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Switzerland ended an increasingly expensive policy to keep a lid on the export-sapping rise of the Swiss franc, leading to a 30 percent against the euro.

It’s the D-word that’s pushing the European Central Bank into a corner.

Oil companies saw their shares take a beating Thursday as crude prices slid to their lowest in over four years in the wake of OPEC’s decision to maintain production levels even though prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks.