Tag: britain
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Yahoo profit beats Wall St., some analysts worry over effect of hack
By Deborah M. Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted profit on Tuesday, a boost for the beleaguered company whose deal to sell its core business to Verizon Communications Inc has been shaken by a massive data breach. Verizon's general counsel said last week that the hack, which affected at least…
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Worries over China, Brexit push Treasury yields to record low
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Investors pushed U.S. government bond yields to an all-time low and the yen sharply higher on Tuesday, as soft data from China added to worries about the impact of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. As a fresh wave of uncertainty ripped through markets, Swiss bond yields turn…
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Wall Street sings Brexit blues with brutal two-day slide
(Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled again on Monday after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union, sending major U.S. stock indexes to their worst two-day swoon in about 10 months.
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Worst day in 10 months as Wall Street reacts to ‘Brexit’
The S&P 500 turned negative for the year-to-date on Friday as Wall Street suffered its largest selloff in 10 months after Britain's decision to leave the European Union caught traders wrong-footed. In the busiest trading volume for a single session in nearly five years, financial stocks led the decline on the S&P 500 with a…
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Worst day in 10 months as Wall Street reacts to ‘Brexit’
The S&P 500 turned negative for the year-to-date on Friday as Wall Street suffered its largest selloff in 10 months after Britain's decision to leave the European Union caught traders wrong-footed. In the busiest trading volume for a single session in nearly five years, financial stocks led the decline on the S&P 500 with a…