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Trump calls CIA claims on Russia election hacking ‘ridiculous’

Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls for congressional probe into alleged interference

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Paolo Gentiloni picked to replace Matteo Renzi as Italy’s PM

Appointment of foreign minister would allow government to deal with bank crisis 

London backs Deutsche Börse and LSE to resist Frankfurt base

Downing Street sees no reason why the planned exchange merger should be reviewed

Large investors pull $350bn from active equity funds

Institutional clients moved en masse into bond funds and passive equities in 2016

Turkey’s lethal year of terror

A bomb blast outside a football stadium on Sunday killed 38 and left 166 wounded

Market question of the week: what signal will the Fed send?

All eyes are on the US central bank’s meeting and the outlook for interest rates

Republican tax plans cloud interest rate outlook as Fed meets

Central bank likely to raise rates on Wednesday but pace of further moves is less clear

Christine Lagarde set for trial over long-running fraud case

IMF head accused of negligence over €405m payout when French finance minister

Diesel faces global crash as electric cars shine

Falling costs of electric and hybrid vehicles steals diesel’s competitive advantage

Pushing for ‘more Europe’ risks fanning populism, warns Rutte

Dutch prime minister says shifting more powers to Brussels will strengthen EU’s critics

David Davis wins trust at home as broker in search of Brexit deal

Unflashy approach gains praise from Leave camp while reassuring former Remainers

UK news

Is income inequality increasing in the UK?

Perception of a growing gap between rich and poor was a big factor in Brexit vote

UK watchdog probes property funds’ pricing structures

FCA has questions over the way discounts were applied in the wake the UK’s vote to leave the EU

UK newspaper groups hit by rising print costs

After declines in advertising and circulation, newsprint is papers’ latest problem

Diane Abbott expects Labour poll ratings to improve within a year

Corbyn ally believes the party has the right policies and leader

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the week ahead

Federal Reserve meets, Trump’s plans

Key stories to watch for in the week

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After Aleppo

Erika Solomon reports from Beirut

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Fed expected to raise rates

Economists on higher rates and Trump

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S Korea's Park impeached

Vote in parliament follows weeks of protests

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Brexit so far — in 5 charts

No signs of stress in UK economy, but pound has lost more than 10%

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ECB news explained

Euro slips after QE decision

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China forex reserves drop $70bn

Central bank seeks to bolster renminbi

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Renzi's fall weighs on banks

As the political turmoil unfolds, all eyes are on Monte dei Paschi

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Future energy in Scottish mountains

How pumped storage boosts renewable power

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Italian Job

World markets handle the latest political shock

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End of Renzi era — View from Rome

Italians reject constitutional changes

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Italy in crisis: what happens next?

Post-referendum scenarios for Italy

Highlights

The FT Diary looks ahead to the week’s main events

Putin visits Japan, central bank meetings, results from Adobe and Dixons Carphone

Stephen Carter, CEO, Informa – From politics to business

Escaping public life to build a global brand that stays in the background

David Steinberg: the Zeta Global CEO shares his reading list

Walking to work at 25 offices around the world

Markets News

Market question of the week: what signal will the Fed send?

All eyes are on the US central bank’s meeting and the outlook for interest rates

Markets Spotlight: Animal spirits unleashed for US stocks

FT columnists look at expectations for US assets and troubles for active managers

Non-Opec producers agree to cut oil output

Global agreement designed to speed end of worst oil downturn in a generation

Technology

Tesco Bank issued vulnerable sequential debit cards

Rival lenders say FCA is checking if other banks also made it easy for cyber attackers

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Technology will not replace humans in the financial markets

People are still the best judges of soft data, says Man GLG’s Pierre-Henri Flamand

Millennials lead the charge to find real life . . . and slow tech

Young people are tiring of too much disruption, writes Philip Delves Broughton

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