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‘Buy now or wait?’, Italian sell-off lures back investors

MILAN (Reuters) – Some European and U.S. fund managers are stepping back into Italian equities after fresh angst about a break from the euro zone wiped five months of gains off Milan’s top share index. Analysts expect uncertainty about Italy’s role in Europe a... More »

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Sony’s push into entertainment aims for stability, not splashiness

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp’s (6758.T) new chief executive is embracing entertainment content, but for now appears to be steering clear of direct competition with tech giants such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O). The company last week announced ... More »

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Blackstone sees scope for Italian deals despite political strife

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alternative asset manager Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is still open to doing deals in Italy despite political turmoil in the euro zone country, President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Gray said on Wednesday. “Sure. It’s a function of pric... More »

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Tencent pulls investment in content start-up after online backlash

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings, which owns China’s top social media app WeChat, has scrapped an investment of up to 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in a content start-up that has been criticized online and by state media for its handling of copyright is... More »

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How Canada’s Brookfield snatched bargain assets amid Brazil panic

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Rampant corruption scandals and a deep recession soured many foreign investors on Brazil in recent years, but one Canadian group saw opportunity. Brookfield Asset Management Inc and its subsidiaries have made nearly a dozen major acquisit... More »

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China property investment growth slows, sales dip on increased curbs

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s property investment growth slowed in April while sales marked their biggest fall in six months as higher borrowing costs and increased curbs on buyers weighed on demand, backing views that a key driver of the economy is losing some ... More »

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Shipping’s financiers turning the tide on shipbreaking practices

LONDON (Reuters) – The shipping industry has long been criticized by campaigners for allowing vessels to be broken up on beaches, endangering workers and polluting the sea and sand. Now, it is being called to account from a quarter that may have a bit more clo... More »

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Dollar surge bringing emerging market rate cut cycle to a halt

LONDON (Reuters) – A resurgent dollar and higher borrowing costs are smashing through Argentina and Turkey’s currencies like a wrecking ball and raising the likelihood more broadly that emerging markets’ three-year long interest rate cutting cycle is at an end... More »

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The wit and wisdom of Warren Buffett, ‘Oracle of Omaha’

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc Vice Chairman Charlie Munger are answering five hours of questions from shareholders, journalists and analysts at Berkshire’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The weekend kno... More »

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U.S. jobs growth expected to regain momentum in April

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in April after a weather-related slowdown in the previous month, with the unemployment rate expected to drop to near a 17-1/2-year low of 4.0 percent. The Labor Department’s closely watched employment r... More »

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Massachusetts hedge fund manager gets six years in prison for fraud

BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hedge fund manager was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for defrauding investors in a scheme that prosecutors said cost his clients over $10.5 million and allowed him to fund a lavish lifestyle. Yasuna Murakami, w... More »

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Weinstein Co selects Lantern Capital as winning bidder

(Reuters) – Private equity firm Lantern Capital is the winning bidder for substantially all the assets of the Weinstein Company, the TV and film studio that filed for bankruptcy after co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault, the Weinstein Com... More »

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Marathon Petroleum to buy Andeavor for $23 billion

(Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp said on Monday it would buy rival Andeavor for more than $23 billion to form a company that would leapfrog Valero Energy Corp as the largest U.S. refiner by capacity. The cash-and-stock deal values Andeavor at about $152 per... More »

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AT&T court fight with U.S. Justice Department heads into closing…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department and AT&T (T.N) will give closing arguments on Monday in a trial to determine if the wireless giant, owner of pay TV provider DirecTV, will be allowed to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner (TWX... More »

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Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Silver faces second corruption trial

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is expected to go to trial on federal corruption charges for the second time on Monday, seven months after an appeals court threw out his earlier conviction and 12-year prison sentence.... More »

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T-Mobile, Sprint say $26 billion deal would give U.S. tech lead…

(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators because the merger would create thousands of jobs and help the United States beat Ch... More »

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Euro zone lending picks up, money supply growth slows in March

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lending to euro zone households and companies accelerated in March while a broader indicator of money circulating in the currency bloc, which often foreshadows future activity, slowed sharply, data from the European Central Bank showed on... More »

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Fed faces new challenge: A world without labor ‘slack’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Business is coming in so fast and workers are in such high demand at AOW Associates Inc, an Albany, New York-based construction firm, that its chief financial officer hired a guy six weeks ago for a job that didn’t exist. “We keep our pr... More »

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Exclusive: U.S. considers tightening grip on China ties to…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government may start scrutinizing informal partnerships between American and Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, threatening practices that have long been considered garden variety development work for techn... More »

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Higher oil prices could be a game changer for Asia’s trade-gap trio

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asia’s most externally vulnerable economies – India, Indonesia and the Philippines – have just taken a one-two punch. U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yields US10YT=RR hit 3 percent this week, a level long touted as one to watch for p... More »

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Angola satellite inoperative, Russia to build another one

LUANDA (Reuters) – Russia’s space agency said on Monday that Angola’s first national telecoms satellite, AngoSat-1, was inoperative and Russia would build another one for launch in 2020. Launched in December from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the sate... More »

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China to strive to reach targets this year: politburo

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will strive hard to achieve this year’s economic targets, the politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party said on Monday, according to state media. China still faces many difficulties in fighting what the gover... More »

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China may backslide on deleveraging if trade war looms

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s efforts to reduce its reliance on debt and find a more sustainable route to grow its economy may be derailed by the simmering trade dispute with the United States, economists warn. This was the year that Beijing was expected to step... More »

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Low profile hedge funds post high returns in year after New York…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the year’s most popular events for fund managers, the Sohn Investment Conference, will be held in New York on Monday, but if history is any guide, some of the industry’s lower-profile managers will probably provide the most profitab... More »

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U.S. fund managers brace for trade war with focus on pricing power

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors’ fears of an all-out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher costs to their consumers. So far, domestic small-to-mid-cap companies t... More »

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At least 9 dead in floods in Tanzania’s commercial capital

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – At least nine people in Tanzania’s commercial capital died after heavy rains flooded homes and roads, authorities said on Monday. Police chief Lazaro Mambosasa told journalists the people died as a result of heavy rainfall over the pa... More »

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Carl Icahn sells Tropicana casinos in $1.85 billion deal

(Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Carl Icahn is cashing out of casino business Tropicana Entertainment Inc (TPCA.PK) in a deal selling most of its properties and operations for $1.85 billion, Icahn Enterprises and the companies involved said in statements on Mond... More »

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Singapore proposes allowing some Airbnb type rentals but with cap

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore proposed on Monday allowing private home owners to let out their property for short-term rentals but with an annual cap of 90 days a year – part of a consultation process welcomed by rental service Airbnb. Private homes in Singa... More »

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ManorCare wins court approval to exit bankruptcy under landlord

(Reuters) – No. 2 U.S. nursing home chain HCR ManorCare Inc won court approval on Friday for a plan to exit a $7.1 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy by transferring ownership to its landlord, Quality Care Properties Inc (QCP.N). U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross i... More »

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Art dealer’s death reveals Trump Tower price swoon

(Reuters) – For Todd Brassner, an art dealer who died in a fire that ripped through his Trump Tower apartment last weekend, the New York high-rise he lived in for two decades became unbearable after Donald Trump announced he was running for president. Brassner... More »

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3D-printed public housing unveiled in France

NANTES, France (Reuters) – Researchers have unveiled what they billed as the world’s first 3D-printed house to serve as a home in the French city of Nantes, with the first tenants due to move in by June. Academics at the University of Nantes who led the projec... More »

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Chinese aviation buff builds full-scale Airbus replica

KAIYUAN, China (Reuters) – A man in northeastern China who always wanted to own an aircraft is doing the next best thing: building a full-scale replica of an Airbus A320 jet. Zhu Yue, an aviation buff who worked as a welder and an auto mechanic, spent months s... More »

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Apple says all its facilities now powered by clean energy

(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centers, offices and retail stores in 43 countries. The iPhone maker also said n... More »

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Alphabet unit to start Toronto smart-city tech pilot in summer,…

TORONTO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s urban innovation company Sidewalk Labs hopes to break ground on its first ever smart-city project in Toronto in 2020, and begin testing some of the proposed technologies this summer, its chief executive told Reuters. This is ... More »

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Fund industry defends bond ETFs to U.S. regulators

(Reuters) – A fund industry trade group representative on Monday disputed the idea that bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) might fail to hold up under stress, telling U.S. securities regulators he knows of no convincing evidence to suggest such funds’ liquidity... More »

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U.S. investors retreat from stock funds for third week: Lipper

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund investors pulled back from the stock market for a third straight week, withdrawing $11.6 billion in cash in the week ended Wednesday, in the face of a potential full-blown trade war between the United States and China, Lipper dat... More »

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Chinese developers flag higher sales to gain rank

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The publication of eye-catching sales targets by many Chinese developers this year has contributed to a sharp rise in their share prices as investors built in rosy expectations for the companies. The targets by the developers with listing... More »

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Tariff tantrum hits U.S. stock funds in latest week

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund investors pulled $9.8 billion from stocks during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, halting the investments’ budding momentum after February’s selloff. The withdrawals, recorded during the seven days through March 7... More »

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China aims to keep property market stable in 2018

China aims to pursue "stable and healthy development" of the property market in 2018 with an increased focus on providing affordable housing and developing the rental market, Premier Li Keqiang said in a government work report released on Monday. More »

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Investigators looking at whether Kushner business talks affected…

FILE PHOTO – White House senior adviser Jared Kushner delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s approach to the Middle East region at the Saban Forum in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal investi... More »

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U.S. renters look for last-gasp window to buy

A “For Rent” sign is posted outside a residential home in Carlsbad, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake CHICAGO (Reuters) – (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) People trying to escape soaring rents... More »

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund buys 245 million pounds stake in…

((This Feb. 22 story corrects paragraph 4 to clarify NBIM’s partnership with Crown Estate)) By Noor Zainab Hussain and Esha Vaish (Reuters) – The sovereign wealth fund of Norway bought a 245 million pounds ($342 million) stake in British property group Shaftes... More »

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Your estate plan needs an update, even if it is new

A generic picture of a some office folders or binders. OFFPO REUTERS/Catherine Benson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Got a dusty old binder with your will and estate plan? Even if you had your paperwork set up a few years ago, all of your documents are now out of date, ... More »

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German property developer Instone targets March IPO: sources

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German residential property developer Instone Real Estate is targeting a flotation on the Frankfurt stock exchange in March, adding to a growing pipeline of spring listings in Germany, people close to the matter said. The company is worki... More »

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China’s top developers poised for strong sales as debt woes linger

FILE PHOTO: Apartment blocks are pictured in Beijing, China December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s large developers are tightening their hold on the country’s real estate market, capturing an ever-larger share even as sal... More »

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Singapore property seen on path to recovery after prolonged slump

FILE PHOTO: A woman passes a private condominium estate in Singapore February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s housing market is expected to build on its recovery over 2018, analysts say, as private home prices marked the... More »

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Republicans confident of passing House tax bill: Brady

The U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership is confident it has the votes to pass a tax overhaul bill when it comes to the House floor later this week, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means committee, Representative Kevin Brady, said Monda... More »

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U.S. bond funds, tech stocks attract huge inflows: Lipper

U.S.-based taxable-bond funds took in $7 billion during the latest week, the largest weekly intake since July, adding to an already strong year for debt against the backdrop of a rate-hiking cycle, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »

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LaSalle sets $1 billion target for pan-Asia real estate fund

LaSalle Investment Management Inc has set a new capital-raising target of $1 billion for the fifth of its pan-Asia opportunistic real estate funds, one of which is expected to significantly outperform a target annual return of 18 percent, the unit of Jones Lan... More »

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Robust China economic growth shows signs of fading in July

China's strong economic growth showed visible signs of fading in July as lending costs rose and the gravity-defying property market cooled, though activity levels generally remained solid, propped up by a year-long construction spree. More »

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Trump adds trademarks in casino hub Macau

A company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump has been granted approval from the Chinese territory of Macau for additional trademarks, including casino services, to develop the "Trump" brand in the world's biggest gambling center. More »

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Deutsche Bank seals deal with Land Securities for new London HQ

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Germany’s Deutsche Bank is seen early evening in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2016. Deutsche Bank has exchanged a pre-let agreement for its new City of London headquarters, the building’s developer Land Securities said on Tue... More »

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In Canada, a nation of realtors braces for the end of the boom

Houses under construction are seen at a subdivision near the town of Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada May 13, 2017. Canada’s long housing boom has drawn thousands into the sector, from realtors and home stagers to construction workers, and a looming slowdown threate... More »

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Kremlin hopes U.S. finds `political wisdom` to solve diplomatic row

The Russian Embassy’s compound in Centreville, Maryland, U.S. is pictured in this still image taken December 30, 2016 from NBC4/WRC-TV helicopter video footage. MANDATORY CREDIT NBC4/WRC-TV/Handout via REUTERS The Kremlin said on Monday it hoped the Trump admi... More »

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Doha Festival City says still talking with banks on loan amendment

The logo of Doha Festival City mall is seen in Doha, Qatar, July 13, 2017. Qatari shopping mall operator Doha Festival City said it remained in discussions with banks to amend a $1 billion loan after bankers said a refinancing of the facility had been put on h... More »

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Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time

Architectural rendering of Facebook’s proposed Willow Campus is seen in Menlo Park, California, U.S. in this undated photo obtained by Reuters July 7, 2017. The goal for the Willow Campus is to create an integrated, mixed-use village that will provide housing,... More »

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London`s Grenfell Tower insurer ups claims estimate to $65 million

The burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower are seen in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay The insurer of London’s Grenfell Tower, where at least 80 people died in a devastating fire, raised its estimate for proper... More »

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Australia`s Fairfax ends talks with PE suitors without formal bid

FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Fairfax Media headquarters building in Sydney, Australia, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed Australian newspaper publisher Fairfax Media Ltd said two private equity firms withdrew from rival takeover bids worth up to A$2.9 bil... More »

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U.S. home lenders see leaner times ahead: Fannie Mae survey

FILE PHOTO: New home construction is seen in San Diego, California, U.S. on August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo U.S. mortgage lenders are bracing for rockier times as consumers demand for home loans slows and competition in the mortgage industry int... More »

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`Bailout` Buffett burnishes `lender of last resort` image

FILE PHOTO – Investor Warren Buffet arrives for the premiere of the film ”Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” in New York, U.S. on September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo It took less than 24 hours for Warren Buffett, one of the world’s savviest deal... More »

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Chairman Wu charts roller-coaster ride for Waldorf-owner Anbang

FILE PHOTO: Chairman of Anbang Insurance Group Wu Xiaohui attends the China Development Forum in Beijing, China March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Founded as a provincial auto insurer, Anbang Insurance burst from obscurity with a $2 billion bid fo... More »