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Currency has shed 4% since end of June as concerns deepen UK will leave the EU without a deal

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to make a large interest rate cut, saying he was disappointed in the U.S. central bank and that it had put him at a disadvantage by not acting sooner.

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its cloud unit was not compromised in any way by a former employee who hacked into Capital One Financial Corp and obtained personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals.

A series of weak economic data from France, Germany and the euro zone as a whole on Tuesday painted a meagre growth outlook for the single currency bloc, lending support to doves among ECB policymakers who favour more rate cuts and bond buys.

Britain's major banks, such as Barclays and HSBC, will have to tell investors in 2021 if they can be closed down without creating havoc in financial markets, the Bank of England said on Tuesday.

It is great that the PM has promised the north a high-speed link, but that will not be enough

U.S. Treasury yields turned flat, after a modest decline earlier on Tuesday as domestic personal spending data rose in June, matching analyst expectations and allaying some worries about a sharp deceleration in economic growth.

Sri Lankan shares snapped their five-session gaining streak on Tuesday as investors booked profits, while the rupee ended weaker due to importer dollar demand. ** The country's benchmark stock index ended 0.72% weaker at 5,951.75, slipping from the highest close since Jan. 29 it hit on Monday. ** The bourse is down...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar on Tuesday that Britain will be leaving the European Union "no matter what" on Oct. 31, stressing that the so-called Irish backstop had to be removed from any exit deal.