Bloomberg: Politics
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Europe Shows Wariness to Jump Onto Fed’s Big-Cut Bandwagon
Policymakers from London to Frankfurt are signaling limited appetite to follow the US with rapidly cuts in borrowing costs, opening up a new transatlantic divide over the speed of global loosening. -
EU’s Illumina Defeat Sparks Dutch Call for More Deal Powers
The Dutch competition watchdog is seeking beefed-up powers to probe more small deals that risk crushing competition in fledgling tech markets after the European Union’s attempts to vet them was shot down by the bloc’s top court. -
Steward Health CEO Held in Criminal Contempt by Senate Committee
US senators investigating the collapse of Steward Health Care voted Thursday to pass civil and criminal contempt resolutions against the embattled health system’s chief executive officer after he defied a subpoena to testify about his role in the alleged mismanagement of the firm’s funds. -
Exploding Gadgets Death Toll Rises as Israel Steps Up War Talk
Lebanon’s death toll from a series of walkie-talkie and pager explosions this week rose to 37, according to local authorities, an illustration of the devastation wrought by a wave of suspected Israeli attacks aimed at Hezbollah militants. -
India Bars Axis Bank Unit From Managing New Debt Offerings
India’s capital market regulator has barred Axis Capital Ltd. from acting as a manager for new offerings of debt by Indian companies, the latest crackdown in the country’s securities market.