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Markets Falter As Investors Eye UK Election, ECB, Comey

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Global stock markets mostly retreated Tuesday, two days before a British general election and congressional testimony from fired former FBI chief James Comey. Britons head to the polls on Thursday, the same day the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce its latest interest rate decision, and Comey will face a congressional panel probing the connection … Read more

Sports Direct Increases Debenhams Stake To 16%

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Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has raised its stake in High Street department store chain Debenhams. Regulatory filings show Sports Direct has now upped its interest in Debenhams stock from 13.38% to 16.09%. But instead of buying Debenhams shares outright, the sports firm instead holds “options in stock”, which gives it a right to buy shares … Read more