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Squawk Box Live will bring you the latest developments as President Xi Jinping touches down in London, and IBM’s announced a profit forecast cut.

Here’s what the DTCC have listed at the moment
On Friday I posted these other notable expiries for the
week ahead

U.S. regulators said on Monday they could expand their investigation into Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators beyond 11 automakers, as questions arose about whether vehicle design played a role in the devices posing a deadly risk to the public. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) chief Mark Rosekind said his agency can add more auto manufacturers to the consent order that regulators announced with Takata in May. He said some car makers could also begin to move more quickly when they suspect a potential problem.

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Chinese state energy giant Sinopec Corp is in advanced talks on taking a controlling stake in petrochemical firm Dragon Aromatics, which operates one of the country’s biggest chemical plants, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The discussions come after the independent petrochemical firm suffered a second major fire in less than two years at the $3 billion plant in Fujian and sources said local authorities want Sinopec to participate before allowing the plant to reopen.

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Forex headlines for Asia-Pacific trading on Oct 20, 2015:
– Canadian Liberals win majority in election
– Gold down $2 to $1168
– Shanghai Composite down 0.1% to 3383
Market moves have been relatively modest in Asia-Pacific trading as the US dollar bounce runs out of gas. The euro made a modest move higher but stalled ahead of 1.1340 after a 10 pip climb. It didn’t get any traction from there and slipped back to 1.1335.

Highlights from Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s victory speech:
– Voters opted for real change
– At 43, he’s the second-youngest PM in Canadian history
He spoke at length but didn’t say anything substantive on policy.

Greetings one and all
So Canada has a new PM but we’ve yet to see whether there will be any real impact on CAD. I’m old enough to remember his Dad in office so it will be interesting to see how young Justin shapes up