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By Jeffrey Collins
Senators voted 25-21 against the so-called constitutional carry amendment after several hours of debate.
It would have allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry it anywhere the weapons are legally allowed.
The Senate was on its second day of debate on a gun bill that Republicans rapidly brought to the Senate floor. The bill would allow anyone who passes the background check and a roughly eight-hour course to get a South Carolina concealed weapons permit to carry their pistol in the open.
Senators adjourned about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and said they expected a final vote on the bill after several hours of debate Thursday.
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Increasing alignment between CNH and CNY benchmarks opens door to more cross-currency hedging by foreign lenders Print this page
With China’s loan market moving rapidly to the loan prime rate, or LPR, over the past few years, foreign lenders have been looking for suitable hedges. Their major problem is that the onshore cross-currency swap market is illiquid, particularly against the LPR, and currency controls mean lenders are unable to obtain the physical cash they need to lend.
But the tightening basis between onshore (CNY) and offshore (CNH) renminbi interest rates has created an opportunity to use the latter’s more
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Citi turns to decrement indexes for single-stock autocalls
US bank claims new Stoxx indexes for 23 single names will slash hedging costs and boost coupons
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Citi is set to roll out a series of fixed dividend autocallable notes on individual stocks – the first time the technology, which is already fuelling the market for index products, has been applied to single names on an industrial scale.
The retail structured notes will reference a new set of so-called decrement indexes from Deutsche Börse-owned index provider Stoxx. The indexes are available for 23 individual stocks, ranging from US corporate giants Walmart and Disney to popular Swiss
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An off-duty police officer has been arrested on drunken driving charges after authorities say his motorcycle struck two pedestrians who died in Maryland.
Baltimore County Police say the pedestrians were struck after 2 a.m. Sunday in Dundalk. The first pedestrian, 34-year-old Joshua Day of Edgemere, was struck by a Subaru Legacy as he tried to cross North Point Boulevard.
The second pedestrian, 21-year-old Berlynn Matthews of Middle River, got out of her car to help Day. It was then that police say off-duty officer William Collazo-Brown struck both Day and Matthews with his Kawasaki motorcycle.