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NEW YORK(Reuters) -The dollar and the yield on the benchmark Treasury note edged higher in light trading on Friday after data showing a surge in the hiring of Americans in March pointed to a U.S. economic recovery that is poised to be the strongest in decades.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Equity markets were closed for Good Friday in the Americas, Europe and elsewhere, but it is not a U.S. government holiday and the Labor Department released the closely watched non-farm payrolls report.
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Barclays, Others Freed From La. s GSE Bond-Rigging Case
Law360 (April 1, 2021, 7:49 PM EDT) A Baton Rouge federal judge has further cut down the Louisiana state attorney general s lawsuit alleging big investment houses conspired to rig prices of bonds issued by government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, freeing Barclays and several more financial institutions from the case.
In a trio of decisions Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick granted dismissal of the case against U.K.-based Barclays Bank PLC, which had been named as a defendant along with its U.S.-based broker-dealer affiliate Barclays Capital Inc. Also dismissed were the actions against Mizuho Securities USA, Robert W. Baird & Co. and Hilltop Securities Inc.,.
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