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Despite the mauling they received in 2016, it might still be premature to declare that the bears were wrong in their pessimism about the global economic outlook
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Hunter Hall considering takeover offers
Fund manager is looking at a number of approaches just days after founder and chief investment officer Peter Hall suddenly quit.
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US expels 35 Russian diplomats
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