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Bank Urges City To ‘plan For All Eventualities’

The Bank of England has written to the UK's biggest financial firms, urging them to plan for "all eventualities" from...

International

Halfway Into 2017’s Oil Supply Cut, Asia Remains Awash With Fuel

Halfway into an OPEC-led oil supply cut, Asia remains awash with fuel in a sign that the group's efforts to rein in a...

International

Snap Shares Drop 4 Percent, Fall Below $20 For the First Time

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with a Snap Inc. logo hunging on the front Snap Inc shares tumbled below $20 on Thursday...

International

Stocks Rise As U.S. Jobs Data Points To Rate Hike; Crude Slips

Crude oil resumed a sharp decline and global equity markets rose on Friday after a robust U. S. jobs report drove home...

International

Best Buy Posts Unexpected Drop In Same-Store Sales

The company's shares fell more than 9 percent in premarket trading. Best Buy Co In (BBY. N), the No. 1 U.S. electronics...

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Higher Customer Traffic Boosts Wal-Mart’s Sales; Margins Under Pressure

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT. N) on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected U.S. sales, helped by more customer visits to its...

International

Wal-Mart’s Quarterly Comparable Sales Beat Estimates

At Friday's close, Wal-Mart shares had risen 0.36 percent since the start of the year. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT. N) on...

International

Kraft Walks Away From ‘friendly’ Bid For Unilever

U. S. food company Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) withdrew its proposal for a $143-billion merger with larger rival Unilever...

International

Kraft Withdraws Offer To Merge With Unilever

The companies did not provide details of the reason for ending the discussion in a statement. U. S. food company Kraft...

International

Oil Prices Slip As High Stocks Overshadow OPEC Cuts

Oil slipped on Friday, pressured by growing global stocks, while expectations that an oil output cut by producers might...

International

World Stocks Ride To Record High, Dollar Retreats

World stocks hit an all time high on Thursday as the latest round of robust global data matched hopes that major...

International

Aon To Sell Benefits Outsourcing To Blackstone For $4.3 Billion

They typically seek to sell ownership of such assets at a big profit a few years after they invest. Insurance broker...

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Disney CEO Iger Says He Is Open To Extending His Term

Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Tuesday he is open to extending his term as the head of Walt Disney Co (DIS. N),...

International

Dollar’s Sudden Weakness Could Help U.S. Profit Picture

Stock investors could have at least one less worry in the next earnings period: the suddenly limp U. S. dollar. The...

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Gov’t Inherits Budget Deficit of Around 10%

Government says it has inherited a budget deficit of around 10 percent of economic output, Finance Minister Ken...

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Wall Street Down On Earnings; Political Concern Weighs Leftright 2/2leftright

U. S. stocks fell on Tuesday, dragged down by economic growth-sensible sectors, amid disappointing earnings and...

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Microsoft’s Market Value Tops $500 Billion Again After 17 Years

Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT. O) market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after...

International

Alibaba Posts 54 Percent Rise In Third-Quarter Revenue, Raises 2017 Guidance

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Tuesday posted a 54 percent rise in third-quarter revenue, beating analyst estimates,...

International

Yahoo Beats Wall Street View, Sees Verizon Deal Closing In Second Quarter

Yahoo Inc on Monday reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, and said the sale of its core internet...