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S&P warns Britain's AAA rating threatened by EU exit risk
AFP, Published on 12/12/2015
» LONDON - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned Friday that the risk of Britain leaving the European Union could affect its triple-A ranking.
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'Brexit' would 'threaten jobs', warn UK business leaders
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» LONDON - The bosses of more than a third of Britain's top companies on Tuesday urged voters to keep the country in the European Union, warning that a "Brexit" would threaten jobs.
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World stock markets rally peters out
Published on 23/02/2016
» LONDON/HONG KONG — World stock markets retreated on Tuesday following a rally that kicked off the week, as global growth concerns returned to the fore with the mining sector taking another hit.
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G20 nations pledge 'all tools' to lift growth
AFP, Published on 27/02/2016
» SHANGHAI - The world's 20 top economies will agree to use all policy tools to lift sluggish global growth, according to a draft communique obtained by Bloomberg News on Saturday, despite German disquiet over fiscal and monetary stimulus.
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Dark economic cloud over IMF-World Bank meeting
AFP, Published on 14/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Worries that the global economy is nearing a stall made worse by the specter of '"Brexit" cloud the air as the world's finance chiefs gather in Washington beginning Thursday for the IMF-World Bank Spring meetings.
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Poll: UK 'In' campaign takes 15-point lead
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2016
» LONDON — British support for staying in the European Union has risen, putting the "In" campaign 15 percentage points ahead of their rivals, according to an ORB telephone poll for <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> newspaper.
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Frankfurt, London stock exchanges to tie knot in July
AFP, Published on 18/05/2016
» FRANKFURT - Deutsche Boerse and LSE, the operators of the Frankfurt and London stock exchanges, said Wednesday they intend to seal their planned merger to create a new global player in July.
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Investors all ears as Fed policymakers queue up to speak
Published on 22/05/2016
» LONDON - Investors will listen closely to a slew of US Federal Reserve policymakers in the coming week to gauge how soon they will raise interest rates, while European finance ministers look set to agree on more aid for cash-strapped Greece.
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Impact on trade for Britain if voters go for EU exit
Business, Published on 30/05/2016
» Brexiteers -- Britons who want the country to leave the EU -- argue that their goal would be virtually cost-free and have no effect on Britain's global trade. They are wrong. On June 23, when voters cast their ballots in the referendum on the question, they need to consider what is actually involved in leaving the EU and how the free-trade benefits they now enjoy (and take for granted) could be maintained after Brexit.
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Spend for growth, OECD urges governments
AFP, Published on 01/06/2016
» PARIS - The world risks getting caught in a low-growth trap, denting the future of generations to come, unless governments step up spending quickly, the OECD warned Wednesday.
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