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GLOBAL MARKETS Stocks oil rise on renewed recovery hopes
Global stocks rally as China data revive recovery hopes Oil edges higher on economic recovery optimism Bonds rise as weak labor data spurs safe haven buying Dollar yen fall as data erode safe haven demand Updates with close of U S markets By Herbert Lash NEW YORK Aug 20 Reuters Global stocks ral...
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Williams struggles but advances to quarters in Auckland
WELLINGTON Reuters Top seed Serena Williams NYSE WMB was made to work hard against fellow American Christina McHale before she prevailed 3 6 6 2 6 3 to advance to the quarter finals of the Auckland Classic on Thursday The 23 times Grand Slam champion looked a completely different player from the person who smash...
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NY Fed s Williams says central bank can avert downward trend in inflation expectations
Reuters U S central bank officials need to hold themselves accountable and boost communication of their strategy as they grapple with the challenge of preventing inflation and inflation expectations from falling too low a senior Fed official said Thursday The goal is in sharp contrast to the obstacles experi...
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Take 5 Texans aim for another upset of Chiefs
The Houston Texans can be rightfully confident when they visit Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday having overcome a 17 3 deficit to upset the Kansas City Chiefs 31 24 in October But much has changed on both sides and the Texans only narrowly reached the divisional round after surviving Buffalo at home in overtime last week...
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NFL notebook Ingram getting closer to return
Baltimore Ravens running back Mark Ingram II returned to practice Thursday and participated for the first time since injuring his calf in Week 16 albeit mostly limited work with the rehab group Ingram is listed as questionable for Saturday s AFC divisional game against the Tennessee Titans Tight end Mark Andrews ...
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Tennis Wozniacki ends Goerges Auckland run
WELLINGTON Reuters Caroline Wozniacki ended not only her hex at the hands of Julia Goerges but also the German s 12 match unbeaten run in New Zealand s largest city on Friday to join good friend Serena Williams NYSE WMB in the semi finals of the Auckland Classic Wozniacki who has been ever present at the tourna...
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Top 25 college basketball roundup No 9 Oregon edges No 24 Arizona
Payton Pritchard stole an inbounds pass with 2 1 seconds to play and Will Richardson scored 21 points off the bench to lead No 9 Oregon to a 74 73 overtime win over No 24 Arizona in their Pac 12 matchup Thursday night in Eugene Ore The Wildcats had two chances to win in the final four seconds but Nico Mannion a ...
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Treasury Bulls Swagger Undiminished as Focus Shifts to Growth
Bloomberg Bond investors may get a chance next week to contemplate the soft spots in the U S economy rather than a geopolitical precipice Either way Treasury bulls have little to fear For now haven buying of government debt has subsided as the U S and Iran appear to have backed away from escalating their con...
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Warne Ponting to play Twenty20 bushfire match Serena donates winnings
MELBOURNE Reuters Former Australian cricketing greats Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne will temporarily come out of retirement to play in a charity Twenty20 match next month as sports organizations and athletes seek ways to raise funds for bushfire relief Since October thousands of Australians have faced repeat evac...
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Williams breaks three year title drought to win in Auckland
WELLINGTON Reuters Serena Williams NYSE WMB won her first title since the 2017 Australian Open with a 6 3 6 4 victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic on Sunday but was unable to complete the perfect week in New Zealand when she lost the doubles final The 38 year old Williams who said she would donat...
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Federer responds to Thunberg s wake up volley
Reuters Roger Federer has responded to criticism from teenaged climate change activist Greta Thunberg saying he is happy to be reminded of his responsibilities The Swiss 20 times Grand Slam champion came under fire from Swede Thunberg last week when she criticized bank Credit Suisse SIX CSGN for its record ...
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Is financial oppression coming to the eurozone
I would like to explore the long term options for the EU and the eurozone out of this crisis Most observers have offered two options for Europe but I would like to raise a third of financial repression The options which I list from the least likely to most likely are Exit from the eurozone Greece and perhaps Po...
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JPMorgan hack exposed data of 83 million among biggest breaches in history
Reuters Names addresses phone numbers and email addresses of the holders of some 83 million households and small business accounts were exposed when computer systems at JPMorgan Chase Co N JPM were recently compromised by hackers making it one of the biggest data breaches in history The bank revealed the sc...
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Connecticut attorney general probing JPMorgan breach source
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK Reuters Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is investigating the massive data breach at JPMorgan Chase Co N JPM according to a person familiar with the matter The office has been in contact with JPMorgan Chase about the incident since it first surfaced in August the person s...
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Exclusive Iberdrola hires JPMorgan for asset sales to fund U S buy
By Andr s Gonz lez and Arno Schuetze MADRID FRANKFURT Reuters Spanish power firm Iberdrola MC IBE has hired JPMorgan Chase Co N JPM to sell some foreign renewable assets which could raise up to 2 billion euros to help fund an acquisition in the fast growing U S market three sources with knowledge of the mat...
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JPMorgan Chase hackers tried infiltrating other institutions WSJ
Reuters Hackers who breached JPMorgan Chase Co s N JPM computer network earlier this year also tried to infiltrate other financial institutions the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the investigation Federal officials had asked financial institutions last month to check whether they ha...
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Roche Announces Positive Data On Venclexta Venclyxto At ASH
Roche Holding AG OTC RHHBY announced new data from the phase III MURANO study on Venclexta Venclyxto venetoclax in patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia CLL at the American Society of Hematology ASH 2018 Annual Meeting Share price of the company has increased 6 2 year to date compare...
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Bristol Myers Squibb BMY Stock Moves 0 32 What You Should Know
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY closed the most recent trading day at 53 08 moving 0 32 from the previous trading session This change was narrower than the S P 500 s 2 33 loss on the day Meanwhile the Dow lost 2 24 and the Nasdaq a tech heavy index lost 3 05 Prior to today s trading shares of the biopharmaceu...
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Ship market users back central Baltic FFA screen
Freight users back central trading screen Baltic to examine screen technologies By Jonathan Saul LONDON Aug 18 Reuters A majority of sea freight market users support the Baltic Exchange setting up a central trading screen for forward freight agreements FFAs a survey canvassed among industry players fou...
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UPDATE 1 Ship market users back central Baltic FFA screen
Freight users back central trading screen Baltic to examine screen technologies Adds LME comment By Jonathan Saul LONDON Aug 18 Reuters A majority of sea freight market users support the Baltic Exchange setting up a central trading screen for forward freight agreements FFAs a survey canvassed among i...
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Nikkei up 0 4 pct nudged up by resources and oil
Oil price surge buoys recovery hopes oil stocks gain Eyes on China results of Japan election TOKYO Aug 20 Reuters Japan s Nikkei stock average edged higher on Thursday buoyed by gains in resource linked shares such as Inpex after oil surged more than 4 percent and rekindled economic recovery hopes Truckm...
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Nikkei up 0 7 pct boosted by resources and China
Oil price surge buoys recovery hopes oil stocks gain Shanghai rebound a plus but investors wary Truckmakers Mazda gain on brokerage upgrades Eyes on Japan Aug 30 election By Elaine Lies TOKYO Aug 20 Reuters Japan s Nikkei stock average on Thursday climbed from a three week closing low buoyed by re...
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Williams retain W Series champion Chadwick in development role
LONDON Reuters Inaugural W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will remain a development driver for the Williams NYSE WMB Formula One team this season with an increased simulator program as well as attending several races The team said on Tuesday that the 21 year old Briton whose success in the all female series boo...
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Asian Markets Fall as Iran Retaliates Against U S in Rocket Attack
Investing com Asian markets fell in morning trade on Wednesday amid news that Iran fired a series of rockets at two U S Iraqi airbases The move was Iran s first response to the killing of General Qassem Soleimani by a U S airstrike last week It was not clear if there were any casualties or major damage from the a...
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Stocks Pare Losses Spurred by Iran Strike Oil Up Markets Wrap
Bloomberg U S stock futures and Asian equities pared earlier declines as investors mulled an Iranian attack on military facilities in Iraq hosting American troops escalating tensions in the Middle East Haven assets pared gains The strike had sent S P 500 Index futures as much as 1 7 lower though moves eased ...
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Gold Prices Gain More Than 1 Amid Intensifying U S Iran Conflict
Investing com Gold prices gained more than 1 on Wednesday in Asia amid intensifying U S Iran conflict Gold Futures for February delivery on New York s COMEX traded 1 1 higher to 1 592 05 per ounce by 11 17 PM ET 03 17 GMT The yellow metal is now near its highest level since 2013 with some analysts saying the...
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Tennis Bouchard Cornet knock out seeds in Auckland
WELLINGTON Reuters Wildcard Eugenie Bouchard showed she may have turned a corner as she attempts to resurrect her career with victory over eighth seed Caroline Garcia while Alize Cornet beat world number 15 Petra Martic at the Auckland Classic on Wednesday Former world number one singles players Serena Williams ...
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Keeping Lebanon without government increasingly irresponsible U N
BEIRUT Reuters Keeping Lebanon without a government is increasingly irresponsible given developments in the region and the country the United Nations senior official in Lebanon said on Wednesday Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Saad al Hariri quit as prime minister in October prompted b...
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Federer Nadal and Serena to play in exhibition to raise funds for bushfire relief
Reuters Roger Federer Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams NYSE WMB are among a number of players who will feature in an exhibition match ahead of this month s Australian Open to raise funds for bushfire relief efforts organisers announced on Wednesday Hundreds of fires have scorched more than 10 3 million hectare...
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Soccer Women s match postponed as bushfires continue to affect sport in Australia
SYDNEY Reuters Australia s rampaging bushfires continue to affect top level sporting events with a women s soccer match scheduled for Newcastle on Friday postponed because of the poor air quality and expected soaring temperatures Hundreds of fires have scorched more than 10 3 million hectares 25 5 million acres ...
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Talking Forex Daily FX Wrap 27 10 2011
EUR USDThe pair finished the session sharply higher after leaders of the Eurozone announced plans to leverage the EFSF up to EUR 1trl and also disclose that EU banks will be required to raise EUR 106 4bln in order to meet 9 core tier one ratio The proposed draft includes an option where bond buyers are to be offered ...
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Senior BNP Paribas energy traders quit bank denies downsizing
Reuters Two senior BNP Paribas energy traders in New York have left but the Paris based bank said on Monday it was not downsizing its U S commodity and energy businesses Keith Shoemaker managing director of North American natural gas trading and William Hartz head of financial oil trading have resigned BNP ...
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Bristol Myers Squibb BMY Gains But Lags Market What You Should Know
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY closed at 52 in the latest trading session marking a 1 66 move from the prior day The stock lagged the S P 500 s daily gain of 2 3 Meanwhile the Dow gained 2 5 and the Nasdaq a tech heavy index added 2 95 Prior to today s trading shares of the biopharmaceutical company had gain...
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Yen Rises Stock Futures Dip on Mideast Tensions Markets Wrap
Bloomberg Stock futures declined and the yen advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full strength following New Year holidays Japan s currency matched a three month high in the wake of fallout from the U S killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq ...
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Yen Rises Stock Futures Drop on Mideast Tensions Markets Wrap
Bloomberg Stock futures declined and the yen and gold advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full strength following New Year holidays Japan s currency matched a three month high in the wake of fallout from the U S killing of a top Iranian military commander ...
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Stocks Slide Yen Gold Climb on Mideast Tensions Markets Wrap
Bloomberg Stocks declined and the yen gold and Treasuries advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full strength following New Year holidays Japan s currency matched a three month high in the wake of fallout from the U S killing of a top Iranian military comma...
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Fed faces new trade offs hunts for new model in low rate world
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir SAN DIEGO Reuters An unprecedented combination of low U S unemployment weak inflation and low interest rates has the U S Federal Reserve grappling with how to fight the next recession as experts debate new approaches to financial regulation as well as a fuller overhaul of Fed ...
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Fed s Williams says it is important to keep 2 inflation target amid low rates WSJ
Reuters New York Fed President John Williams NYSE WMB said on Sunday that it was important for the U S Federal Reserve to stick to its 2 inflation target and achieve it even as low global interest rates will likely continue the Wall Street Journal reported There s been a process of going through the stages o...
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Stocks Slide Oil Gold Climb on Mideast Tensions Markets Wrap
Bloomberg Stocks declined and gold and Treasuries advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full strength following New Year holidays Japan s currency matched a three month high in the wake of fallout though pared earlier gains from the U S killing of a top Ira...
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Tennis Kuznetsova Ostapenko pull out of Auckland Classic
Reuters Former Grand Slam champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Ostapenko have pulled out of this week s Auckland Classic organizers confirmed on Monday Russian Kuznetsova 34 was set to face Serena Williams NYSE WMB at the event a traditional warmup for the Australian Open but pulled out due to a viral i...
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NBA roundup Lakers 20 blocks subdue Pistons
Anthony Davis recorded 24 points 11 rebounds and a season best eight blocked shots to help the Los Angeles Lakers register a 106 99 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Sunday night LeBron James added 21 points 14 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth triple double of the season as the Lakers won their fifth...
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Serena Wozniacki team up to advance in Auckland doubles
Reuters Serena Williams NYSE WMB and Caroline Wozniacki teamed up in the doubles for the first time to beat Japanese pair Nao Hibino and Makoto Ninomiya 6 2 6 4 at the Auckland Classic on Monday Wozniacki is set to retire after the Australian Open later this month and Williams said she wanted to partner the Dane...
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Serena breezes into second round in Auckland
Reuters Top seed Serena Williams NYSE WMB kick started her Auckland Classic singles campaign with an easy 6 3 6 2 victory over Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi on Tuesday Playing her first singles match since losing last year s U S Open final to Bianca Andreescu the 38 year old Williams fired eight aces and was...
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Santander bank s powerful patriarch Botin dies daughter to succeed
By Sonya Dowsett and Sarah White MADRID Reuters Emilio Botin one of Spain s most powerful men who transformed Santander MC SAN from a small domestic lender into the euro zone s biggest bank has died of a heart attack aged 79 Sources familiar with the matter said his eldest daughter Ana Botin currently head...
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JP Morgan s Dimon finishes scheduled cancer treatments WSJ
Reuters JPMorgan Chase Co CEO Jamie Dimon who was diagnosed with throat cancer this year finished his scheduled rounds of radiation and chemotherapy treatment this week the Wall Street Journal said citing people familiar with the matter Doctors will monitor Dimon who started treatment about eight weeks ago ...
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Clovis CLVS Rubraca Gets Another US Patent Shares Up
Clovis Oncology Inc NASDAQ CLVS announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a new patent for Rubraca rucaparib The United States Patent 636 issued by the office covers methods of treating cancer with high dosage strengths of Rubraca The patent covers all the available commercial d...
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UPDATE 4 Poland sells 3 pct of Pekao for 380 mln
Polish treasury sells 8 million shrs for 135 zlotys each Share price confirms earlier Reuters report Poland retains 1 percent stake Shares sold worth some 1 08 bln zlotys 379 million Stock closes at 133 zlotys after late session retreat Releads with confirmation closing share price By Maciej Onosz...
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FTSE up 0 7 pct BoE verdict due financials up
FTSE 100 up 0 7 percent Bank of England news awaited Banks extend rally RBS numbers due Friday Aviva and Unilever up after results Defensives drag as risk appetite returns By David Brett LONDON Aug 6 Reuters Britain s top share index rose 0 7 percent in late morning trade on Thursday as financial...
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FTSE gains on banks after BoE extends QE programme
FTSE 100 hits year s new high BoE boosts QE to 175 bln sterling holds rates By Dominic Lau LONDON Aug 6 Reuters Britain s leading share index rose by midday on Thursday hitting a new intraday high for the year after the Bank of England surprised the financial markets by raising the size of its quantita...
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Banks drive FTSE s gains after BoE extends QE
Banks best performing sector BoE boosts QE to 175 bln sterling holds rates FTSE 100 hits new 2009 intraday high Miners fall on weaker metals prices By Tricia Wright LONDON Aug 6 Reuters Britain s leading share index closed higher on Thursday driven by strength from banks after the Bank of England ...
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UPDATE 2 German exports surge at fastest pace in nearly 3 yrs
Exports rise at fastest pace since September 2006 Trade surplus widens to 11 0 billion euros Adds economist comment background By Paul Carrel BERLIN Aug 7 Reuters German exports surged in June at their fastest pace in nearly three years gaining a much bigger than expected 7 0 percent on the month and...
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Banks drag FTSE lower U S jobs report eyed
Banks under pressure after RBS H1 Miners fall metals prices weaker Investors cautious ahead of key U S jobs report By Tricia Wright LONDON Aug 7 Reuters Britain s top share index fell in early trade on Friday dragged lower by banks after Royal Bank of Scotland s glum first half results and with inv...
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UPDATE 2 AIG to sell HK consumer finance India IT units
CCB Asia will buy 100 pct of AIG Finance Hong Kong Ltd Will pay 70 mln in cash deal includes repayment of debts Strategic move for CCB as it expands in HK consumer finance AIG to sell India IT unit to outsourcer MphasiS Adds AIG s sale of India IT unit By Samuel Shen and Sumeet Chatterjee SHANGHAI ...
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EARNINGS POLL Cyfrowy H1 net seen down 5 pct on weak zloty
Cyfrowy Polsat H1 results Due before market open at 0700 GMT on Thursday Aug 20 Net profit to fall 5 percent to 136 million zlotys 46 million WARSAW Aug 12 Reuters Poland s top pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat is expected to report a 5 percent drop of its net profit in the first half as a weaker zlot...
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UPDATE 1 China s Yanzhou to buy Australia s Felix for 2 9b
Yanzhou agrees buy Felix for 2 9 bln Deal comes amid strained ties between China and Australia Deal subject to Australia China government approvals Adds details By Denny Thomas SYDNEY Aug 13 Reuters China s Yanzhou Coal Mining Co 1171 HK has agreed to buy Australian coal miner Felix Resources Ltd ...
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Take 5 Most appealing head coach openings
The head coaching carousel is in full swing again with the potential for a quarter of the league to be searching for new leaders Even more so than usual ownership could be the top factor in determining which openings should be most enticing to prospective candidates Let s take a look at the openings and potential ...
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Clippers win tenth straight against Kings 105 87
Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Kings for the 10th straight time 105 87 on Tuesday afternoon in Sacramento Calif Leonard missed his first four shots before finishing 8 of 21 from the floor with seven assists Paul George also overcame a slow start to finish with 21 points 11...
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Venus pulls out of Brisbane International cites setback in training
Reuters Venus Williams NYSE WMB has pulled out of the upcoming Brisbane International after suffering a setback in training the former world number one said on Wednesday Williams 39 was set to join world number one Ash Barty Karolina Pliskova and Naomi Osaka in a strong field at the Queensland Tennis Centr...
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More than 20 dead many displaced after violence in Sudan s West Darfur
By Ali Mirghani KHARTOUM Reuters At least 24 people were confirmed killed after a camp for internally displaced people was attacked in Sudan s West Darfur an international peacekeeping official said on Wednesday as top officials arrived to try to calm the violence Krinding Camp just east of state capital el Gen...
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NBA roundup Heat win again at home
Rookie Tyler Herro scored 11 straight second half points as the Miami Heat ran their home record to an NBA best 16 1 by defeating the Toronto Raptors 84 76 on Thursday night Toronto shot a season low 31 5 percent including 6 of 42 on 3 pointers 14 3 percent Miami shot just 40 7 percent including 12 of 37 on 3 poi...
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NBA roundup Hornets survive Doncic Mavs in OT
Terry Rozier scored 29 points and Devonte Graham added 27 as the visiting Charlotte Hornets opened a 20 point first half lead and still had to rally for a 123 120 overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night PJ Washington added 19 points as the Hornets came back from a 12 point deficit in the fourth ...
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Low Rates Could Get Even Lower Senior Central Bankers Warn
Bloomberg The already low level of interest rates in the U S and the rest of the industrial world could fall further three senior central bankers said on Sunday Speaking at the American Economic Association s annual meeting Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams NYSE WMB European Central B...
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Yen Rises Asia Futures Dip on Mideast Tensions Markets Wrap
Bloomberg Stock futures dipped and the yen advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full strength following New Year holidays Japan s currency matched a three month high in the wake of fallout from the U S killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq Ja...
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Exclusive Ann Taylor parent taps JPMorgan to weigh potential sale sources
Reuters Ann Inc N ANN has hired JPMorgan Chase Co N JPM to explore strategic alternatives including a potential sale of the women s retailer according to people familiar with the matter The hiring of an investment bank comes as the Ann Taylor parent faces pressure from hedge funds Engine Capital LP and Red...
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SEC Complaint Filed Against Erskine Bowles
By A union representing 55 000 North Carolina current and retired state workers Tuesday filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and his wife a JPMorgan Chase Co NYSE JPM director may have violated federal pay to play rules in a...
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Stolen JPMorgan data rerouted to Russia Bloomberg
Reuters Investigators working on the cyber attack at JPMorgan Chase Co have found clues that a global network of computers available for hire was used to send the stolen data to a Russian city Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the ongoing probe at the bank JPMorgan s own investigators have identif...
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Bristol Myers Squibb BMY Gains As Market Dips What You Should Know
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY closed at 52 61 in the latest trading session marking a 0 04 move from the prior day This change outpaced the S P 500 s 0 76 loss on the day Elsewhere the Dow lost 0 82 while the tech heavy Nasdaq lost 0 9 Coming into today shares of the biopharmaceutical company had lost 9 06 i...
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UniQure Up On Positive Data From Mid Stage Hemophilia Study
uniQure N V NASDAQ QURE announced encouraging initial top line data from a phase IIb dose confirmation study evaluating its AAV5 based gene therapy candidate AMT 061 in patients with severe and moderately severe hemophilia B The candidate has achieved and sustained the required therapeutic levels of Factor IX...
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UPDATE 5 ANZ StanChart eye M A in Asia to bolster growth
ANZ agrees 550 mln purchase from Royal Bank of Scotland First stage in dismantling RBS empire after ABN AMRO buy StanChart unveils share placing seen keen on RBS assets StanChart in talks on small buys in China and India ANZ shares close up 3 percent StanChart down 4 5 percent Recasts adds StanCha...
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UPDATE 3 ANZ to buy RBS Asia units for 550 mln
Analysts say deal good value for ANZ scope for more buys Deal expected to boost ANZ s earnings within 2 years Shares extend gains up as much as 3 5 pct outperform mkt Adds new comment from fund manager details By Denny Thomas SYDNEY Aug 4 Reuters Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd agreed...
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UPDATE 4 Australia s ANZ to buy RBS Asia units for 550 mln
Analysts say deal good value for ANZ scope for more buys Deal expected to boost ANZ s earnings within 2 years Shares end 3 0 pct higher outperform broader market Deal part of trend of European banks exiting from Asia Adds details on Asia revenue contribution CEO comments By Denny Thomas SYDNEY Aug...
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WRAPUP 2 Munich Re L G shares hit despite diverging profit
Munich Re says may resume buybacks investments up 40 pct L G cuts dividend profit falls on one off investment hit L G shares end day down 4 8 pct Munich Re down 2 2 pct Adds further comments by analyst details background By Myles Neligan and Jonathan Gould LONDON FRANKFURT Aug 4 Reuters Germany...
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European shares slip back from nine month highs
FTSEurofirst 300 closes 0 2 percent lower Miners most banks decline UniCredit rises after results By Brian Gorman LONDON Aug 4 Reuters European shares closed lower on Tuesday slipping back from the nine month high reached in the previous session with some banks giving back a little of their recent h...
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NBA roundup Mavericks manhandle Sixers
Tim Hardaway Jr made seven 3 pointers and scored 27 points to lift the visiting Dallas Mavericks past the Philadelphia 76ers 117 98 on Friday Kristaps Porzingis added 22 points and a career high 18 rebounds to go along with three blocked shots as the Mavericks improved to 11 2 on the road The Mavericks won handily...
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NBA roundup Bucks blast Knicks tie franchise best start
Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 22 points 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple double of the season and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed to match the best 30 game start in team history with a 123 102 victory over the host New York Knicks at Madison Square NYSE SQ Garden on Saturday night The Bucks won fo...
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NBA roundup Raptors stun Mavs with 30 point comeback
Kyle Lowry scored 20 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter and added 10 assists and eight rebounds as the Toronto Raptors overcame a 30 point third quarter deficit to post a 110 107 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Sunday The 30 point deficit was the largest the Raptors have overcome to win a game in fra...
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NFL notebook McCarthy reportedly interviews with Panthers
Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was interviewed by the Carolina Panthers for their head coaching position on Sunday after their 38 6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts according to multiple media reports Monday The 5 10 Panthers got the coaching carousel rolling early when they fired head coach Ron Rivera on...
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Tennis Andreescu out of season opener in Auckland with knee issues
WELLINGTON Reuters Auckland Classic organizers suffered a major setback to their tournament lineup on Tuesday with U S Open champion Bianca Andreescu withdrawing due to knee issues The Canadian teenager had been the top seed for the Jan 6 12 tournament which is a traditional warmup event for players fine tuni...
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U S Open champ Andreescu still bothered by knee injury
U S Open champion Bianca Andreescu is still dealing with a left knee injury with the start of the Australian Open less than four weeks away The 19 year old Canadian said Tuesday that the ailment will cause her to skip the ASB Classic in Auckland New Zealand She sustained the knee injury at the WTA Finals in October...
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Serena named AP Female Athlete of Decade
Tennis superstar Serena Williams NYSE WMB was named Female Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press as voted on by AP member sports editors and beat writers Williams winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles won 12 of those majors over the past decade no female player has won more than three over the same sp...
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Israel trims funds to Palestinians over militant casualties
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters Israel will withhold around 43 million in tax handovers to the cash strapped Palestinian Authority PA over its financial support for the families of slain or wounded Palestinian militants the Israeli security cabinet said on Sunday The decision followed Israel s sim...
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Burger King to buy Canada s Tim Hortons for 11 5 billion
TORONTO Aug 26 Reuters Burger King Worldwide Inc N BKW announced plans to buy Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc TO THI for C 12 64 billion 11 53 billion in a cash and stock deal that would create the world s third largest fast food restaurant group With roughly 23 billion in combined ann...
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Bristol Myers Squibb BMY Dips More Than Broader Markets What You Should Know
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY closed at 52 81 in the latest trading session marking a 0 34 move from the prior day This change lagged the S P 500 s daily loss of 0 25 Elsewhere the Dow gained 0 04 while the tech heavy Nasdaq lost 0 53 Heading into today shares of the biopharmaceutical company had lost 12 8 o...
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European stocks at 8 mth closing high banks surge
FTSEurofirst 300 up 2 percent Gains for ninth consecutive session Upbeat earnings macro data adds optimism for recovery By Harpreet Bhal LONDON July 23 Reuters European shares rose for a ninth consecutive day on Thursday to an eight month closing high as reassuring corporate earnings and positive eco...
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UPDATE 1 Global banks urge prudence in far reaching reforms
Changes headline adds banker comments report details By Al Yoon NEW YORK July 23 Reuters Global banking institutions support far reaching regulatory reforms that include higher capital requirements but warn that rushed judgments could hinder financial market recovery the Institute of International Finance...
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INTERVIEW New stock market Tokyo AIM eyes big IPOs CEO
repeating story for media codes Tokyo AIM to improve Japan s competitiveness Tokyo AIM eyes big firms overseas and in Japan Sees listings towards the end of 2009 Recruiting foreign investment banks as J Nomads By Daisy Ku LONDON July 23 Reuters Japan s new professionals only stock market Tokyo A...
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Kuwait financier saga highlights weak Gulf rules
By Rania El Gamal KUWAIT July 26 Reuters The apparent suicide of a Kuwaiti broker sued for fraud by U S regulators in a case linked to Kuwait s rulers and its top investment firm shines an unwelcome light on the weak regulatory environment in the Gulf Arab state Kuwaiti Hazem Khalid Al Braikan 37 who had b...
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UPDATE 1 Sumitomo Trust to buy Citi s Nikko Asset Nikkei
Japan No 5 bank to buy Citi asset firm for 1 1 bln paper Sumitomo Trust may sell stake in Nikko Asset to SMFG paper Sumitomo Trust will also consider IPO of unit paper TOKYO July 29 Reuters Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co has agreed to buy Citigroup s Japanese asset manager Nikko Asset Management for ...
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NBA roundup Pacers halt Lakers win streaks
Domantas Sabonis had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Indiana Pacers to a 105 102 win against the Lakers on Tuesday night in Indianapolis snapping Los Angeles seven game overall winning streak and 14 game road winning streak Myles Turner had 16 points Malcolm Brogdon scored 14 and T J Warren finished with 12 ...
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2019 a year of upheaval except for Nadal and Djokovic
By Martyn Herman LONDON Reuters In many ways 2019 felt like a year of upheaval with a revamped Davis Cup a shake up in the ATP hierarchy and new faces lighting up the women s game yet some things notably the furniture at the top of men s tennis refuse to budge Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal dominated the Gr...
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NY Fed s Williams says economy monetary policy in a good place CNBC
By Jonnelle Marte NEW YORK Reuters New York Fed President John Williams NYSE WMB said Wednesday that monetary policy is in a good place to support the economy and he expressed an optimistic outlook for 2020 I feel very good about how the economy s been this year how it s progressed and feel very good about how...
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Fed s Williams Would Welcome a Further Decline in Unemployment
Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams NYSE WMB said monetary policy is in the right place and expressed little worry over inflation even if unemployment falls further We haven t seen inflationary pressures really emerge even with very low unemployment Williams said Wednesday i...
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Suns Ayton begins second act after suspension
By Jahmal Corner LOS ANGELES Reuters Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton is again in unfamiliar territory after returning from suspension to find a team breaking new ground with a coach and cast he has yet to learn The second year Bahamian played in his first game for the Suns on Tuesday since serving a 25 game ...
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U S economy on good path with rates on hold Fed policymakers say
By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte INDIANAPOLIS NEW YORK Reuters The U S economy is in good shape after three interest rate cuts this year two U S central bankers said on Wednesday underscoring the consensus at the Federal Reserve for keeping borrowing costs where they are for the time being I think the econom...
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Few minds changed but political passions roused as Trump formally impeached
By Andrew Hay Gabriella Borter Brendan O Brien and Zachary Fagenson PHOENIX Reuters Jim Williams NYSE WMB a 66 year old steelworker and supporter of U S President Donald Trump watched in astonishment this week as hundreds of people gathered on a Phoenix street corner to demand the House of Representatives im...
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Trailblazer Shields putting women s boxing on the map
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES Reuters Claressa Shields says that when she steps into the boxing ring she is fighting not just for herself but also to elevate the profile of the sport she loves The American has helped put women s boxing on the map and with victory over Ivana Habazin in Atlantic City on Jan 10 she ...
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Exclusive The Brits who won t Brexit
By Clare Baldwin Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a thumping election victory last week on a campaign to get Brexit done but not before some wealthy donors to his Conservative Party quietly took steps to stay inside the European Union Cyprus government documents seen by Reuters show that Conserv...
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Bischoff to become chairman of JPMorgan in Europe
By Huw Jones LONDON Reuters Win Bischoff chairman of Britain s accounting watchdog the Financial Reporting Council will also become chairman of JPMorgan Chase s N JPM European arm from January the investment bank said on Tuesday His appointment to JPMorgan comes at a time when British lawmakers are keen for t...
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BMY Vs AZN Which Stock Is The Better Value Option
Investors with an interest in Large Cap Pharmaceuticals stocks have likely encountered both Bristol Myers Squibb BMY and Astrazeneca LON AZN But which of these two companies is the best option for those looking for undervalued stocks Let s take a closer look We have found that the best way to discover great valu...
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Infinity INFI Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates Revenues Up Y Y
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc NASDAQ INFI reported earnings of 23 cents per share in third quarter 2018 against the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 14 cents The company reported a loss of 14 cents in the year ago quarter Since Infinity does not have any approved product in its portfolio yet the company e...