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Jan 19, 2020
Facebook Inc on Saturday
blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name
appearing as "Mr Shithole" in posts on its platform when
translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any
offence caused.
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Jan 18, 2020
Facebook Inc on Saturday
blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name
appearing as "Mr Shithole" in posts on its platform when
translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any
offence caused.
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Jan 18, 2020
Police detained 185 protesters
in central Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest
group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show
in protest at the auto industry's role in CO2 emissions that
cause climate change.
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Jan 18, 2020
Around 250 Germans on Saturday
protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup
Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory, saying its
construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the
area.
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Jan 18, 2020
Oilfield services provider McDermott
International Inc is preparing to file for bankruptcy as
soon as next week, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people
with knowledge of the matter.
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Jan 18, 2020
Facebook Inc said on
Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi
Jinping's name appeared as "Mr Shithole" in posts on its
platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising
for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed.
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Jan 18, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department on
Saturday granted permission for Chevron Corp, the last
major U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela, to continue
working in the country until April 22.
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Jan 18, 2020
Facebook Inc said on
Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi
Jinping's name appeared as "Mr Shithole" in posts on its
platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising
for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed.
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Jan 18, 2020
The black boxes of the Ukrainian
airliner which was accidentally shot down by Iranian forces this
month will be sent to Ukraine, the Tasnim news agency reported
on Saturday.
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Jan 18, 2020
Bad weather forced Elon
Musk's SpaceX to delay until Sunday a test in which it will
destroy one of its own rockets in a trial of a crucial emergency
abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule.
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Jan 18, 2020
Global pharmaceutical majors and
generic drugmakers chopped by 53% on average prices of some of
their off-patent products in the latest bidding round under
China's national bulk-buy program, government officials said
late on Friday.
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Jan 18, 2020
Elon Musk's SpaceX is
gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Saturday to test
a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut
capsule, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA
astronauts from U.S. soil.
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Jan 17, 2020
Donald Trump is expected to
meet with EU leader Ursula von der Leyen in Davos, Switzerland,
next week, three sources said on Friday, as tensions mount
between the allies over tariff threats and the U.S. president
faces an impeachment trial at home.
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Jan 17, 2020
Four Los Angeles-area schoolteachers who
were doused with jet fuel dumped by a Delta Air Lines plane in
the minutes before it made an emergency landing sued the airline
on Friday, accusing the flight crew of negligence.
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Jan 17, 2020
Morgan Stanley Chief
Executive James Gorman is receiving $27 million in total
compensation in 2019, nearly 7% less than what he got the year
before, the company said in a filing on Friday, following a
reduction of bonuses staff-wide.
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Jan 17, 2020
Facebook Inc has been ordered by a
Massachusetts judge to turn over material to the state's
attorney general about thousands of apps that the social media
company suspected may have misused customer data.
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Jan 17, 2020
Michigan's Democratic
governor has urged Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to
step up efforts to check hate speech on the social network and
protect the security of elections, citing attacks on legislators
from the state.
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Jan 17, 2020
Michigan's Democratic
governor has urged Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to
step up efforts to check hate speech on the social network and
protect the security of elections, citing attacks on legislators
from the state.
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Jan 17, 2020
Facebook Inc has been ordered by a
Massachusetts judge to turn over materials to that state's
attorney general about thousands of apps that the social media
company suspected may have misused customer data.
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Jan 17, 2020
Extraditing Huawei
Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States based
on American sanctions against Iran would set a dangerous
precedent and could even undermine Canada's policy towards Iran,
Meng's lawyers argued in court documents released on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Morgan Stanley said on
Friday that its board lowered Chief Executive Officer James
Gorman's total compensation for 2019 to $27 million, from $29
million in 2018, according to regulatory filings.
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Jan 17, 2020
Reports from Netflix, Intel and
Texas Instruments next week may hint at what is to come in the
December quarterly earnings season, with some investors wary of
possible danger signs that could knock Wall Street after its
latest surge to record highs.
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Jan 17, 2020
S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings on
Friday joined fellow credit rating agency Moody's Investors
Service to cut their outlook for Bombardier Inc to
negative from stable, a day after the company lowered its 2019
profit and cash flow outlook.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Indexes: Dow 0.17%, S&P 500 0.39%, Nasdaq 0.34%
(Updates to close)
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Jan 17, 2020
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX rises 0.42 percent to 17,559.02
* Leading the index were Ballard Power Systems Inc, up 9.3%, Interfor Corp,
up 8.4%, and Norbord Inc, higher by 7.7%.
* Lagging shares were Hexo Corp, down 9.1%, Bombardier Inc, down 8.2%, and
Ag Growth International Inc, lower by 4.6%.
* On the TSX 144 issues rose and 87 fell as a 1.7-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 42
new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 224.7 million shares.
* The most he
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Jan 17, 2020
The first-ever cargo
of Guyana's crude for export is scheduled to begin loading this
weekend so the oil can be processed at Exxon Mobil's
refining system, the company told Reuters on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded Boeing
Co's long-term credit ratings to 'A-' from 'A', citing
regulatory risk regarding the timing of the 737 MAX's return to
service.
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Jan 17, 2020
Wall Street's major indexes
climbed to record highs on Friday after strong U.S. housing data
and signs of resilience in the Chinese economy raised hopes of a
rebound in global growth.
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Jan 17, 2020
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 21:00 GMT on Friday:
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Jan 17, 2020
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a
petition asking the agency to formally investigate and recall
500,000 Tesla Inc vehicles over sudden unintended
acceleration reports.
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Jan 17, 2020
Speculators cut their net long
bets on the U.S. dollar in the latest week to the smallest
position in 19 months, according to calculations by Reuters and
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on
Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
The first cargo of
Guyana's crude for export is scheduled to begin loading this
weekend so the oil can be processed at Exxon Mobil's
refining system, the company told Reuters on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to
$6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against
Johnson & Johnson to a man who said it failed to warn
that boys using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow
breasts.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. firearms makers will be
able within days to export as much as 20% more guns, including
assault rifles and ammunition, under rules the Trump
administration announced on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's ruling party on Friday slammed editorial policies of
billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, even as his
e-commerce firm Amazon announced plans to create a
million jobs in the country by 2025.
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Jan 17, 2020
In April 2019, Tile.com,
which helps users find lost or misplaced items, suddenly found
itself competing with Apple Inc, after years of
enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship with the iPhone
maker.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Indexes: Dow 0.08%, S&P 500 0.22%, Nasdaq 0.08%
(Updates to afternoon)
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Jan 17, 2020
The Mexican peso scaled a more than
one-year high on Thursday as Latin American currencies rallied
after stronger-than-expected economic data from China fueled
optimism about global growth in the wake of a Sino-U.S
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Jan 17, 2020
Canadian oil producers and
refiners have cut processing rates this week as extreme cold
weather grips Western Canada, traders familiar with the matter
said on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker Inc
is in talks to acquire Consolidated Aerospace
Manufacturing LLC (CAM), in a bid to expand its offerings to the
aerospace sector, people familiar with the matter said on
Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Boeing Co said on
Friday it is addressing a new software issue discovered in Iowa
last weekend during a technical review of the proposed update to
the grounded Boeing 737 MAX, a development that could further
delay the plane's return to service.
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Jan 17, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (LPC) - The US Collateralized Loan
Obligation (CLO) market is eyeing tighter spreads across
tranches to start 2020 after coupons gapped out in 2019 to among
the widest levels in two years.
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Jan 17, 2020
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to
$6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against
Johnson & Johnson for allegedly failing to warn men that
they could grow breasts by using its antipsychotic drug
Risperdal.
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Jan 17, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (LPC) - The US Collateralized Loan
Obligation (CLO) market is eyeing tighter spreads across
tranches to start 2020 after coupons gapped out in 2019 to among
the widest levels in two years.
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Jan 17, 2020
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to
$6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against
Johnson & Johnson for allegedly failing to warn men that
they could grow breasts by using its antipsychotic drug
Risperdal.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Netflix hires top talent such as "Amelie" director Jeunet
(Adds CEO comment about French content financing)
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Jan 17, 2020
Boeing Co said on
Friday it is addressing a new software issue discovered during a
technical review of the proposed update to the grounded Boeing
737 MAX in Iowa last weekend.
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Jan 17, 2020
Families of the 176 people
killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a
complicated legal battle where backing from the victims'
governments may be crucial as they seek damages, legal experts
said.
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Jan 17, 2020
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer named England defender Harry Maguire as the team's new captain on Friday - the latest in a series of appointments which indicate the long-term plans the Norwegian has for the rebuilding of the club.
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Jan 17, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - PayPal
Holdings Inc will join forces with a leading U.S.
anti-trafficking group in an effort to identify illegal money
transactions, helping launch a specialized team to develop new
ways of spotting criminal financial activity.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Indexes up: Dow 0.09%, S&P 0.21%, Nasdaq 0.05%
(Updates to early afternoon)
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Jan 17, 2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve on
Friday signaled it would take a lighter touch when supervising
banks, in another win for the industry which has long complained
that the regulator's closed-door supervisory process is opaque
and capricious.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. firearms makers will be
able within days to export as much as 20% more guns, including
assault rifles and ammunition, under rules the Trump
administration announced on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. energy firms this week added oil
rigs for the first time in four weeks even as the pace of growth
in record crude output is expected to slow.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Positive EU-U.S. talks add to optimism after China trade
deal
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Jan 17, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday
it had invested an additional $700 million and added 150 new
jobs to complete a $1.3 billion modernization program at its
Princeton, Indiana factory.
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Jan 17, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp
said on Friday it will move production of its mid-size Tacoma
pick-up truck from the United States to Mexico as it adjusts
production around North America.
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Jan 17, 2020
S&P Global Ratings on Friday joined
fellow credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service in cutting
its outlook for Bombardier Inc to negative from
stable, a day after the company lowered its 2019 profit and cash
flow guidance.
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Jan 17, 2020
Germany's Lufthansa
on Friday said that flights to Teheran were suspended until
March 28, extending a ban of flights over Iran after a Ukranian
airliner was shot down last week.
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Jan 17, 2020
Chief merchandising officer of Walmart
Inc's U.S. operations, Steve Bratspies, is set to leave
the big-box retailer, according to an internal memo sent on
Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. homebuilding surged to a
13-year high in December as activity increased across the board,
suggesting the housing market recovery was back on track amid
low mortgage rates, and could help support the longest economic
expansion on record.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Indexes up: Dow 0.12%, S&P 0.18%, Nasdaq 0.02%
(Adds details, updates prices, changes comment)
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Jan 17, 2020
Novo Nordisk's new
diabetes pill, Rybelsus, will be covered by Express Scripts
Holding Co, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit managers,
the Danish drugmaker said on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Air France-KLM boss Ben
Smith said on Friday that a plane order swap last year would
simplify the two airlines' operations and reduce costs, but
acknowledged that their fleet coordination was not yet as
efficient as he had hoped.
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Jan 17, 2020
* MSCI world index, Wall Street and Europe indexes hit
records
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Jan 17, 2020
Bayer could be close to
settling more than 75,000 cancer claims related to its Roundup
herbicide, with mediator Ken Feinberg on Friday saying he was
"cautiously optimistic that a settlement will ultimately be
reached."
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. television streaming company
Netflix has opened a new Paris office and plans to
develop more than 20 original French-language productions in
2020, it said on Friday.
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Jan 17, 2020
Four companies sued
Facebook Inc in U.S. federal court on Thursday for
alleged anticompetitive conduct, saying the social network
inappropriately revoked developer access to its platform in
order to harm prospective competitors.
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Jan 17, 2020
Dutch navigation and digital
mapping company TomTom on Friday said it has closed a
deal with China's Huawei Technologies for the use of
its maps and services in smartphone apps.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Indexes up: Dow 0.12%, S&P 0.20%, Nasdaq 0.16%
(Updates to open)
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Jan 17, 2020
Gains in the Chilean peso lifted Latin
American currencies on Friday, as stronger-than-expected
economic data from China added to optimism about faster global
growth in the wake of a Sino-U.S. trade truce.
Ch
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Jan 17, 2020
Mexican auto parts
manufacturers with clients across North America expect a record
year after U.S. approval of a trade deal mandating higher
regional inputs, but the new rules pose a bigger challenge to
carmakers.
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Jan 17, 2020
Canada's main stock index hit another
all-time high on Friday, tracking gains in global equities, as
upbeat Chinese economic data pointed to signs of stabilization
in the world's second-largest economy.
|
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Jan 17, 2020
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a
petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla
Inc vehicles over sudden unintended acceleration
reports.
|
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. stock indexes marched to news highs
at open on Friday, driven by optimism over corporate earnings,
upbeat economic data and indications of resilience in China's
economy.
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Jan 17, 2020
Air France-KLM chief executive Ben
Smith said on Friday that an order swap last year had simplified
the two airlines' fleets and would reduce costs, but
acknowledged the group's fleet operations were still not as
efficient as he had hoped.
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Jan 17, 2020
* FCA has lagged rivals in electric vehicle market
(Adds details of JV with GAC Group in China)
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Jan 17, 2020
* Futures up: Dow 0.31%, S&P 0.26%, Nasdaq 0.45%
(Adds comment, updates prices)
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Jan 17, 2020
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight
index fell on Friday, as a fall in capesize vessel rates on weak
demand outweighed gains in the other vessel segments.
|
|
Jan 17, 2020
U.S. homebuilding surged to a
13-year high in December as activity increased across the board,
suggesting the housing market recovery was back on track amid
low mortgage rates, and could help support the longest economic
expansion on record.
|
|
Jan 17, 2020
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a
petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla
Inc models over sudden unintended acceleration reports.
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Jan 17, 2020
A more comprehensive trade deal between
the United States and China is unlikely, a global trade expert
said on Friday, adding that the recently agreed Phase 1 deal
lacks teeth and is too ambitious in its scope.
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Jan 17, 2020
Under a new mining code,
companies operating in Mali will be protected from fiscal
changes for 20 years, down from the previous "stability period"
of 30 years, the mines minister said late on Thursday.
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Jan 17, 2020
U.S. stock index futures hit new all-time
highs on Friday, with investor optimism bolstered by an upbeat
set of U.S. corporate earnings reports and indications of
resilience in the Chinese economy.
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Jan 17, 2020
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a
petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla
Inc models over sudden unintended acceleration reports.
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Jan 17, 2020
Futures for Canada's main stock index
rose on Friday after Chinese data suggested that the world's
second-biggest economy was stabilizing.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Investors eye global growth after data and easing trade
tensions
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Jan 17, 2020
* Great Wall expected to pay $250-300 mln to buy plant
-source
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Jan 17, 2020
The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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Jan 17, 2020
Schlumberger NV reported a 9.4%
rise in adjusted quarterly profit on Friday, as buoyant demand
in international markets helped the world's largest oilfield
services provider make up for lower drilling activity in North
America.
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Jan 17, 2020
* FCA has lagged rivals in electric vehicle market
(Recasts, adds analyst comment)
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Jan 17, 2020
The rouble soared on Friday, at
one point gaining more than 0.5% versus the dollar on the day,
and Russia's MOEX index hit a record high, as emerging markets
were buoyed by the Chinese economy maintaining its high growth
rate.
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Jan 17, 2020
In April 2019, Tile.com,
which helps users find lost or misplaced items, suddenly found
itself competing with Apple Inc, after years of
enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship with the iPhone
maker.
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Jan 17, 2020
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
on Friday said it was replacing its CEO with its
digital chief after one year, a rare move that illustrates the
deepening urgency at Japan's biggest bank about the rise of
fintech.
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Jan 17, 2020
Facebook's $22 billion buyout of
WhatsApp six years ago should have been blocked, the boss of
France's antitrust watchdog, which is set to help review EU
rules, has told Reuters.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Efforts to create national fast broadband champion
stalling
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Jan 17, 2020
Swiss asset manager GAM Holding
expects to break even for 2019 as performance fees
improved, though it saw a sharp outflow of assets in the
aftermath of a row with its former star fund manager.
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Jan 17, 2020
* Positive EU-U.S. talks add to optimism after China trade
deal
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Jan 17, 2020
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
(MUFG), Japan's biggest lender by assets, said on
Friday that Hironori Kamezawa, currently deputy president, would
become chief executive from April.
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Jan 17, 2020
Asian shares rose on Friday
after data in China showed pressure on the world's second
biggest economy may be starting to diminish.
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