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If you thought India's decision to ban 86% of its cash was ambitious, wait until you hear what it may do next. 如果你认为印度禁止全国86%现金流通的决定野心勃勃，听完该国下一步可能采取的举措再说吧。 Amitabh Kant

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Chinas $5.5tn mobile payments sector more than 50 times bigger than that of the US is being shaken up by one-time underdog Tencent, which is snatching market share from rival Alibaba. 曾经处于劣势的腾讯(Tencent)正在撼动中国5.5万亿美元

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The European Commission obliged the Royal Bank of Scotland to sell Worldpay in 2010, as a condition of RBS's bail-out by the British state after the financial crisis. 欧盟委员会(European Commission)要求苏格兰皇家银行(Royal Bank of Scotl

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