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Spreads on benchmark French bonds have widened against ultrasafe German bonds.
In the past couple of days, the gap has widened against Obama.
Separately there are German-led discussions under way on whether economic sanctions should be widened against Russia.
Spreads of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac widened against United States government debt for a fourth day on Wednesday.
The New York State comptroller's office has rejected a $27 million contract with a News Corporation subsidiary to build a data system for tracking student performance, as fallout widens against the international media conglomerate due to a phone hacking scandal in Britain.
Within Europe, the bonds issued by the German government have proved the most coveted, with its spreads widening against the rest of the continent.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad moved up an expected referendum on a new constitution establishing a multiparty system by more than a month, to Feb. 26, state-run Syrian news media said Wednesday, as security forces widened operations against government opponents.
Yet in the past few months Greek bond yields have widened spectacularly against German ones, as lenders have rightly begun to ask what plans there are for euro-area countries in trouble and, in the silence that followed, to fear a sovereign default.What should be done?
Its loss in the second quarter widened to $143.5m against $104.9m last year.
Francois Hollande has been pushing for a widened international coalition against Isis and was meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.
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