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1. Exclusive: Inside the BOJ, rate hikes are back on the radar. Really

Interest rate hikes are back on the radar at the Bank of Japan, for the first time in a decade, as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle pushes global bond yields higher, heralding a new era for central banks retreating from post-crisis stimulus.

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The first half. No, the second. Certainly this year. Or next.

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4. Press Release | Investor Relations | Bluebird Bio

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2016– bluebird bio, Inc. ( Nasdaq: BLUE ), a clinical-stage company committed to developing potentially transformative gene therapies for severe genetic diseases and T cell-based immunotherapies for cancer and apceth Biopharma GmbH ( www.apceth.com ), the global innovator and leader in the development of engineered mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapeutics and a successful and established contract development and manufacturing organization in the field of cell and gene therapy, announced today that they have entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement providing for the future European commercial production of bluebird bio’s Lenti-D™ product candidate for cerebral adrenoleukodystropy and its LentiGlobin™ product candidate for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.

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