By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The European Central Bank will raise its deposit rate in the second half of this year, and not wait until 2023 as previously expected, according …
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Philippine central bank to keep steady hand on policy lever until Q4’22 – Reuters poll
by Reutersby ReutersBy Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – The Philippine central bank will wait until the end of the year before raising interest rates from a record low 2.0% to support an …
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Japan’s economy rebounds on solid spending, Omicron clouds outlook
by Reutersby ReutersBy Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO -Japan’s economy rebounded in the final three months of 2021 as falling coronavirus cases helped prop up consumption, though rising raw material costs …
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By Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian mining company Vale SA has dropped a $1.2 billion claim against individuals and entities linked to Israeli-born billionaire Beny …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON -Peloton Interactive Inc’s stock price tumbled more than 50% in the last three months of 2021 but several prominent investment firms were so sure the at-home …
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End of Lockheed-Aerojet deal puts pressure on leadership of both firms
by Reutersby ReutersBy Mike Stone WASHINGTON -Lockheed Martin’s exit from its planned purchase of engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne has refocused investors on the compounding list of problems at both companies, as pressure …
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Saudi PIF held nearly $56 billion of U.S.-listed stocks in December 2021
by Reutersby ReutersDUBAI – Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF held nearly $56 billion worth of U.S.-listed stocks as of December last year, up from $43.4 billion at the end of September, boosted …
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Cooperman, Lone Pine among funds that dumped Meta before earnings rout
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Randall NEW YORK – Billionaire Leon Cooperman, hedge fund Lone Pine Capital, and mutual fund manager Polen Capital were among firms that greatly reduced their positions in Facebook-parent …
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By Greg Roumeliotis -Intel Corp is close to buying Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor for about $6 billion, a source familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. company looks to …
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Australia’s central bank has goals in sight, just waiting on wages
by Reutersby ReutersBy Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank is closer to meeting its economic goals than it has been for years, but is prepared to be patient on policy as …
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Johnson & Johnson defends talc bankruptcy strategy called ‘rotten’ by cancer plaintiffs
by Reutersby ReutersBy Dietrich Knauth – A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary came under attack in court on Monday for attempting to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims …
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Malaysia Airlines’ parent to lease 25 737 MAX jets from Air Lease Corp
by Reutersby Reuters– Air Lease Corp said on Monday it would lease 25 Boeing 737 MAX jets to Malaysia Airlines’ parent to be delivered between early 2023 and 2026 through the lessor’s …
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– Berkshire Hathaway Inc said Tom Murphy, the former head of Capital Cities/ABC Inc and longtime friend of Warren Buffett, has resigned from its board of directors after a bout …
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Exclusive-Alberta to toughen oil sands emissions standards that reward big Canadian polluters
by Reutersby ReutersBy Rod Nickel -The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions …
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Buffett’s Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeover
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Randall, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Jonathan Stempel – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc acquired nearly $1 billion of shares in Activision Blizzard Inc before Microsoft Corp agreed to buy …
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By Peter Frontini SAO PAULO – Brazilian holding company Itausa SA on Monday posted a 53% jump in its fourth-quarter recurring profit, mainly helped by gains with lender Itau Unibanco …
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WASHINGTON – Spirit Airlines said on Monday it was resuming regular operations after a computer issue forced a temporary halt to airline operations. FlightAware, an airline tracking site, said U.S. …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK – The S&P 500 index closed modestly lower on Monday, largely recovering from a sharp sell-off, as U.S. plans to close its Kyiv embassy in …
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Portland Man Charged After Attempting to Open Emergency Exit on Portland-Bound Flight
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man is facing federal charges after attempting to open an emergency exit on a commercial airline flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Portland. Michael Brandon Demarre, …
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Regulators probe block trading at Wall Street banks, hedge funds- WSJ
by Reutersby Reuters– Federal investigators have launched a probe into block trading at Wall Street hedge funds and banks including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported, …
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Exclusive-Iraq’s $27 billion TotalEnergies deal stuck over contract wrangling
by Reutersby ReutersBy Aref Mohammed, Rowena Edwards and Dmitry Zhdannikov BASRA/LONDON – A $27 billion deal between France’s TotalEnergies and Iraq that Baghdad hoped would reverse the exit of oil majors from …
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U.S. airlines see 2021 traffic jump, but below pre-pandemic levels
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON -U.S. passenger airlines carried 670.4 million passengers in 2021, up 83% over 2020 levels but still down significantly from pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, the Transportation Department said …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Trian Fund Management, the activist investment firm run by Nelson Peltz, said in a regulatory filing on Monday it has slashed holdings in consumer staples …
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By Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO – Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA said in a filing on Monday that its 2022 net income is likely to rise by up …
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Brazil central bank chief says market fears over Lula easing – newspaper
by Reutersby ReutersBRASILIA – Brazilian central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said markets are showing less concern about the possible victory of ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in this year’s presidential …