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Influential chief economist joins MPC cohort calling for tighter monetary policy

CHICAGO, June 21 (Reuters) - Most Americans do not want to go back to the bad old days when health insurance companies could charge sick people more for coverage or turn them away altogether. But a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to invalidate protections against those practices contained...

BANGKOK, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From building homes for indigenous people in Malaysia to opening up public spaces for women in Myanmar, a growing number of businesses with a social purpose are improving the lives of vulnerable communities in these rapidly expanding countries.

NEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) - U.S. investors expect banks and other financial institutions to announce large returns of capital to shareholders after the Federal Reserve publishes the first set of results from its annual “stress test” late Thursday.

* SNB says Italian politics, protectionist wave heighten risks (Adds Jordan comments, analysts)

* TSB says report's conclusions are preliminary (Recasts, adds detail, TSB comment)

Overall revenue below OBR forecast while borrowing comes in less than predicted

Income tax and capital gains receipts jump 7.5% and VAT receipts rise 5.4%

NEW YORK/RIYADH, June 21 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock exchange will work with stakeholders to ensure the substantial inflows of capital it is expecting in the coming months will not adversely affect the market, the bourse's chief executive said on Wednesday.

* Gains in Shanghai stocks led by Nanjing Inform Storage Equipment Group Co Ltd and losses by NINGBO BIRD Co Ltd