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Greek parliament approves austere budget for 2016

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek parliament approved a 2016 budget featuring sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases to satisfy the country's international lenders at a time of growing…

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Qatar urges VW to reduce labor influence: Bild

Qatar, the third-largest shareholder in Volkswagen , is urging the German carmaker to reduce the influence of its powerful trade unions as it battles to overcome its emissions scandal, a German

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Uneasy calm in markets about upcoming U.S. rate increase, BIS says

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – An “uneasy calm” prevails in financial markets about the first increase in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade, which is widely expected later this month, the Bank for International Settlements said in its latest report. The restrained reaction, especially from emerging markets, to the Federal…

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Fed’s Yellen argues for interest rate caution in exchange with Nader

In a letter to Nader, the Fed chair repeated recent statements that the central bank should only gradually raise interest rates. “An overly aggressive increase in rates … would at undercut the economic expansion, necessitating a lasting return to low interest rates,” Yellen said in the letter. Nader published an open letter to Yellen on Oct. 30 that asked her to consider the “humble savers” with money in banks and money market accounts who were “frustrated by the Fed's low rates and melodramatic debate about when to

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