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Greece’s economy: Teutonic teachings

Euclid Tsakalotos, Greece's finance minister, leaves a Eurogroup meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Greece's creditors reached an agreement that will allow the release of 10.3 billion euros ($11.5 billion) of aid and committed to ease the nation's 321 billion euros of debt. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg

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The structural reform agenda should matter to the country in the long run

South Korean won notes are arranged for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, June 14, 2010. South Korea's won strengthened the most in a week after policy makers said they will give banks time to meet a new ceiling on forward contracts, holding off from imposing controls on capital flows. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

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5:14pm

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South Korea equities: we won more

The country’s companies should pay higher dividends

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Analysis China and cheap oil take toll on S Korea
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EM Squared S Korea seeks developed market status

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4:29pm

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UniCredit: think outside the bank

Appointing an outsider to run Italy’s largest lender by assets would send a strong signal

Inside A Dixons Retail Plc Consumer Electronics Store Ahead of Results...Indesit washing machines, manufactured by Indesit Co SpA, left, sit alongside Hotpoint washing machines, manufactured by General Domestic Appliances Holdings Ltd., inside a Currys and PC World 2 in 1 store, operated by Dixons Retail Plc, in Manchester, U.K., on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Dixons Retail Plc, the U.K.'s largest consumer-electronics retailer, said last month it will report annual pretax profit at the "top end" of analysts' predictions after fourth-quarter revenue beat estimates on increased sales of tablets and services such as software tutorials. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg

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1:14pm

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Dixons Carphone: shrink to fit

Closing weak stores protects strong ones

A sign marks the entry way into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Andover, Mass. HP Enterprise is slimming down its business further by selling off its technology-services division to competitor Computer Sciences Corp. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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1:38am

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HP Enterprise: buy high, sell often

What other expensive businesses can Meg Whitman sell at knockdown prices?

May 24, 2016

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Market place lending: peer to peer pressure

An innovation born out of crisis may struggle as conditions normalise

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Inside Business Lending Club drifts from founding vision
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Peer-to-peer is ‘safe’, insist UK lenders

Philippe Dauman, Sumner Redstone and Shari Redstone

May 24, 2016

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Sumner Redstone: class warfare

A terrible ownership structure makes for an awful mess

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Redstone’s empire spawns a fight

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Interview...Ursula Burns, chief executive officer of Xerox Corp., speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. Earlier this month Xerox Corp. completed a $6.2 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., the printer-maker's largest acquisition ever. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Ursula Burns

May 24, 2016

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Xerox: slow Burns

The company’s chief executive has had to swim against the current

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May 24, 2016

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Renminbi bonds: swift execution

China’s currency needs to depreciate. The question is how

$Protestors demonstrating against fracking gather outside County Hall, Northallerton, as the council meets to decide if fracking at sites in North Yorkshire should be allowed. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday,May 23, 2016. Photo credit should read: John Giles/PA Wire$

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May 24, 2016