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Barclays shares down after sale of investment unit

Shares in Barclays PLC fell in London Friday following the announcement that it had sold its Global Investment unit to U.S. fund manager BlackRock Inc. for $13.5 billion.

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U.S. Political Infighting Threatens Bailout

Tempers are aflair in Washington on the eve of what authorities hoped would be the salvation of Wall Street and the U.S. economy. What Democrats declared as a breakthrough Wednesday evening seems a bust.

Roundtable probes the politics of China's large-scale investments in Africa
Source: news-service.stanford.edu

China continues to invest in Africa at an ever-increasing pace. What are the implications of this, and how should the West respond?

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