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Comcast Corp on Wednesday raised its all-cash offer for Britain's Sky to $34 billion, topping a raised bid of $32.5 billion for the pay-TV group from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox .

Glencore Plc faces at least two lawsuits by U.S. shareholders accusing the big Anglo-Swiss mining company of having made false and misleading disclosures before it received a subpoena in a corruption probe, and its stock tumbled.

A Brazilian Senate committee investigating credit card interest rates on Wednesday recommended that the central bank lift a ban on overdraft protection and revolving credit fees, a move advocates say would give lenders greater latitude to cut rates.

Australian shares look to start lower on Thursday, mirroring turmoil in global equity markets spurred by prospects of a Sino-U.S. trade war. Australian commodity stocks might bear the brunt of the fall as oil and base metal prices also slumped after Washington threatened to impose tariffs...

Mexico's president-elect, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Wednesday sketched out his legislative priorities for the next government, including measures to end presidential immunity and curb compensation for high-earning public sector officials.

U.S. President Donald Trump flies into Britain on Thursday for talks with the leader of the United States' closest ally in Europe, and tea with Queen Elizabeth, set against a backdrop of protests and what he described as the country's turmoil over Brexit.

Meeting with the Queen, golf in Scotland and talks with business chiefs on agenda

Mario Mandzukic seals the match in the 109th minute

Democrats on Wednesday were reorienting their uphill push to block U.S. Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, moving healthcare to the center of their strategy and putting less emphasis on abortion rights.

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