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Global stock markets set for modest gains in 2017: Reuters polls

Global equities are forecast to rise modestly in 2017, held back by concerns about the pace of U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and the waning effect of widespread monetary stimulus that has helped drive shares to lofty heights, Reuters polls show.

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Viacom says CEO Dauman to resign post immediately; Dooley steps in

By Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Viacom Inc said on Saturday that Chief Executive Philippe Dauman will resign immediately, marking a victory for the family of controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone in the battle for the $40 billion media empire. The settlement with Dauman also ends the legal fight between members of the Viacom board and Redstone's National Amusements Inc, the privately held company that holds 80 …

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Japan’s Orix buys U.S. housing tax credit syndicator: sources

Japanese financial services company Orix Corp has bought Boston Financial Investment Management, a U.S. money manager specialized in tax credit investments for low-income housing suppliers, two sources said on Saturday. Orix paid several hundred million dollars to buy Boston Financial

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Medivation agrees to open its books to Sanofi

San Francisco-based Medivation shares jumped as much as 4.2 percent after Reuters first reported that Medivation and Sanofi were in talks over a confidentiality pact, adding to similar agreements Medivation has with Pfizer Inc and Celgene Corp , which have also expressed interest in an acquisition. The move comes after Medivation rejected Sanofi's $9.3 billion offer in April, prompting Sanofi to embark on a campaign to convince Medivation shareholders to oust Medivation's

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China orders banks to clear hurdles slowing private sector lending: sources

SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuters) – – China's banking regulator has sent an urgent notice to banks telling them to clear bottlenecks slowing lending to private firms, sources with direct knowledge told Reuters, highlighting rising concern in Beijing about torpid private investment. Chinese banks sharply cut new lending in April after a record first-quarter credit spree, much of which appeared to go to the state sector and may have helped inflate asset bubbles in real estate and commodities. According to the document seen by Reuters, the China …

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Blackstone denies seeking to acquire Brazil mall operator

Investment firm Blackstone Group LP on Sunday said it is not considering an acquisition of Brazilian shopping mall operator BR Malls Participacoes SA , denying a report published early in the day by newspaper O Globo. “We are not actively engaged in acquisition discussions for BR Malls,” Blackstone said in an emailed statement. The Brazilian newspaper, without citing sources for its information, said early Sunday that Blackstone had hired JP Morgan Chase & Co. to help it consider acquiring a controlling stake …

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Exclusive: Billionaire Lasry’s junk fund stops voluntary reporting of asset levels

A junk bond fund run by billionaire Marc Lasry's Avenue Capital Management, which has experienced heavy investment losses and investor withdrawals, has stopped voluntarily reporting daily asset figures to the mutual fund industry's top two tracking firms. Research chiefs for Morningstar and Lipper said on Monday they had not received daily asset under management figures from the Avenue Credit Strategies Fund since about mid-December. The fund is not required to report the …

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