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(Reuters) -Australia’s financial crime regulator said on Friday it had broadened its ongoing investigation of the country’s second-biggest casino operator Star Entertainment Group over possible breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws at its casinos. The sector has been plagued by a slew of regulatory inquiries in Australia and the development highlights casino firms’ shortcomings …

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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will sign onto a complaint against the United States over its interpretation of how free trade should apply to the continental auto industry, another sign of souring ties between the North American neighbors. Trade Minister Mary Ng said on Thursday that Canada would join Mexico in requesting a dispute …

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By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers this week signaled they will start raising U.S. interest rates in March to battle inflation that’s eroding the value of workers’ recent wage gains and putting the policysetters under a political spotlight. In what were among the last public comments from U.S. central bankers …

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(Reuters) -The timing and pace of interest rate increases will depend on what happens with inflation and Federal Reserve officials may need to move more “aggressively” if inflation remains elevated, Richmond Fed Bank President Thomas Barkin said Thursday. “The closer that inflation comes back to target levels, the easier it will be to normalize rates …

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By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina inflation rose back up to 3.8% in December, the government said on Thursday, above forecasts and to its highest level since last April, driven by consumers splurging on festive feasts and holidays in the last month of the year. The result, higher than the median forecast from …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s central bank governor said on Thursday a judge leading one of several investigations against him was biased and should be removed from the case, after she imposed a travel ban on him this week. Riad Salameh, who denies any wrongdoing during almost three decades leading the central bank, is being probed in …

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