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Catalonia election still means political crisis

Borja Sanchez-Trillo | Getty Images Pro-secessionist supporters react to election results for the Catalan National Assembly on December 21, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. The outcome of regional elections in Catalonia Thursday have further complicated a Spanish political crisis, according to analysts, with one predicting that there is a high risk …

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Roche to buy US cancer drugmaker Ignyta for $1.7 billion

Gianluca Colla | Bloomberg | Getty Images The headquarters of Roche AG in Basel, Switzerland. Swiss drugmaker Roche will buy U.S. cancer drugmaker Ignyta Inc for $1.7 billion to broaden its oncology portfolio globally, the companies said on Friday. Roche would pay $27 per share for Ignyta, representing a premium …

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China debt for One Belt One Road raise concerns,says Brahma Chellaney

Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Cranes stand during the sunset at a construction site at the hotel complex construct by Chinese company on October 15, 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Beijing is financing and executing massive infrastructure projects across the 68 nations participating in the ambitious scheme, which snakes along Europe, the …

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