text: The CLC pro in its Cut variant is offering 4 working widths with rigid models 3,0 - 3,50m and 4,00m - 4,50m folding.
  The frame design is the same as the “Classic” model with the rear equipment based on roller arms holding a bar of levelling tines in front of the roller. Other equipment from the CLC pro is also available like the combidisc harrow or the double disc gang for intensive incorporation.
  The front cutting disc can be hydraulically adjusted from the cab at any time. This means that the pressure on the discs is also defined by the cylinder position.
  The working depth is often around 5 cm to be able to cut the material and the roots if necessary. Each disc is independently protected by 4 rubber shock absorbers.
  Equipped with one row of front cutting discs, the CLC pro Cut is the ideal machine for working with long residue conditions like sunflower, maize, etc…
  The front cutting discs are followed by 2 rows of tines with wide tine spacing (approx. 400mm) for managing the residues. The wider share, Quantum 345mm, is used. The tines can have Knock-On deflectors for nice stubble incorporation.
  The rear equipment on the CLC pro Cut reduces the required lifting capacity. The machine can then be equipped with the levelling tines and the short roller arms. The machine is then compact enough to be used with a lighter tractor. Other equipment like Combi-disc or double discs can also be used.
  For lighter conditions, Kverneland offer the "C" tine with shearbolt overload protection releasing from 2 tons
  The Kverneland "C" tine equipped with the "Auto-reset" leaf spring safety system is the perfect choice for hard and stony conditions
  The tine leg can withstand sideway movements of up to 14cm for the CLC pro, CLC pro Classic, CLC pro Cut and to 20cm for the CLC Evo. This means lower stress to the tine holder and frame structure
  The CLC Evo Wings is still very versatile. The wings can be removed to work deeper with just the reversible tines
  The "C"-tine: with the standard reversible plough point made of high quality steel for maximum service life. This allows to work at great depths even in stony soil - eliminating plough pans and in this way encouraging natural drainage
  New Quantum share 345mm - always in combination with Knock-on® or Tiger carbide point 80mm. It has been designed for use especially in hard soil. The 80mm point combined with the 345mm wing share ensures perfect penetration and complete flat cutting for a homogeneous weed regrowth
  Two types of carbide points – 80mm and 150mm Tiger point. The special design ensures progressive and high penetration and requires low pulling force. The special shape of the carbide plate resist against aggressive stony conditions. All points available with Knock-on® deflectors too
  The CLC pro Cut is 50cm shorter than the CLC pro when equipped with the bended arms (from the Classic version), shifting the centre of gravity closer to the tractor.
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Federal Reserve Bank filed a motion on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former employee who claimed she was fired after refusing to alter a critical examination of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N).
  The ex-employee, Carmen Segarra, said after examining Goldman’s legal and compliance divisions for seven months, she found the bank did not have policies to prevent conflicts of interest as required by regulation.
  In a 30-page court document, lawyers for the New York Fed said some of Segarra’s claims were “implausible owing to numerous contradictions within her pleading.”
  “Most glaringly, the allegation that Goldman Sachs did not have any conflict of interest policy is belied by plaintiff’s own exhibits, which show that the ‘nonexistent’ policies were, in fact, available on Goldman Sachs’s public website,” the document said.
  Attorneys who filed the motion in federal court in the Southern District of New York and Segarra’s lawyer, Linda Stengle, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Goldman Sachs spokesperson declined to comment.
  According to Segarra’s lawsuit, the New York Fed’s Legal Compliance and Risk team voted to downgrade Goldman’s annual rating pertaining to policies and procedures as a result of findings. She alleges that two New York Fed officials overseeing the Wall Street bank, Michael Silva and his deputy Michael Koh, were concerned a downgrade would hurt the Goldman’s business.
  Both Koh and Silva are named as defendants in Segarra’s lawsuit, as well as her former supervisor, Johnathon Kim.
  Segarra was assigned to Goldman’s legal and compliance divisions from October 2011 until May 2012, and looked into three controversial transactions related to Solyndra, Capmark and the merger of El Paso and Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI.N). At that point, Kim, Silva and Koh fired her and had her escorted from the building by security guards after weeks of disputes and pressure to change her examination findings, the lawsuit said.
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund members on Saturday dropped a pledge to fight protectionism amid a split over trade policy and turned their attention to another looming threat to global economic integration: the first round of France’s presidential election.
  Finance ministers and bank governors pose for a "family" photo for the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), as part of the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
  Concerns that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and far-left rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon, both critics of the European Union, could top the field in Sunday’s vote added to nervousness over U.S. trade policy at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings.
  “There was a clear recognition in the room that we have probably moved from high financial and economic risks to more geopolitical risks,” IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told a news conference.
  Lagarde, a former French finance minister who has warned that a Le Pen presidency could lead to political and economic upheaval, added that a policy shift from “growth momentum to more sharing and inclusive growth” was now needed.
  A communique from the IMF’s steering committee on Saturday dropped an anti-protectionism pledge, adopting language from the Group of 20 nations that the Trump administration sought last month in Germany as it develops a strategy to slash U.S. trade deficits.
  Instead, the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) statement pledged that members would “work together” to reduce global trade and current account imbalances “through appropriate policies.”
  Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens, the IMFC chairman, said most countries have some trade restrictions and that protectionism was an “ambiguous” term.
  “Instead of dwelling on what that concept means, we managed to put it in a more positive, more constructive framework,” Carstens told a news conference.
  Some officials chose to focus on the brightening global economy instead of the risks posed by the French election, new U.S. trade barriers and Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, said James Boughton, a former IMF official.
  “There’s an awful lot of forced optimism about what these people are saying,” said Boughton, who is now with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a Canadian think-tank. “Until the train goes off the tracks, everything looks fine.”
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called for the IMF to step up its surveillance of members’ foreign exchange rates.
  President Donald Trump “believes in reciprocal trade deals and reciprocal free trade,” Mnuchin told Lagarde in an on-stage interview. “What that means is that if our markets are open there should be a reciprocal nature to other markets which should be open as well.”
  The French election presents free trade advocates with a third potential blow in less than a year after Britain’s EU referendum and Trump’s election on a platform to restrict imports and protect U.S. jobs.
  Trump has voiced support for Le Pen, the National Front candidate who has promised a referendum on France’s membership in the EU.
  Investors fear that a potential run-off between Le Pen and Mélenchon, who has vowed to end the independence of the European Central Bank, would roil financial markets and drive out capital.
  ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny said on Saturday that the central bank was ready to provide emergency cash to French banks if necessary.
  “If there should be problems for specific French banks liquidity-wise, then the ECB has the ... ELA, Emergency Liquidity Assistance, but we don’t expect, of course, any special movements,” Nowotny, who heads Austria’s central bank, told reporters at the IMF.
  Reporting by David Lawder, Leika Kihara and Francesco Canepa; Writing by David Lawder; Editing by Paul Simao