By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks mostly held on to their previous gains on Friday, while the dollar stayed near 15-month lows, after U.S. inflation data this week unleashed a wave[...]
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Dollar gains after steep losses, but downtrend stays intact
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar bounced on Friday after falling sharply the last few days, as investors consolidated losses ahead of the w[...]
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Oil prices fall on profit-taking, still record weekly gain
(Corrects Brent price unit in second paragraph to ‘per barrel’) By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Friday as the dollar strengthened[...]
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Explainer – What makes a crypto asset a security in the US?
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency companies that have resisted U.S. regulatory oversight, arguing digital assets are not securities, won a court victory this week. On Thursday Ripple Labs[...]
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Why Amazon put services in the spotlight for Prime Day
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon shoppers snagged deals on food delivery, travel and healthcare during a two-day Prime Event that ended on Wednesday, highlighting the potential fo[...]
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Santander expanding investment bank in US and UK, sources
By Jesús Aguado, Andres Gonzalez and Iain Withers MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) – Santander is accelerating growth of its investment bank by hiring at least 50 bankers primarily in the United States,[...]
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Kering boss Pinault in talks to buy majority of Hollywood agency CAA -source
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) -Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in a deal that could value the Hollywood talent agenc[...]
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Nokia misses Q2 expectations, lowers full-year guidance
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finnish telecom gear group Nokia reported on Friday second-quarter sales of 5.7 billion euros ($6.4 billion), a comparable operating profit margin of 11%, and lowered its f[...]
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UK extends Activision deadline after receiving Microsoft’s ‘complex’ proposal
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator on Friday extended its final deadline on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal to Aug. 29 after its received a[...]
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