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ECB model suggests euro zone growth could slow further: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An internal European Central Bank model indicates the euro zone’s economic growth could slow further in the second quarter, suggesting the projected recovery may be delayed even further, two sources familiar with the discussion said on F... More »

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Weak construction, chemicals earnings hold Europe back while…

LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks slipped again on Friday, following their weakest day in six weeks, as downgrades to growth forecasts weighed and bleak numbers from Umicore, Skanska, and Rockwool outweighed a sales beat at L’Oreal. The pan-European STOXX 600... More »

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Netflix forecast misses Wall Street view, shares dip

(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) forecast first-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, even after a record quarter for new customers, sending shares of the world’s largest streaming service down 4 percent in after-hours trading. Inve... More »

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Hedge fund Tiger Global ended 2018 with a 13.6 percent gain

BOSTON (Reuters) – Investment firm Tiger Global Management, which oversees $23 billion in assets, told investors its hedge fund gained 13.6 percent last year. Tiger Global’s hedge fund invests some $8 billion in assets and gained 0.9 percent in December. That ... More »

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Huawei expects 2018 revenue to rise 21 percent despite…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] is expected to record a 21 percent jump in revenue for 2018 to $109 billion, its rotating chairman said, marking the Chinese tech giant’s fastest pace of business growth in two years despite heightened global ... More »

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Losses at Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight grow in November

BOSTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor David Einhorn told investors on Friday that losses at his hedge fund Greenlight Capital grew this month, leaving the fund down nearly 28 percent for the year. The firm sent an investor update after the close of business ... More »

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Halliburton revenue beats on strong North American activity

(Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co (HAL.N) on Monday reported a 24 percent increase in quarterly revenue, narrowly beating analysts’ estimates, as higher oil prices sparked a surge in U.S. crude production activity. Halliburton has benefited... More »

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Samsung Electronics profit growth slows on smartphone weakness

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) estimated on Friday earnings grew at the slowest pace in more than a year in the second quarter, as analysts said weak smartphone sales likely offset record high chip earnings. Sa... More »

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SocGen targets German growth with Commerzbank funds deal

PARIS (Reuters) – Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) will buy Commerzbank’s (CBKG.DE) derivatives and asset management businesses in a move the French bank said will boost its Lyxor funds division and raise its profile in Germany, the euro zone’s biggest economy. Stil... More »

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Palo Alto names former SoftBank exec Nikesh Arora CEO

(Reuters) – Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks Inc said on Friday it named former SoftBank Group Corp president Nikesh Arora as chief executive officer and chairman. Arora, 50, succeeds Mark McLaughlin, who has led the company for nearly seven years and has... More »

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Nestle to pay $7.15 billion to Starbucks in coffee tie-up

ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle will pay Starbucks $7.15 billion as part of a global coffee alliance in which the Swiss-based food giant is getting the rights to market the U.S. coffee company’s products around the world outside Starbucks’ coffee shops. Starbucks sa... More »

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Buffett craves more Apple shares, endorses its buybacks

OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price. At Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett credited Apple with de... 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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Corporate Europe senses relief as euro falls from peak

(This version of the May 3 story was refiled to removes extraneous words in Credit Suisse title in paragraph 11) By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – The recent recovery in the dollar has raised hopes that currency turbulence for European corporates will now sub... More »

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GoPro sells more cameras on ad push, driving revenue beat

(Reuters) – Action-camera maker GoPro Inc’s first-quarter revenue beat expectations and it reported a smaller-than-expected loss on Thursday, benefiting from aggressive marketing of its cameras and controlling expenses. The company recently exited its Karma dr... More »

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WPP’s Read reviewing structure as results boost shares

LONDON (Reuters) – Mark Read, tasked with running WPP (WPP.L) after the sudden exit of founder Martin Sorrell, said he would look at restructuring the world’s biggest advertising group but ruled out a break up. Digital boss Read, appointed joint chief operatin... More »

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WPP’s Read says no timetable on reviewing the group

LONDON (Reuters) – Mark Read, WPP’s (WPP.L) joint chief operating officer, said he would look at new ways to restructure the group but would not put a timetable on how long that would take and did not think a full break up made sense. Read was appointed to run... More »

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Credit Suisse chairman sees more efficiency work ahead

ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse still has work ahead after making good progress towards achieving targets set for a three-year turnaround, Chairman Urs Rohner told the group’s annual general meeting on Friday. “Quite clearly, we still have plenty of work to d... More »

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Intel soars after brighter forecast for data centers, memory

(Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) beat earnings expectations for the first quarter and raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts on Thursday, driven by the biggest-ever quarterly jump in its data center business and small-but-steady growth in its persona... More »

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AbbVie’s beat fueled by demand for Humira, Hep C drugs

(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, on higher sales of its rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira and its Hepatitis C drugs, leading the company to raise its full-year earnings forecast. The company’s shares, whi... More »

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Credit Suisse delivers best quarter since Thiam’s revamp

ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse delivered its best quarterly results on Wednesday since Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam launched his restructuring plan for Switzerland’s second-biggest bank in 2016, driven by its wealth management business. After 6.6 billion Sw... More »

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Ford’s slow China run persists, sales skid again in March

BEIJING (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co’s business in China continues to falter amid a dearth of fresh products, even though the American automaker earlier this week said it plans to launch two new models in the world’s biggest auto market by the end of the year. Fo... More »

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Doubts over U.S. bank capital payouts may cloud strong earnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Quirks in the new U.S. tax code are sowing doubts over how much big banks can boost dividends and stock buybacks this year, threatening to take the shine off what are likely to be strong quarterly profits. Changes in how companies can meas... More »

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Lured by rising SUV sales, automakers flood market with models

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demand for sport utility vehicles in the United States is booming, but the number of new models vying for a share of that market is growing even faster, threatening the fat profits automakers have enjoyed. At the New York Auto show this we... More »

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Equifax breach could be most costly in corporate history

FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) – Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said it expects costs related to its massive 2017 d... More »

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Equifax profit beats Street view as breach costs climb

FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo (Reuters) – Equifax Inc (EFX.N) on Thursday reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street forecast... More »

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Trump tax cut fuels record profit for Buffett’s Berkshire

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks to reporters prior to the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday reported a record ... More »

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Nippon Steel worries about U.S. trade action, yen’s surge

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp is pictured outside its headquarters in Tokyo November 9, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (5401.T), Japan’s biggest steelmaker, is worried that ... More »

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Campbell Soup organic sales fall as customer dispute continues

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cans of Campbell’s Soup are stocked on a shelf at a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/File Photo/File Photo (Reuters) – Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N) on Friday reported a 2 percent drop in organic net ... More »

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Kraft Heinz quarterly profit, sales miss estimates

FILE PHOTO: A Heinz Ketchup bottle and a bottle of Kraft parmesan cheese are displayed in a grocery store in New York March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) – Kraft Heinz Co’s (KHC.O) quarterly profit and sales missed analysts’ estimates on Friday, hu... More »

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Amazon stock market value on verge of eclipsing Microsoft

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France on February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s shares surged on Friday, pushing its stock market value above $700 ... More »

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Daimler open to alliances, partial listing of mobility services

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes car maker Daimler AG speaks during the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Car and truck maker Daimler on Friday said it was open to considering a br... More »

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Deutsche Bank reports third consecutive annual loss

Deutsche Bank building before the bank’s annual news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank on Friday posted its third consecutive annual loss in 2017, taking a hit from challenging market... More »

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Police launch criminal investigation into tire maker Nokian

FILE PHOTO: Nokian tyres are on display at the “Krepost” Toyota dealership in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police plan to launch a criminal investigation into options tr... More »

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Apple’s user base grows, but analysts probe for more detail

FILE PHOTO: An Apple Store staff shows Apple’s new iPhones X after they go on sale at the Apple Store in Regents Street, London, Britain, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo (Reuters) – In its quarterly earnings report on Thursday, Apple Inc ga... More »

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Time Warner beats estimates on HBO growth

FILE PHOTO – Ticker and trading information for media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. is displayed at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Re... More »

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SMA Solar sees U.S. duties making only small dent in market

A worker walks among solar panels at a floating solar plant developed in Huainan, Anhui province, China December 11, 2017. Picture taken December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer FRANKFURT (Reuters) – SMA Solar (S92G.DE), Germany’s largest solar group, expects the i... More »

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Growth at UBS’s U.S. investment lags boss’s ambitions

The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS’s investment banking business in the United States is doing well but lags its boss’s ambitions, he said on Friday. “In o... More »

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Starbucks disappoints after holiday drink sales lose steam

FILE PHOTO: A Starbucks store is seen inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) on Thursday warned that 2018 global cafe sales grow... More »

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Morgan Stanley raises targets, but Wall Street wants more

FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of financial firm Morgan Stanley is pictured on the company’s world headquarters in New York, U.S. April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley raised key profitability and efficiency targets on... More »

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PNC Financial fourth quarter profit more than doubles

(Reuters) – PNC Financial Services Group Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher interest income and consumer loan growth and the U.S. regional lender also forecast mid-single digit loan and revenue growth for 2018. The... More »

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PNC Financial profit more than doubles in fourth quarter

(Reuters) – U.S. regional lender PNC Financial Services reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher interest income and consumer loan growth. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based bank said on Friday that net income attributable t... More »

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BlackRock profit beats as ETFs attract more investment

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks next to a BlackRock sign pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) on Friday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, as investors flooded into th... More »

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Roche’s star MS medicine Ocrevus wins EU approval

The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside their headquarters in Basel, January 30, 2014. To match special report USA-FDA/CASES REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo ZURICH (Reuters) – The European Union approved Roche’s multiple sclerosis medici... More »

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Samsung profit guidance disappoints, memory outlook cloudy

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said it would likely rake in a record fourth... More »

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VW may post excellent 2017 results, CEO tells Welt am Sonntag

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller attends the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will report excellent group results this year, its chief executive... More »

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One large euro zone bank is short of capital: ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) – One euro zone bank is falling short of the European Central Bank’s capital requirements, the ECB said on Monday, mea... More »