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China’s securities regulator has announced the first penalties for violators of a ban imposed in July on stock sales by major shareholders as part of frantic government efforts to stem a slide in prices. …

China cut the minimum down payment requirement for first-time homebuyers, stepping up support for the property market amid an economic slowdown. The reduction to 25 percent applies to people buying homes …

World trade will grow by 2.8 percent this year and could be pegged back further by a U.S. interest rate rise, China’s economic slowdown or Europe’s refugee crisis, the World Trade Organization said on Wednesday. The WTO’s forecast implies growth will quicken this year, from 2.5 percent growth in 2014.

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Senior Volkswagen executives will examine on Wednesday findings from an internal investigation into its rigging of vehicle emission tests and prepare for an external inquiry, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Europe’s largest carmaker has admitted cheating in diesel emissions tests in the United States. Germany’s transport minister says it also manipulated tests in Europe, where Volkswagen sells about 40 percent of its vehicles.

Despite the scale of Volkswagen’s scandal — it has admitted using test-evading software in as many as 11 million cars world-wide — the German auto maker may not face an environmental crime charge here, legal experts say.
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Republican leaders have opened discussions with President Barack Obama about a two-year budget deal, aiming to avoid a spending fight in the middle of an election year.

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