(Reuters) – Microsoft said on Monday it has named former general manager of “Call of Duty” Johanna Faries as the president of game publishing unit Blizzard Entertainment. Microsoft,[...]
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January 29, 2024
Marketmind: Forget China’s overbuilding fallout – it’s jobs, jobs and Fed
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The court-ordered liquidation of debt-laden China Evergrande was expected and hardly rattled Asian investors aside from its[...]
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S&P 500 hits fresh closing high ahead of Fed meeting, big tech earnings
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks advanced on Monday as market participants looked ahead to this week’s slew of megacap earnings, economic data and the Federal Reserve’s mone[...]
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US bank regulator to boost transparency of merger reviews
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. bank regulator on Monday proposed new regulations for bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in a bid to increase transparency around the process, w[...]
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American Airlines is sued for seizing cardholders’ frequent flier miles
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – American Airlines was sued on Monday in a proposed class action by two customers who said the carrier stripped them of 1.1 million frequent flier miles after they[...]
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US Treasury to borrow $760 billion in Q1, lower than forecast
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it expects to borrow $760 billion in the first quarter, $55 billion below the October estimate primarily due to[...]
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Amazon, Roomba-parent iRobot abandon $1.4 billion merger deal
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon and robot vacuum maker iRobot said Monday they would end their plans to merge in the face of opposition from EU and U.S. antitrust regulators. iRobot a[...]
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Goldman Sachs banking, trading co-head Jim Esposito to retire
By Lananh Nguyen and Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Jim Esposito, co-head of Goldman Sachs’ global banking and markets division, plans to retire after almost three decades at the bank, the latest exec[...]
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Oil drops as China demand concerns counter supply jitters
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Monday as China’s ailing property sector sparked demand worries, causing traders to reassess the supply risk pre[...]
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