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Lebanon's risk profile is rising sharply and some of its central bank tools are becoming less effective, the World Bank said on Tuesday in its autumn Lebanon Economic Monitor report.

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Investors have begun receiving payment on Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA's 2020 bond, two bondholders said on Tuesday, even though the company remains in default on most of its outstanding debt during a hyperinflationary economic crisis.

Brazil's largest private lender, Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, may pursue loans with a higher risk of defaults in the near future as a way to accelerate loan-book growth, Chief Executive Candido Bracher said on Tuesday.

Bunge Ltd is finalizing agreements with activist investors D.E. Shaw and Co and Continental Grain Co to add four directors to its board and set up a committee to explore a sale, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/bunge-nears-settlement-agreements-with-activists-1540913021, citing people familiar with the matter.

A no-deal Brexit would likely tip Britain into a recession that could last more than a year, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's said on Tuesday.

India's Bank of Baroda Ltd posted a 19.7 percent rise in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday as the lender made lower provisions for bad loans amid strong growth in retail banking.

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Investors have started to receive payment of interest and principal on Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's 2020 bond, two bondholders said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Corina Pons, writing by Brian Ellsworth Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)