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Credit Suisse seeks billions from investors in make-or-break shake-up
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Hydro giant Canada faces provincial divides in electrification drive
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Southwest Airlines forecasts ‘strong’ fourth quarter on travel boom
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Marketmind: The yen also rises
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Euro sinks more than 1% after ECB rate hike, U.S. GDP data
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Yellen says U.S. GDP data shows strength, but also healthy slowdown
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