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(1) Emmanuel Macron said he will serve out the remainder of his presidential term as he seeks to quickly stymie the political turmoil in France after Marine Le Pen’s far-right party allied with leftist lawmakers to topple his government.
(2) A measure of France’s bond risk fell amid hopes lawmakers will strike a deal on next year’s budget sooner than many investors had expected, ending months of political impasse that has weighed on markets.
(3) The words “delay” and “depose” were written on a shell casing and a live round recovered in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, where UnitedHealth Group Inc. insurance chief Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
(4) UK household incomes will be held back by budget tax increases in a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new goal of “raising living standards in every part of the UK,” according to the Confederation for British Industry.
(5) Citigroup has named 344 new managing directors, the most in at least six years for the Wall Street bank.
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