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Russian President Vladimir Putin said leaders at the Ukraine peace talks in Minsk have agreed on a cease-fire from Feb. 15.
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Sweden’s central bank cut its main interest rate into negative territory for the first time and announced a bond-buying program, as it joined a widening group of central banks trying out unconventional measures to battle low inflation.
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Bloomberg NewsWhile rivals retreat from riskier businesses, Goldman Sachs is sticking with its roots in trading, which bothers some investors.
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Chinese conglomerate Fosun won a prolonged bidding war for Club Med, but ended up having to pay a nearly 80% premium to gain control of the struggling French resort operator.
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After more than six hours of negotiations, eurozone finance ministers failed to agree on a joint statement about Greece’s debt but said they hoped to come up with a plan by Monday.
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France’s Total plans to eliminate 2,000 jobs by 2017 and sell assets worth $5.5 billion this year as the oil and gas group adapts its business to a world of sharply lower oil prices.
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Credit Suisse swung to profit in the fourth quarter, as the Swiss bank announced pay cuts for top executives and braced for challenges presented by the strengthened franc.
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French bank Société Générale said fourth-quarter net profit soared, bouncing back from a hefty fine imposed by European regulators for colluding with other lenders to manipulate key benchmark interest rates.
European markets showed little direction after eurozone finance ministers failed to hammer out an agreement on how to deal with Greece’s finances.
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Stocks in Japan jumped after the Japanese yen fell to a one-month low, while the rest of Asia was mixed with investors watching how creditors handle Greece’s bailout.
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Capital Account: Greg Ip explores the eurozone’s sovereign-debt troubles and finds that the ECB’s monetary stimulus has been crucial in giving peripheral countries some fiscal breathing room to bring down their debt ratios.
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President Barack Obama asked Congress for new powers to wage military operations against the Islamic State militant group, kicking off a renewed national debate over the scope of wartime powers that should be afforded to the commander-in-chief.
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Memex, developed by the U.S. military’s research and development arm, is a search engine on steroids. It returns sophisticated infographics that represent the relationships between Web pages.
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A court sentenced Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of Korean Air Lines’ chairman, to one year in prison after finding her guilty of disrupting a flight in December over the way she was served macadamia nuts.
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Designers shared sketches for their fall 2015 collections. The forecast includes flowy, wide-legged trousers, more ’70s redux, and plenty of plaid and houndstooth patterns.
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Scientists have identified a genetic mechanism that explains how birds develop different beak shapes in response to changes in their environment, a vivid illustration of evolution working at the most rudimentary level.
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With its Cricket World Cup title defense about to start against great rival Pakistan, India is in a funk having lost a test series and been thrashed by Australia and England in a one-day tournament.
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Laurent Gillieron/Associated PressIn photos selected by Wall Street Journal editors on Wednesday, a 100-car pileup at a South Korean bridge kills at least two people, migrants surviving a shipwreck arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa, Rio de Janeiro prepares for the carnival, and more.
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Hassan Ammar/Associated PressA sandstorm in the Middle East lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, shrouding Cairo in dust for a second day and causing bad air pollution in Israel.
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James Rajotte for the Wall Street JournalTravel around Spain with wine importer Eric Solomon as he searches for the next superstar wine.
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This seven-bedroom manor house in Somerset, England, has large gardens, a swimming pool and stables.
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Veri Sanovr/Xinhua/Zuma PressIncessant rain overnight triggered widespread flooding in the Indonesian capital, bringing traffic to a standstill.
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© Andy Warhol Foundation‘Pop to Popism’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney presents the work of Australian artists alongside American and British masters.
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India is famous for its holy men. One of them hopes to inspire young people with a series of action movies—starring himself.
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A new study suggests U.S. stock-fund managers’ investment decisions are influenced by the investment decisions of other managers who live nearby.
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THE EXPERTS: So-called robo-advisers are already bringing costs down, and large firms are offering some services at no charge.
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