’s been unable to compete. The nation’s largest lender recently sold securities with a notional value of about 40 billion pounds ($51 billion) to the US bank, people briefed on the ...

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