Germany’s Olaf Scholz is expected to lose a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, and Arm and Qualcomm’s bitter legal feud over chip design licensing is heading to trial. The London Stock Exchange is on course for its worst year for departures since the financial crisis. Plus, investors’ appetite for juicy returns has triggered a big boom on Wall Street in complex financial products.

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Olaf Scholz faces confidence vote — and hopes to lose it

Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007

London Stock Exchange suffers biggest exodus since financial crisis

Chip groups Arm and Qualcomm square off in high-stakes US trial

‘No political authority’: South Korea’s interim leader faces daunting task

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