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Bond Sell-Off, Payrolls, China GDP Target, Oil Surges – What’s up in Markets By Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The sell-off in U.S. bonds reverberates through global markets, but Wall Street looks set for a modest bounce at the open. Non-farm payrolls are expected to have picked up smartly from January’s level; OPEC’s decision not to raise output send oil rallying and analysts scrambling to raise their forecasts. And China has set its GDP growth target for this...

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Credit Suisse winds down $10 billion Greensill-linked funds By Reuters

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Abhinav Ramnarayan ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) said on Friday it is winding down its $10 billion supply chain finance funds, which were mostly invested in notes backed by speciality finance firm Greensill. London-based Greensill group is preparing to file for insolvency and is in talks to sell parts of its business to U.S....

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UK watchdog looks to ‘open banking’ apps to help boost competition By Reuters

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog wants a new independent banking industry body to accelerate take-up of "open banking" apps to spawn new fintech companies and offer more choice to consumers. Open banking allows third-party internet based applications to compete with big banks by accessing a customer's accounts to make payments, or find better deals on loans and other...

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Sterling weakens against resurgent dollar By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound lost ground against a resurgent dollar on Friday, as currency traders took some risk off the table amid rising U.S. bond yields. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell failed to soothe investor concerns about a recent surge in borrowing costs as he spoke at a Wall Street Journal forum on Thursday, pushing the safe-haven dollar higher....

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UK’s Frasers flags possible store closures after ‘near worthless’ govt support By Reuters

(Reuters) - Mike Ashely-owned Frasers Group on Friday warned of possible store closures after it reviews its estate, as the company said government aid for the coronavirus-battered retail sector was not good enough. Britain will extend a year-long business rates exemption for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses to the end of June, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday as part of...

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Travel industry bets on vaccine passports to draw Brits to Med By Reuters

By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette and Laurence Frost LONDON/MADRID/PARIS (Reuters) - The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer. Thanks to its swift vaccine deployment https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps, Britain is the only major...

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UK shares fall as higher bond yields weigh By Reuters

(Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 fell on Friday, as a persistent rise in bond yields globally led to fears of higher inflation and borrowing costs, while energy stocks rose on higher crude oil prices. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 0.7%, with banking and mining stocks, including Prudential (LON:PRU) Plc, Lloyds (LON:LLOY) banking, Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), Anglo...

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Allied Irish Banks expects to bounce back from loss with new lending By Reuters

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Allied Irish Banks (AIB) expects to return to profit and resume normal dividends this year, it said on Friday, predicting a recovery in lending after reporting that pandemic-related bad loan provisions drove it to a 931 million euro ($1.11 billion) loss in 2020. The Irish lender, which posted a 909 million euro first-half loss after front-loading most of the...

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