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(Bloomberg) -- Frenzied demand for initial public offerings in the Middle East shows no signs of slowing, providing a rare bright spot as investors shun listings from the U.S. to Europe. Saudi digital security company Elm Co.

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. The Czech Republic is poised to make a last, unusually large increase in interest rates before slowing one of Europe’s most aggressive campaigns to fight inflation.

(Bloomberg) -- As interest rates finally inch up, European banks are telling investors to expect something they haven’t seen in almost 15 years: returns in the teens. Several of the region’s top lenders recently raised their profitability targets as they expect higher income from lending.

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(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Treasury market was hit by a renewed round of selling as sharply rising European government yields underscored the growing hawkish chorus among the world’s major central banks in the face of surging inflation.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. equity futures and Asian stocks rose Friday as earnings from Amazon.com Inc. helped to stanch a technology rout. Worries about monetary tightening are also whipsawing markets, leaving bond yields higher.

(Bloomberg) -- Indian bonds are set for a torrid year, with supply rising to record levels while demand wanes. Citigroup Inc. offered a glimpse of the conditions facing the nation’s debt when it withdrew a buy call within a day of recommending purchases.

(Bloomberg) -- When Michael Strogonov helped set up a payments company in Britain, few could have guessed his troubled past.  Strogonov, 53, who described himself in corporate filings as a Russian based in Italy, didn’t appear to hold any other directorships, U.K. company records show.

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