Bond investors brace for Europe’s defence spending ‘bazooka’
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Investors call for shake-up of Europe’s ‘failed’ securitisation market
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Defending Europe without the US
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Can Europe afford to defend itself without the US?
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Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise
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