Author: creative
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Worldwide M&A activity falls 23 pct, but U.S. has a flurry
Worldwide mergers and acquisitions deals have fallen 23 percent to $336 billion so far this year compared with last year, but cross-border activity by amount targeting U.S.-based companies reached a record high, Thomson Reuters data shows. After hitting a record high by deals value in 2015, worldwide M&A activity has been hurt this year by…
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Yellen faces tough sell on Fed rate hikes in Congress
By Jonathan Spicer and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will defend the U.S. central bank's first rate hike in a decade and likely insist that further rises this year remain on track, albeit at a slower pace, when she addresses Congress on Wednesday. Yellen, who is certain to be…
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Wall Street rallies on gradual Fed tightening, improving economy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced it is raising its key policy rate for the first time in nearly a decade in a sign of confidence in the U.S. economy.
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Wall Street veterans say rate-hike past is not prologue for markets
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) – It has only been six years since the U.S. stock market rout brought on by the financial crisis, but as far as Deena Katz's clients are concerned, that might as well be ancient history. “People have a thirty-second memory,” said Katz, 65, co-chairman at Evensky & Katz/Foldes Financial…
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Yahoo will not spin off Alibaba stake, weighs core business sale: CNBC
SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc is weighing a sale of its core Internet business and will not sell its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd , CNBC reported, with an announcement coming as soon Wednesday. The moves represent a stark rejection of Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer's plan to sell the…
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Yum CFO to leave in February, amid China spinoff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Yum Brands Inc Chief Financial Officer Patrick Grismer will resign effective Feb. 19, the parent of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurant brands said on Monday.
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Yahoo shares rise as board meets and considers sale of Web business
Plans by Yahoo Inc's board to consider selling its struggling Internet business sent the company's shares up nearly 6 percent on Wednesday, as investors cheered a potential new way to separate Yahoo's traditional services from its valuable investment in Chinese Web merchant Alibaba. Yahoo's board is weighing the sale of the Internet business at a…
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Wall Street pares gains after weak manufacturing data
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its index of national factory activity fell to 48.6, the first time the index went below 50 since November 2012. A reading below 50 indicates contraction in the manufacturing sector. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans is scheduled to speak at an event at 12:45 p.m. ET.
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WTO talks stuck again as ministers prepare to meet, Azevedo says
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – World trade talks are deadlocked and ministers are unlikely to find a way out of the impasse when they meet in Nairobi next month, World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevedo said on Thursday. “We clearly are stuck in the negotiations at this point in time,” Azevedo told a news…