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Days after seizing power in a coup, the new military government censored the site until Feb. 7 for the sake of “stability.” Sure, everyone’s a critic. But even so, there are some surprising omissions from the Golden Globe nominations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT TO WATCH FOR Will the Bank of England go sub-zero? Investors are anxiously awaiting the UK central bank’s review on whether to push interest rates into negative territory. It’s a controversial step that policy makers in Japan and the EU have taken, but US officials have resisted. On the one hand, lower interest rates could hopefully make financing even cheaper and drive investors into riskier assets, like stocks, giving companies more capital to grow. That would be helpful as the economy climbs out of a deep, pandemic-induced recession. 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