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• Bloomberg to Skip His Own China Forum Next Week as He Mulls Presidential Run

  By Ginger Gibson and Michael MartinaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Bloomberg, who is weighing a bid for the Democratic nomination for president, will not... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Wins Antitrust Approval to Buy Celgene, but Must Divest...

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (N:BMY) and Celgene Corp (O:CELG) have won U.S. antitrust approval for their merger on condition that they... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019

• Support for Trump's Impeachment Unchanged After Hearings Begin: Reuters/Ipsos...

  By Chris KahnNEW YORK (Reuters) - The televised impeachment hearings that began this week in the U.S. House of Representatives do not appear to have changed man... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Big Data and Satellites Reveal the World’s Informal Economies

  (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe’s economy has absorbed a series of crushing shocks over the past two decades, from land reform and hyperinflation in the 2000s to... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• SoftBank's Second Vision Fund Is Starting Life a Lot Smaller Than the First

  (Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. has quietly completed an initial money-raising push for its second technology fund, at a fraction of its targeted $108... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Stocks- S&P 500 Soars to 6th Weekly Gain

  Investing.com – Stocks surged Friday setting new closing and intraday highs, as investors cheered decent economic news and were relieved when the White... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Lebanon's Safadi Emerges as PM Choice for Three Parties

  By Tom Perry and Laila BassamBEIRUT (Reuters) - Three major Lebanese parties agreed to nominate Mohammad Safadi, a former finance minister, to become prime... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Asian Shares Rise, but Gains Capped by Weak Sentiment

  By Andrew GalbraithSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian equities rose on Friday after the S&P; 500 index notched a new record closing high, but investor sentiment remaine... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Dollar Buoyed by Caution as Trade Deal Optimism Wanes

  By Tom WestbrookSINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar found broad support on Friday as fresh signs of a global economic slowdown and little visible progress toward... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Mexican Minister Says Pemex Oil Firm Unaffected by Cyberattack, Workers Disagree

  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A cyberattack on computer networks of the Mexican national oil company Pemex is "totally under control" and did not have any negative... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• UK's Labour Vows Free Broadband for All by Re-nationalising Some of BT

  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it would unveil plans on Friday to provide free 'full-fiber' broadband across the country by creating ... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• ECB's Lagarde Will Echo Draghi's Stance, but QE Won't Help Growth, Economists...

  By Shrutee SarkarBENGALURU (Reuters) - Easy money from the European Central Bank will not revive the euro zone's frail economy, according to a Reuters poll of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• U.S. 'getting Close' to Trade Deal with China: White House Economic Adviser

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is getting close to a trade agreement with China, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday, citing... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• EU Bank Takes ‘Quantum Leap’ to End Fossil-Fuel Financing

  (Bloomberg) -- The European Investment Bank adopted an unprecedented strategy to end all funding for fossil fuel energy projects, in a move expected to support... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Alibaba Praises Hong Kong Ahead of $13.4 Billion Listing

  (Reuters) - Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Chairman Daniel Zhang said Hong Kong's "future is bright" as the company presses on with its secondary listing in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019

• Norway Wealth Fund Shuns Security Firm G4S Due to Rights Concern

  OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.1 trillion wealth fund can no longer invest in security services firm G4S (L:GFS) because of the "unacceptable risk that the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019

• Germany Dodges Recession With Surprise Third-Quarter Growth

  (Bloomberg) -- Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) or Pocke... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019

• Japan Post Pledges Caution as CLO Holdings Hit $14 Billion

  (Bloomberg) -- Japan Post Bank Co.(T:7182) said it would be cautious about future investment in bundled corporate loans after raising holdings last quarter, as... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019

• Forex - Yen, Swiss Franc Higher in Risk off Trade; Aussie Hits 1-Month Lows

  Investing.com - The yen and the Swiss franc pushed higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as weak Chinese economic data and doubts over whether the U.S.... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019

• Calm, Considered, Henry to Steer BHP Through Choppy Times

  MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Calm and considered, incoming BHP Group Ltd (AX:BHP) (L:BHPB) chief executive Mike Henry is seen as a safe pair of hands to steer the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019