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Arxada's bonds are set for the longest streak of gains since January after the Swiss chemicals maker published results showing higher levels of cashflow and earnings trib.al/M6cPxHC

The stock market has punished Apple this year for failing to offer a vision of where its future growth will come from. The shares caught a bid Thursday after the tech giant took a step toward providing an answer trib.al/1BH9SCl

Ben Bernanke calls on the Bank of England to speak more clearly on the direction of rates in a review of the central bank's practices trib.al/rop5Ojf

If you don’t get in to an Ivy League school, your next best option isn’t necessarily the most prestigious college that accepted you.

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Chocolate lovers may be in for a long wait for cheaper bars as West African cocoa farmers race to plant beans trib.al/j60ueMP

Several Chinese mutual fund managers have proposed to cap staff salaries at about $415,000, in response to President Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” drive, sources say trib.al/KtIZk7q

A group of Swiss women have opened litigation 'floodgates' across nations with a new European court ruling on climate change trib.al/0h25tfR

RedBird IMI is in talks with the UK about the possibility of a separate sale of the Telegraph and Spectator titles, a move that would boost Rupert Murdoch’s chances of taking control of the magazine trib.al/ibBYs01

China’s credit expanded more than expected in March, adding to signs of an improvement in the economy in recent weeks trib.al/In4jWnc

When the world’s largest exercise in democracy gets underway next week, there is increasingly little doubt about the outcome.

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French cosmetic giant L’Oreal has returned close to 12% annually for the past 20 years. One leading fund manager is now betting against it trib.al/pk6qKct

JPMorgan shares drop after the firm reports net interest income that missed analyst estimates and raises expense guidance trib.al/6406RU9

Lavish CEO pay lands awkwardly in Britain. That doesn't bode well for London, Matthew Brooker writes trib.al/uDRwMjs via Bloomberg Opinion

KKR is set to tap an Italian industry veteran to run the telecom network business which it's buying from Telecom Italia trib.al/632dm7W

Israel’s ambassador to the UN is taking an increasingly risky and dissonant tone trib.al/m5jApkn

If an AI product seems to be successful at a human task, there's probably a person helping it along trib.al/rnQsaD9

Wells Fargo misses estimates for net interest income in the first quarter, a sign that muted loan growth and increased pressure to pay out more for deposits are eating into the benefit of higher rates trib.al/aAocZAD

Here's why Macron is having a hard time breaking through Marine Le Pen's party's polling lead in the European elections trib.al/D9sWwbz

At Streit’s matzo factory, production follows strict Jewish law. But the meaning of the Passover staple is still up for debate trib.al/4AO1zt1