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Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets
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The Swiss private banking unit of HSBC
Holdings Plc will pay $192.4 million in penalties to
settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the bank
helping its U.S. clients conceal assets abroad and evade taxes,
the agency said on Tuesday.
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Citigroup Inc expects higher
markets revenue in the fourth quarter, as the markets recovered
from turbulence late last year.
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* In 1995, government caved in after weeks of protests
(Adds CGT union call for protests Dec. 12 and Dec. 17)
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The Federal Reserve's efforts
to calm money markets could fall short at the end of the year,
potentially leading to a spike in Treasury yields and forcing
the central bank to resort to launch a round of quantitative
easing, a Credit Suisse analyst warned this week.
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California Attorney General
Xavier Becerra, whose state is leading a fight to stop T-Mobile
US from buying Sprint, warned on Tuesday his
agency was concerned about corporate consolidation, particularly
in cases where U.S. federal regulators do not take action.
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Loss of data raises questions over commitment to transparency
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Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners
LP is exploring a sale of Versant Health in a deal which could
value the U.S. managed vision care benefits company at more than
$2 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said
on Tuesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices
on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health
insurers seeking $12 billion from the federal government under a
program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to
offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans.
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* Energy-intensive deep mines forced to halt production
(Adds Petra update)
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