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Theresa May: Taking control
She has to negotiate an exit from the EU, the toughest job for any British peacetime prime minister
Taste remains for the big cross-border deal
Consolidation, pursuit of scale and cheap debt feed corporate ambition
RBS to rename investment bank in ringfencing revamp
State-backed lender to split off ‘NatWest Markets’ from consumer-facing business
Och-Ziff to pay $413m to settle Africa bribery probe
Hedge fund’s subsidiary pleads guilty to violating anti-corruption laws
Lawmaker calls for break-up of Wells Fargo
Bank chief John Stumpf grilled on Capitol Hill over fake accounts
Qualcomm in early talks with chipmaker NXP
Acquisition by US group could value Dutch rival at more than $30bn
Opec agreement to cut oil production faces array of hurdles
Reports of the cartel’s demise were exaggerated — but who will cut output, and when?
Japan suffers setback in war on deflation
Slowing in underlying inflation highlights challenge BoJ faces in reaching target
Moscow rejects US call to stop Aleppo bombardment
Western powers accuse Russia of being an accomplice to war crimes
Singapore’s strict schools start to relax
Changes to marking systems aim to reduce demands on children
Ex-BlackRock star manager charged with insider trading
Mark Lyttleton faces 3 counts of insider dealing after Financial Conduct Authority’s 3-year probe
Elliott pushes for shake-up at Colombia’s Avianca airline
US hedge fund holds talks with Avianca executives
Farc accord is no done deal as Colombians prepare to vote
Most Colombians are deeply ambivalent about something the rest of the world enthusiastically supports
Gary Johnson’s White House bid suffers setback
Third party candidate unable to name favourite foreign leader
Cosy ties mar Clinton foundation’s message
In a populist election, CGI’s melding of businesses and activists has proven politically troublesome
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Central bank faces tough choice at last scheduled policy meeting before US election
Clawback emerges as a vital weapon in finance
Even by the standards of America’s rich, the $41m taken from John Stumpf is not small change
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