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LJUBLJANA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Slovenia sold 1.5 billion euros
($1.81 billion) in a heavily over-subscribed 10-year benchmark
bond on Thursday, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.
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Jan 4 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Canada's Brookfield Asset
Management Inc plans to acquire Westinghouse
Electric Co LLC, the bankrupt nuclear services company owned by
Toshiba Corp, for $4.6 billion.
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BOSTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A handful of hedge funds ended
2017 with double digit returns, their investors said, at a time
the $3 trillion industry took in fresh money and posted its best
returns in years, industry data show.
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NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average
broke above the 25,000 level for the first time on Thursday,
taking less than a year to add a 5,000-point milestone which is
the fastest since the index was created in May 1896.
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TORONTO/VANCOUVER, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Home sales in Canada's
two largest housing markets dropped in 2017, as government
measures to cool skyrocketing prices in Toronto and Vancouver
restrained demand, but prices kept rising particularly in the
strong condo segment.
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LONDON, Jan 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Private equity
giant Blackstone has struck a deal with UK social housing
association Sage, sparking fears from campaigners that it will
price out low-earning, elderly and sick tenants.
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* Securities regulators also warn over bitcoin fraudsters
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WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. bank regulator has
fined Citibank $70 million for failing to address
shortcomings in its anti-money laundering policies.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The volume of Banco Santander
Brasil's farm loans rose about 44 percent last year
as the Spanish bank's local unit grew its presence in the
country's booming agribusiness sector, an executive said on
Thursday.
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DUBAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on
Thursday it would resume flights to Tunisia after an exchange of
security information.
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