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Stress tests clear big US banks for $100bn payout

Fed gives green light to buybacks and dividends totalling nearly 100% of earnings

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How Catalonia’s referendum exposes a divided Spain 
Mergers & Acquisitions
European dealmakers leapfrog Asia in first half of 2017

Continent’s M&A activity jumps 33% to $440.5bn as US transactions fall

Europe
Top Vatican official charged with sex abuse 

Pope’s finance chief Cardinal George Pell faces multiple counts in Australian court

Central Banks
Carney and Draghi struggle to clarify stimulus exit

Markets whipsawed as central bank chiefs hit snags in attempts to steer expectations

Terrorism
US demands tougher airline security over laptops

Move is victory for European carriers who have avoided outright ban on electronic devices

The Big Read
China tensions give Hong Kong an identity crisis
UK outsourcing
The rise of the remote personal assistant

They organise professional lives from afar — could technology take their place?

FT Data
North vs South: Italy’s foreign investment gulf

Regional disparities hamper technology transfer and job creation as economy recovers

Europe
Conservative Serbia set for first openly gay leader

Ana Brnabic’s rise confounds image of a country with mixed record on LGBT rights

Asia-Pacific Economy
Southeast Asian tigers look to avoid crisis repeat

Anniversary of 1997 turmoil highlights regional progress and perils

Drug prices
Martin Shkreli on trial: genius or conman?

Lawyer says former pharma executive’s ‘strange’ ways do not mean he is guilty

World
Travel ban for Trump’s Indonesian business partner

Threatening texts to Jakarta’s deputy attorney-general prompt action

Mergers & Acquisitions
Beijing mulls letting insurers return offshore in force

As FX levels stabilise China considers easing controls on cross-border acquisitions

Europe News

Europe
Macron makes first move in fast-track labour reforms

New president unveils measures aimed at creating more flexible jobs market

EU immigration
Italy demands EU nations share migrant burden

Rome threatens to stop foreign rescue boats from docking unless other nations do more

Technology
Telegram founder to register with Russian censors

Pavel Durov to comply after threats to block messaging service but will not retain data

UK Politics & Policy
Hillsborough police commander charged with manslaughter

David Duckenfield and five others face charges over 1989 disaster that killed 96 people

Opinion

FT View
Europe’s stake in Britain’s long-term prosperity

A change of atmosphere allows the EU to adjust its Brexit goals

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The Chickenshit Club — what happened to the DoJ?

An investigation into America’s treatment of corporate crime argues that the prosecutors lost their nerve

Analysis Cyber Security
Who is behind the latest cyber attack?

Ransomware exploiting same vulnerability as WannaCry hits computers around the world

Asia-Pacific Economy
Southeast Asian tigers look to avoid crisis repeat

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Markets News

Global Market Overview
Fed dividend approval to US banks buoys Asia stocks

European equities expected to rally in opening trade

Gilts
Policy-sensitive gilt yield climbs above BoE rate

Governor Mark Carney more upbeat about the country’s economic prospects

Analysis Market Shocks
Traders seek trigger of ‘Enigma’ market crash

Tangle of cross-shareholdings and fuzzy balance sheets linked to small-cap sell-off

Technology

Technology
Telegram founder to register with Russian censors

Pavel Durov to comply after threats to block messaging service but will not retain data

Technology
KKR exits Visma in big European software buyout

Singapore sovereign fund and HgCapital increase stakes in Nordic cloud service

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