Norway’s $1.4tn sovereign wealth fund has become the biggest shareholder in UBS, a landmark antitrust trial between Google and the US government starts today, and the FT’s Mary McDougall explains why the euro is having such a tough time.
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Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund becomes top UBS shareholder
Google prepares for biggest US antitrust showdown since Microsoft
Euro suffers eight-week losing streak as economy falters
Will the ECB deliver one more rate rise?
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