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US futures, Europe stocks edge lower with greenback

Bloomberg US equity futures and European shares edged down after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on goods produced in the EU. The dollar slipped while Treasuries nudged higher. Contracts on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq pointed to a weaker open and the Stoxx 600 Index erased an earlier gain as the European Union prepared retaliatory tariffs in response ...

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Some stocks surge as Japan redesigns currency notes

Bloomberg Japan announced new currency note designs today, sending shares of several somewhat obscure companies soaring. Glory Ltd — a provider of cash sorting machines — rallied as much as 19 percent, the most in more than 11 years, after the Ministry of Finance said that it plans to circulate new bill designs by the first half of the fiscal ...

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Trumps says US economy doing well despite ‘destructive’ Fed

Bloomberg President Donald Trump fired a fresh broadside at the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates last year, saying the economy is in good shape “despite the unnecessary and destructive actions” taken by the central bank. In a tweet, Trump added that trade agreements with China, Canada and Mexico are “moving along nicely, there is little or no Inflation, and ...

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SocGen to cut 1,600 jobs globally as slump hits trading

Bloomberg Societe Generale SA said it plans to cut about 1,600 jobs after a slump in trading revenue pushed Chief Executive Officer Frederic Oudea to intensify efforts to boost profit at the investment-banking unit. The reductions include close to 1,200 positions at the global banking and investor solutions division, which houses its trading activities, a trade union representing SocGen’s French ...

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Deutsche Bank’s trading arm key for ECB in takeover talks

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s troubled trading arm will be a focus of European banking regulators when they decide whether to approve a potential takeover of rival Commerzbank AG, according to people familiar with the matter. Supervisors at the European Central Bank and national authorities want a clear idea of how much the combined entity will depend on the securities unit ...

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Carney: Risk of no-deal Brexit alarmingly high

Bloomberg The risk of a no-deal Brexit is now “alarmingly high,” according to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who described some claims about how the UK could manage such a situation as “absolute nonsense.” Leaving the European Union without an agreement has become the “default” outcome despite being opposed by Parliament, and could happen by accident, he said in ...

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ECB needs more scrutiny from parliament: Report

Bloomberg European lawmakers should play a bigger role in scrutinising the European Central Bank and appointing its key officials, according to a report from the Positive Money Europe advocacy group. The organisation, which wants a fairer banking system and opposes policies such as quantitative easing, recommen-ds giving politicians more time to put questions to President Mario Draghi at his quarterly ...

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EU-US trade war escalates over disputed aviation subsidies

Bloomberg The European Union is preparing retaliatory tariffs against the US over subsidies to Boeing Co, significantly escalating transatlantic trade tensions hours after Washington vowed to hit the EU with duties over its support for Airbus SE. The two sets of planned punitive measures are the latest twists in a 14-year-old dispute that the US and EU have fought at ...

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Boeing 737 output cut echoes across aviation industry

Bloomberg Boeing Co’s plan to cut its 737 jetliner production by 19 percent this year is expected to have negative spillover effects across the aerospace industry, from parts suppliers to engine makers and even airlines. The planemaker said it would cut output to 42 airplanes a month by mid-April, as the company fights global criticism about the safety of its ...

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