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The World in Brief from The Economist
American banks’ mixed earnings; Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as US ambassador to Greece, and more
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American bank earnings were mixed. Goldman Sachs’s quarterly net income of $5.3bn was nearly a third higher than a year ago, thanks in part to big profits from equities trading; Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as America’s ambassador to Greece, at the Trump administration’s request.
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