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5 P’s of North Korea’s Party Congress
North Korea is holding its first ruling-party congress in 36 years. Here are the five P’s of the event.

WSJ City: BT to Splash the Cash; Barclays Raises £600m from Africa Stake

With ICE Taking a Pass, What’s Next for the London Stock Exchange?
The London Stock Exchange merger with Deutsche Börse is far from a done deal.

WSJ City: Profits Slide at Shell, Advisers Set to Lose $75m M&A Payday

5 Things to Know About MetLife’s Settlement
MetLife Inc.’s agreement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to pay $25 million for allegedly misleading customers about retirement-income products marks one of the largest such settlements to date. Here’s what you need to know about the settlement:

Investors in Eastern Europe Little Bothered by Brexit’s Impact
Analysts are worried that a U.K. exit from the European Union will hit the Eastern European countries whose nationals work in Britain. But so far, investors have yet to share that concern.

5 Things Things to Know About Australia’s New Budget
Australia’s conservative government unveiled a budget focused on growth over a promised return to surplus, setting the battleground for the July general election, which is shaping up as a tighter-than-expected contest against the backdrop of an economy struggling to deal with the end of a long resources boom.

5 Takeaways From UBS Earnings
UBS posted its second batch of quarterly results showing that the Swiss bank’s core wealth management business has suffered due to clients daunted by difficult markets. UBS said pretax operating profit for wealth management in the quarter fell 41% compared to the period last year, while the same figure fell 67% for the investment bank unit.

Sterling Just Erased its 2016 Losses Against the Dollar
Despite uncertainty over the EU referendum, the British pound is now in positive territory against the dollar for 2016 so far.

WSJ City: Profit Drops at HSBC, Investors Introducing Brexit Property Clauses

5 Things You Need to Know About Leicester City
Leicester City Football Club, from a town of 330,000 people some 90 miles north of London, is in the verge of clinching the English Premier League title. It would be the greatest upset in English soccer history.

5 Things to Watch on the U.S. Economic Calendar
The April jobs report highlights a busy week of economic data on world’s largest economy.

Medivation Or Otherwise, AstraZeneca Could Still Have Deals in the Tank
Who knows whether AstraZeneca is seriously interested in entering the fray for Medivation but it can afford to take a look.

Greece, Germany, IMF: Someone Has To Blink — The Short Answer
The Greek bailout saga has entered another one of those tense periods when the whole deal could fall apart. A compromise is needed. But it isn’t clear how to keep key creditors on board without testing Greece’s brittle politics to breaking point.

This Week’s Brexit Briefing — At A Glance
The ins and outs of what’s been happening this week ahead of the U.K. vote on EU membership

WSJ City: Losses Widen at RBS, Machine Learning in Scotland

Generation ‘Y Bother’: Millennials Threaten to Quit London Finance

India’s Deadly Heat Wave and Drought — The Numbers
A searing heat wave, coupled with a drought in parts of India is causing death and misery for hundreds of people, as temperatures soar above 113 degrees Fahrenheit and reservoirs dwindle to 22% of their full capacity.

WSJ City: Investment Bank Stalls at Deutsche Bank, Generation Y Bother

Takeaways From Samsung’s First-Quarter Earnings
From customer demand to capital expenditures, here are five things to remember from the South Korean handset giant’s earnings report Thursday.

Adidas: Why The New CEO Is Arriving At The Wrong Time
Times are good for the German sportswear group. That’s bad news for incoming chief executive Kasper Rorsted.

5 Things to Watch in the First-Quarter GDP Report
The Commerce Department releases its first estimate of gross domestic product growth during the opening months of the year on Thursday. Here’s what to watch.

U.K. Slips When it Comes to Women on Boards
Women in 2015 held just 23.2% of board positions in the U.K., according to a new study

WSJ City: Profits Fall at Barclays, LSE Navigates ‘Testing Markets’

5 Things to Know About China’s Ant Financial
China’s most valuable financial technology company, Ant Financial Services Group, just completed a fresh $4.5 billion funding round from new and existing investors–giving it a valuation of roughly $60 billion. The new round being raised by the financial services affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is the world’s largest private fundraising for any Internet company. Here’s what you need to know about Ant Financial:

London Stock Exchange Forced to Clarify CEO Comments
As Xavier Rolet guides the London Stock Exchange Group PLC towards a merger with Deutsche Börse AG, he’s been vocal in discussing the exchange landscape with the press. Now Mr. Rolet’s been asked to clarify some of his language.

Nokia’s Return To Consumer Electronics: Will Phones Be Next?
A French consumer electronics acquisition could pave the way for Nokia to relaunch a mobile-phone business

5 Things to Watch at the Fed Meeting
With no press conference scheduled after this week’s meeting of Federal Reserve officials and no new economic forecasts, all the attention will be focused on the Fed’s policy statement, to be released Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT.

WSJ City: Not All Bad for BP, EU Pins Down HFTs, No Money for Bank Fintech

5 Five Things About the People’s Liberation Army
Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken on the ambitious task of transforming the People’s Liberation Army into a smaller, more modern force that is able to project power far from its shores. Here are five things to know about the PLA.

The Buy-Bunds/Sell-Treasurys Trade Is Pulling Back Again
Here is one factor that may reduce the risk of a sharp rise in U.S. government bond yields: The unwinding of the relative-value trade between U.S. and Germany government bonds

The Collapse of BHS is a Warning for the U.K’s Faltering Pension Schemes
With thin yields, pension funds will struggle to find safe assets with yields high enough to meet their liabilities.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Names European Investment Banking Boss
BAML has handed its head of M&A in Europe a new role overseeing investment banking across the region, and named new heads of global M&A.

Don’t Get Tempted By European Bank Bargains
Price to book value has been investors’ preferred measure since the crisis, mainly because concerns have focused on banks’ bad assets and whether they have enough equity capital. On forecast book values, European banks remain at or near the lowest levels they have ever seen – especially, larger, more complex banks. But on earnings measures the signal is not so clear.

WSJ City: Towers Watson Calls for End of Performance Fees, Diamond Teams with Carlyle

5 Pillars of India’s Plan to Eradicate Poverty in 16 Years
New Delhi reckons 10% growth annually should lift everyone above the poverty line by 2032.

Nepal a Year After Earthquake — The Numbers
Nepal this week marks the first anniversary of its most brutal natural disaster in decades. Here are some numbers that help explain the situation in the Himalayan nation.

5 Things Investors Should Look For in Valeant’s 10-K
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., which is finalizing a contract for a new chief executive, lately has contended with questions about its business and accounting practices. The drugmaker’s 10-K annual report, which it is late in filing, could have new information about the company’s past problems, and what’s ahead. Here are five things to look for when the 10-K is filed.

Volkswagen: Short-Term Relief vs. Longer-Term Questions
Will clarity prove cathartic for Volkswagen?

The ECB Can’t Buy As Many Bonds As It Seems
The European Central Bank dazzled credit markets on Thursday by announcing that it would purchase more corporate bonds than expected, but a closer look at the scheme suggests the pool of eligible assets could, in fact, be smaller than first appears.

HSBC Chairman Admits Big Still Ain’t Beautiful in Banking
These Six Big Banks Are Well Valued – But They’re Mostly Less Systemically Important Than You’d Think

Is U.S. Drug Pricing Debate Leaving Europe Feeling Good?
Novartis this week said it was seeing better uptake of a potential blockbuster drug in Europe than in the U.S.

This Week’s Brexit Briefing — At A Glance
What’s been happening this week in the debate around the U.K.’s membership of the EU?

WSJ City: BlueCrest Founder Richest Hedge Fund Manager, Pay Gap 24% at Senior Levels

5 Takeaways From the ECB Announcement
In a relatively low-key news conference, an unperturbed Mario Draghi put further cuts in interest rates firmly back on the European Central Bank’s list of options, while just as definitively removing “helicopter money.”

Draghi to Markets: Stop Fretting About Negative Rate Impact on Banks
The European Central Bank chief isn’t losing any sleep over the impact of negative rates on banks’ interest income.

Your Health Care: From Sleep to Sensors- At a Glance — At A Glance
The Wall Street Journal’s Experts panel on health care dived into how we can get more sleep and more face time with our physician, among other issues.

5 Questions About the ECB’s Meeting
While this week’s meeting is likely to be short on new policy announcements, ECB President Mario Draghi’s news conference on Thursday will be closely watched for signs of how much more the European Central Bank might do to drive up stubbornly low inflation.

The ECB’s Headache With Inflation Expectations
The European Central Bank’s policy announcement Thursday is expected to carry few surprises, but it will be yet another test of investor confidence on how much officials will be able stoke inflation in the eurozone back to its target. So far, markets seem to be showing little faith.

WSJ City: Smiths Group Goes to Silicon Valley, ECB Facing Tough Questions

What C-Suite Leaders Need to Know — At a Glance
The Wall Street Journal’s Experts leadership panel recently addressed some of the topics that challenge the C-Suite, such as the threat implicit in the Internet of Things and the best ways to begin moving toward a more automated workforce.