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A major Russian bank launched a 2% mortgage rate that is available only in occupied Ukraine.The rate is rock-bottom, and fixed for 30 years. Russia’s main interest rate is 21%.The incentive is in keeping with other Russian attempts to cement its hold on occupied Ukraine. Russia is debuting a rock-bottom…

By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -U.S. fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items on Thursday after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s (NYSE:) restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one.  Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:),…

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor said Friday he will hold a hearing on Oct. 11 to consider objections from relatives of those killed in two Boeing (NYSE:) 737 MAX crashes to the planemaker’s agreement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy. On July 24, the planemaker…

By Tom Sims and Christian Kraemer FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany will not sell any more shares in Commerzbank (ETR:) for now and the bank’s strategy is “geared towards independence,” the country’s Finance Agency said on Friday, in the clearest sign yet that the government doesn’t currently favour a takeover of the…