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March 20, 2017 11:47 AM

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The G20 deals exporters a blow. Central bank governors of the 20 biggest economies dealt a blow to Germany and other export countries when they removed a pledge from the communique to keep global trade free and open. Reuters reports they instead said that "

Bitcoin crashes 20%. Bitcoin tumbled 20% over the weekend, hitting a low of $970, following a Wall Street Journal report that a disagreement among developers could result in the cryptocurrency splitting in two.

Chinese home prices are climbing again.Home prices in China

Denmark is out of foreign currency debt. "On 20 March 2017, the Danish central government will repay its last loan in foreign currency, totalling 1.5 billion dollars. Thus for the first time in at least 183 years the Danish central government has no foreign currency loans," the Danmarks Nationalbank said in a statement.

Deutsche Bank is raising cash. The German investment bank will raise 8 billion euros ($8.6 billion) by selling shares at a 35% discount to last week's closing price, Bloomberg reports, citing a statement released on Sunday.

Uber's president is out.Jeff Jones has stepped down as president at Uber saying that it was "

Authorities search the offices of Volkswagen's CEO. About 100 officials searched the offices of Volkswagen CEO

Unilever wants to sell assets. The company is planning to sell Flora margarine and Stork butter brands for 6 billion pounds, Reuters reports, citing British newspapers.

Stock markets around the world are mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+0.8%) paced the advance in Asia and France's CAC (-0.5%) leads the losses in Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open down 0.1% near 2,375.

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