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Brent crude futures fell below $75 a barrel for the first time since March as traders fret about the health of the global economy.

China and Vietnam have tumbled to join North Korea at the very bottom of the latest World Press Freedom Index, while the US moved down three spots.

UniCredit SpA raised its full-year profit target and said it will boost shareholder payouts, after a surge in lending revenue helped the bank post its best-ever first-quarter.

South Africa’s environment ministry dismissed a complaint by a nonprofit against Karpowership’s plan to moor a ship-mounted power plant off the nation’s west coast, a rare win for the Turkish company.

The expansion of Wall Street firms and Saudi government bodies is boosting banker salaries in the kingdom

When UBS Group AG integrates Credit Suisse Group AG in the coming months, the Swiss bank plans to run staff from the scandal-prone former rival through what Chairman Colm Kelleher dubbed a “culture filter” to weed out potential bad apples.

U.S. House lawmakers are requesting information from Nike Inc., Adidas AG and at least two other companies on whether they are importing products derived from forced labor in China.

BNP Paribas SA relied on its traditional strength in fixed-income and higher interest rates to lift revenue in a challenging first quarter for banks.

Gambling company Flutter said its additional listing in the United States will bring “strategic and capital markets benefits,” setting it up for its next stage of growth. It begs the question: what can they access in the States that they can’t get in London? It appears the FCA has been wondering the same. Late last night it proposed “significant changes” to the UK’s listing rules that includes getting rid of the premium listing segment, for one single category.

Zambian police surrounded the house of ex-President Edgar Lungu and demanded access to search it, a spokesman for the former ruling Patriotic Front party said.