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Sweden-based Electrolux AB is seeking to retract notable testimony by its chief executive in an antitrust trial where it is fighting to save its planned purchase of General Electric Co.’s appliance business
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The hedge-fund investor has a strong reputation. Find out what he owns — and why.

Back in the summer of 2013 we revealed what the best “alpha-generating” strategy was in a New Normal where hedge fund clustering would ultimately lead to such dramatic hedge fund hotel implosions such as what was seen in the third quarter (described in detail in “What Hedge Fund Panic Looks Like“) and where central banks themselves do their best to crush anyone who dares

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On the surface, the rout that took place in August has been completely reversed and, three months later, it’s like nothing ever happened, right?  Wrong.  What has happened is that the S&P 500 rose from August 19th’s close of 2079.61 to Thursday, November 19th’s close of 2081.24 – less than two points – but the rotation underneath is the real story.  After the scare off the August lows and subsequent rally, the big question is…..is the rally about to end or are we on the brink of another significant rise in U.S. equities?  I believe it’s the latter and here’s why:

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Make no mistake, the Russian campaign against anti-Assad elements operating in Syria was what you might call “relentless” right from the very beginning. 

From the time a Russian three star general strolled into the US embassy in Baghdad on September 30 and told whoever was there that airstrikes in Syria “start in 1 hour, stay out of the way”, Moscow has bombed militant targets day and night in hundreds upon hundreds of strikes using Su-34s, Su-25s and Su-24Ms to wreak havoc on anything that even looks like a rebel. 

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While recent market turmoil in China has meant the government has been burning through its cash reserves at a record pace, for the electric utility plant in Yancheng; money is quite literally power as 3 billion yuan of outdated or damaged bank-notes are incinerated to generate electricity for Jiangsu province each and every year...

Out with the old, in with the new: 3 billion yuan in outdated notes burned to provide electricity

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Bad signs for bonds and a possible increase in borrowing costs were among important topics covered by MarketWatch.
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