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Strategic Insight Group (SIG) is a global private intelligence firm serving investors, portfolio and other operating companies, and legal practices.

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#DirectorofSpecial Projects at #SIG, @smalcomson, examines in the @nytimes the reasons why “a fusion of the United States government and Silicon Valley would be a mistake.” https://t.co/CnWowhQe3m

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#StephanieKirchgaessner reports in #TheGuardian about the troubled relationship between #Italy and the #EU. The majority of #Italians want to remain with the #EU, but also want greater pushback against #Brussels. https://t.co/FhYpxhuvUI

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#MustafaSonmez contemplates in the #AlMonitor if #Turkey will turn to the #InternationalMonetaryFund (#IMF) for a #bailout to remedy its #economic woes. https://t.co/xIB4866rEK via @AlMonitor

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#BenedictMander writes in the #FinancialTimes about the forces undermining #Argentine #President #MauricioMacri’s attempts to #negotiate a #bailout with the #InternationalMonetaryFund (#IMF). https://t.co/ZZkLtu9uuM via @financialtimes

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#TheEconomist reports on the #voteofnoconfidence for #Spain’s #PrimeMinister #MarianoRajoy. Despite leading his country’s #economicrecovery and avoiding the #secession of #Catalan, rampant #corruption ultimately forced him out of office. https://t.co/SgbNWzXJXX via @TheEconomist

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#AlJazeera reports on the reaction to the #UnitedStates’ announcement of #steel and #aluminium #tariffs. The response from the #US’s #NAFTA partners #Canada and #Mexico was especially strong. @AJENews https://t.co/IpRNUCwT2t

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#AlanTaylor provides a photo essay in #TheAtlantic of the continued #protests in #Nicaragua against #President #DanielOrtega. The protests, which began in April, have frequently turned violent, with over 80 deaths to date. https://t.co/dcSc5FUJjM via @TheAtlantic

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#India’s #GDP grew by 7.7% during the first quarter of 2018. The Indian government reported that its #agricultural, #manufacturing, and #construction sectors contribute to why it is the world’s #fastestgrowingeconomy. https://t.co/TAIcuom6xi

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#SouthKorean prosecutors raided the #headquarters of #Korean Air, who had been #tracking suspicious #transactions. The company’s #Chairman, #ChoYang-ho and his family are under investigation for #taxevasion and #embezzlement. https://t.co/Mw9cxmuugN via @businessinsider

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The #AustralianBureauofStatistics (#ABS) reported that a steeper-than-expected decline in #Australia’s #housingactivity could indicate #economic issues in the near future. https://t.co/FFa7OSVl5q

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#DanielWilkinson writes in #TheHill about the ongoing battle between #Guatemala’s #President #JimmyMorales and the #UN-sponsored International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (#CICIG).
https://t.co/fbdSg8BBxF

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#Brexit may greatly affect #science and #research #collaboration between the #UK and the #EU. #TheresaMay is attempting to negotiate a special deal for sharing research, but the EU’s negotiators are refusing to discuss the issue. https://t.co/ZMAoyZBQIJ

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#LinglingWei and #YokoKubota write in the #WallStreetJournal about how the latest threats from the #TrumpAdministration to impose #tariffs on #China may endanger this weekend’s planned #tradetalks. https://t.co/TvXkQSnbZp via @WSJ

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In January, #Mexico foiled a #bankheist where #hackers suspected to be from #NorthKorea attempted to take $110 million. However, Mexico is being criticized for keeping the attack a secret as the #banking system is under a new wave of attacks. https://t.co/d0e26GYiCy via @business

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An #editorial in the #Independent looks at the effects of #Italy’s #political #crisis and how it could cause #economic consequences throughout the #EU.
https://t.co/ChYesjoico

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#AngusWhitley writes in @Bloomberg about #Australia’s A$2.6 trillion #pension system, which he compares to an “unlucky lottery.” https://t.co/tRry1dEP6j

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#GideonLong writes in @financialtimes about the #hyperinflation #crisis in #Venezuela and the solutions proposed by the newly #reelected #president #NicolasMaduro. https://t.co/KlOOE7O7rA

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#SigalSamuel writes about how the number of individuals seeking #refugee status in #Canada has increased while the percentage accepted into the country has decreased despite #PM #JustinTrudeau’s issue of an open invitation for #asylumseekers. https://t.co/fRJSuLNIvX

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#BurkinaFaso has established formal #diplomatic ties with #China and broke off #relations with #Taiwan. The move comes less than a month following a similar move by the #DominicanRepublic. https://t.co/C2jRMMBghC

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#VladimirPutin rejected the #accusations made by the #Netherlands and #Australia that a #Buk #missile fired by the #Russian #army was #responsible for the 2014 #crash of #MalaysiaAirlines #Flight17. https://t.co/4XZL7Jalgs via @business

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#Mortgage rates continued their upward march this week, extending the most prolonged #increase in rates in 46 years. https://t.co/xCfyDYhsMG via @lmtnews