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[Bloomberg]( Mueller accuses Manafort of attempted witness tampering, what to expect from the Singapore summit, and Italian prime minister's first day. Russia investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed court papers late yesterday accusing Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, of attempting to [tamper with witnesses]( ahead of his Sept. 17 trial.  Manafort is charged with money laundering and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. This latest twist in the Russia investigation comes as President Donald Trump continues to insist he has the power to [pardon himself](, a point White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters is moot anyway, as “the president [hasn’t done anything wrong]( and therefore wouldn’t need one.” Tuesday meeting next Monday The time has been set for Trump’s meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore, with discussions [due to begin at 9:00 a.m. local time](, which is 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday June 11. While both sides remain [quite far apart]( on the issue of denuclearization, that the meeting is happening at all can be viewed as a [foreign-policy success]( for the White House. Should a deal be reached, trade and growth in the region should get a [major boost](. Sponsored Content by PIMCO Simplification Day’ for Oil & Gas MLPs: What Investors Need to Know Recently, three oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs), which make up roughly 10% of the Alerian MLP Index cumulative weighting, announced “simplification” transactions that will effectively convert them from MLP structures into traditional C-corporations. [Here’s why we think the trend to simplify complex MLP corporate structures strengthens the case for investing in MLPs and in midstream energy more broadly over the next 12 months.Â](  Day one Italian Premier [Giuseppe Conte]( faces his first confidence vote in the country’s Senate today, which should be a rubber-stamp exercise as the populist coalition he heads has a majority in both houses. Investors, who suffered a turbulent time as negotiations to form the coalition went down the wire, will be interested in how Conte outlines the administration’s policy goals. The right-wing League and anti-establishment Five Star movement are far apart on some fundamental issues like tax and social programs. Italian benchmark bond yields gained seven basis points this morning ahead of the speech. Markets rise Overnight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained less than 0.1 percent while Japan’s Topix index closed broadly unchanged as investors await the outcome of this week’s G-7 leaders summit and the Singapore talks. In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was 0.4 percent higher at 5:45 a.m., led by European tech shares tracking yesterday’s Nasdaq gains. S&P 500 futures pointed to a [higher open](, the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.928 percent and gold was slightly higher. Get on with it The U.K. service sector grew more than forecast in May, with IHS Markit saying its Purchasing Managers Index [rose for a second month]( to 54 from 52.8. The rising numbers came with a health warning as Markit said Brexit worries continue to hold back investment, with confidence across the service sector dropping for the third time in four months. U.K. businesses told British Prime Minister Theresa May to [get on with taking key decisions]( on the country’s exit from the European Union as time is running out for the private sector to make contingency plans. Services and composite PMI figures for the U.S. will be released at 9:45 a.m., with ISM non-manufacturing data for May at 10:00 a.m. What we've been reading This is what's caught our eye over the last 24 hours. - Why Trump’s trade war [isn’t worrying Wall Street economists](, yet. - [Buying GitHub]( would take Microsoft back to its roots. - China revives its push to make the [yuan go global](. - Here’s the next [big range to watch]( in the S&P 500. - In G-20, 41 percent of GDP [controlled by populists](, versus 4 percent in 2007. - Starbucks’ Schultz hints [political career]( may be brewing. - As if [neutrinos]( were not already weird enough. And finally, here’s what Lorcan’s interested in this morning Last Friday's [jobs report]( showed the U.S. labor market continues to be in very good health. Unemployment fell to 3.8 percent, matching the record low set in April 2000, while wages increased more than expected. At 10:00 a.m. this morning, we may get another indicator of just how tight labor market conditions are becoming when job-openings data for April are released. With the total number of unemployed workers in that month standing at 6.346 million, and economists surveyed by Bloomberg expecting openings to be at 6.350 million, the U.S. may already be in the situation where there are more jobs available in the economy than there are [workers looking for them](. Like Bloomberg's Five Things? [Subscribe for unlimited access]( to trusted, data-based journalism in 120 countries around the world and gain expert analysis from exclusive daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. 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