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UK Avoids Recession Amid Worst Economic Slowdown Since 2010

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economy ducked a recession but the economy grew at its slowest annual rate since the third quarter in 2010, Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. percent compared with the previous quarter, according to data from the Office for National Statistics released on Monday. Economic output grew 0.3 Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.4

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Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation

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Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. However, the DOJ has been investigating the possibility that Live Nation has violated the terms of its agreement by possibly coercing people to use Ticketmaster.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

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The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. “He I’m honored to be a part of that mission,” Murphy said as part of the National Urban League’s announcement.

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Punjab National Bank Continues Internal Investigations Into $2B Diamond Heist Scandal

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India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) is conducting an internal investigation into an alleged $2 billion fraud, vowing to come down on anyone involved in the crime. “We We are examining every aspect of it, and if we find others involved, we will not spare them,” said PNB CEO Sunil Mehta, according to Reuters.

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Former Restaurant Execs Seek $230M For SPAC

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“Companies and investment firms with a member of our management team in an executive, partner or board role have completed over 100 merger and acquisition, capital markets and private investing transactions since 2010.”. In August, Ruby Tuesday Founder Sandy Beall and Doug Jacob, co-founder of the Washington, D.C.-based

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Alistair Darling was a rare exception: a politician who got things done

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The first was when, as chancellor of the exchequer during the 2007 global financial crash, it fell on him to manage the Treasury during an existential national crisis in which our major banks came within hours of collapse. Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 Continue reading.

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Things worth reading: 19th July 2016

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Labour pledges national investment bank to mobilise £500bn World’s 20 biggest banks rack up £252bn ‘conduct costs’ in five years This Bank of England chart shows how the rich got richer and the poor got poorer since 2010 US bank buys new office block in London FCA considers using … (..)

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