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Lloyds: blood, sweat and arrearsNumber of delinquencies is still low, but the rise is cause for worrySource: treasure claims spark South Korea crypto probeInvestigation of start-up follows crackdowns on

Standard Chartered: Patience on a monumentBank believes networks with colonial roots will help it profit from Chinese lendingSource: suspends top portfolio manager after internal probeTim Haywood temporarily

BookWatch: Workplace technology is as addictive as a casino’s slot machine — and makes us less productiveSlack and other technologies keep us coming back for more, but leave us less satisfied and more

NewsWatch: Fed to send clear message that more rate hikes are comingThe Federal Reserve will issue a statement declaring strong growth and inflation moving to its 2% target, making clear more interest

Week in Review, July 28Amazon results; Qualcomm, UBS, Ryanair and GSK also in the newsSource: faces more uncertainty over US sanctions inquiryCompliance systems yet to satisfy authorities, bank concedes,

Earnings Outlook: Pandora earnings: A new member of the band could matter beyond the musicPandora Media Inc. is pulling multiple levers to get users to spend more time playing music through its various

Mutual Funds Weekly: Facebook’s big face plant shows why you should never fall in love with a stockIndividual investors generally are optimists by nature, and that can lead to trouble. Source: Wall Street

The Wall Street Journal: Pompeo faces combative Foreign Relations panel unhappy with North Korea talks and Putin summitSecretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s foreign

Currencies: Dollar retreats as commodity currencies bounce; Turkish lira plummetsThe U.S. dollar was softer against most of its rivals on Tuesday, as commodity prices bounced higher and gave related currencies

IPO market braces for 11 deals, including a $1.5 billion deal from China’s PinduoduoThe initial public offering market is bracing for another busy week with 11 deals on tap including a roughly $1.5 billion

Collapse of Chinese peer-to-peer lenders sparks investor panicSports stadiums taken over to process complaints as customers rush to withdraw cashSource: asset manager raises Europe’s largest ever direct

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook suspends another analytics firm over data practicesFacebook Inc. suspends another company that harvested data from its site and says it was investigating whether the analytics

Pressure mounts on Tory chief whip over ‘pairing’ rowLabour urges sacking of Julian Smith after handling of key Brexit voteSource: briefing: China AI, Disney’s M&A win, subjective ageThe Chinese Communist

In One Chart: One chart puts mega tech’s trillions of market value into eye-popping perspectiveMichael Batnick, director of research at Ritholtz Wealth Management, on Wednesday tweeted out a chart that

Vietnam’s furniture makers tipped to turn the tables on ChinaAsian rivals can unseat regional power as US eyes tariffs on Chinese furnitureSource: passengers given first ombudsmen for resolving

China money market funds’ rush into bank credit worries investorsFalling ratings at lenders could force funds to exit their investmentsSource: under watch over exposure to cryptocurrenciesInternational

Economic Report: Empire State manufacturing index edges down in July from eight-month highThe Empire State manufacturing index fell 2.4 points in July to a reading of 22.6, the New York Fed said Monday.

NerdWallet: Try these easy hacks for eliminating annoying travel feesAvoid the baggage fees, foreign transaction fees, and other costs that eat at your travel budget. Source: How this couple in their 20s

NewsWatch: The bear case for stocks is ‘so obvious, it can’t be right’Stocks look on track for a rally Thursday as trade-war fears apparently abate again. It may be time to just throw up your hands and

Outside the Box: Inflation headlines hide the real story — price increases aren’t widespread, and they’re not caused by the FedPopularly called “inflation,” it conjures images that prices generally rose