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©2016 Bloomberg News O4RU0E6KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — During the boom years, when China’s demand seemed insatiable and commodity prices dependable, the emerging- markets team at Stone Harbor Investment Partners in New York visited its countries once or twice a year. In the past six months, it has made four trips to

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4RP956KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — The dollar weakened for the first time in seven days, while Treasuries rose after a report showed the Federal Reserve’s preferred prices measure slowed in February, damping inflation expectations. U.S. stocks meandered amid the slowest trading day of the year. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4KB5U6K50Y2 (Bloomberg) — Real estate Web portals Leju Holdings Ltd.and SouFun Holdings Ltd.are standing out among U.S.-traded Chinese stocks, rebounding as government stimulus and a recovering property market improves the outlook for growth. Leju has surged 44 percent over the past month in the best performance on the Bloomberg

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4PQQVSYF01S (Bloomberg) — Belgian authorities conducted 13 raids across the country on Sunday, detaining nine people as part of their efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks and learn more about the fatal March 22 airport and subway bombings in Brussels. The raids came a day after Italy

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4PBB66TTDS0 (Bloomberg) — Israelis invented advanced missile interceptors and some of the world’s top treatments for cancer. Yet when it comes to the mundane task of building affordable housing, this nation of scientists and software engineers hasn’t quite cracked the code. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s political future

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4KAP66JIJVB (Bloomberg) — The dollar headed for its best week since November, climbing from a nine-month low reached last week, as Federal Reserve policy makers hinted that they may raise interest rates in the next few months. The U.S. currency advanced versus most of its major peers

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4K9VZ6JIJUX (Bloomberg) — You knew it had to end sometime. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.7 percent in the holiday-shortened week, halting a rally that added more than $2 trillion in value to U.S. stocks. The energy producers that led equities to the longest winning streak

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4KHT96JIJXY (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama’s decision after the terrorist attack in Brussels to press on with his trip this week to Cuba and Argentina, including the colorful cultural events and elements of a family vacation, has come at a cost. Some Republicans, who had been critical

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©2016 Bloomberg View O4HQOI6JTSF2 (Bloomberg View) — Just about everything Donald Trump says about trade is wrong, but his use of trade-deficit numbers is especially so. To understand why, consider his attacks on Apple, which he accuses of destroying American jobs by making devices in China. QuickTakeFree Trade Feud The

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4IGED6KLVR9 (Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton cast herself Wednesday as the only presidential candidate capable of leading the U.S. as it confronts the threat of terrorism, deriding Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for offering “bluster” rather than real solutions. “Slogans aren’t a strategy; loose cannons tend to misfire,”

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