PREDICTION: Asia Pacific is ripe for a giant leveraged buyout
By Breakingviews columnist Alec Macfarlane...
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JP Morgan attempts full control of China Futures JV: Bloomberg
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South Korea indicts former justice minister and confidant of president
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