Europe Arms As Trump Cheers, Fed Succession, The City Wants More

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(1) NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their “ironclad commitment” to mutual security in an historic move to push back against an increasingly belligerent Russia

(2) President Donald Trump said the US would hold a meeting with Iran next week but cast doubt on the need for a diplomatic agreement on the country’s nuclear program, citing the damage that American bombing had done to key sites.

(3) Worldline SA Chief Executive Officer Pierre-Antoine Vacheron blamed an orchestrated media campaign for the firm’s precipitous share decline in an effort to dig the company out of its current crisis.

(4) President Donald Trump said he has three or four people in mind to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when his term expires next year.

(5) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves should resist the temptation to raise levies on UK companies further because of the risk of strangling economic growth, one of the country’s biggest business lobbies said.

(6) The UK is seeking to increase the recognition of British professional certifications abroad, a move aimed at boosting the nation’s service-sector exports by making it easier for highly skilled employees to work for clients overseas.

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