Business News - The Last 24 Hours

P2P lender Lufax taps four banks for Hong Kong IPO
China Daily - 2 hours 38 min ago
Lufax's stand at Shanghai Digital Information Fair, June 30, 2016. [Photo/VCG] Lufax, China's biggest peer-to-peer lending platform backed by Ping An Insurance, is in talks with four investment banks about taking leading roles in its planned Hong Kong IPO, people familiar with ...
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NY Post - Nutanix stock spike signals juice back in tech IPOs - 3 hours 3 min ago
BusinessInsider - A behind-the-scenes look at what actually goes on during an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange - 16 hours 12 min ago
Zacks - The Zacks Friday Finish Line Highlights: Spotify, IPOs, OPEC, Twitter - 17 hours 10 min ago
SCMP - Borrow money for IPO? Shanghai Port pays the price with a rating cut - 20 hours 4 min ago


Fund to back China's E. Africa investment
China Daily - 2 hours 38 min ago
Establishment of CADFund representative office in Nairobi seen as catalyst for growth The China-Africa Development Fund said on Thursday that it was poised to strengthen its investment efforts in the East Africa Community region with the establishment of its representative office in Nairobi, Kenya. ...
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India, US to add advance manufacturing in their Science and Technology Dialogue
Indiatimes - 2 hours 46 min ago
A decision in this regard was taken during the India-US S&T Joint Commission Meeting held at the White House.
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Apple loses patent retrial to VirnetX, owes $302.4 million
Indiatimes - 3 hours 27 min ago
Apple will also have to contend with the trial in a second lawsuit VirnetX filed against Apple over newer versions of Apple security features, as well as its iMessage application.
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Kudlow: Hillary’s Red Army march of tax-hike destruction
CNBC - 5 hours 3 min ago
The Clinton campaign's message on taxes reminds me of the orderly march of the Chinese Red Army on the way to battle.
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Motor racing - Alonso encouraged by Honda progress
Indiatimes - 5 hours 33 min ago
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Police to review corruption evidence before FA
Indiatimes - 5 hours 33 min ago
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In OPEC hotel, dealmaker’s gambit wins Saudi-Iran agreement
Indiatimes - 7 hours 11 min ago
Riyadh wanted Tehran to freeze at a level of 3.6 million barrels per day, while Iran insisted on production of at least 4.2 million barrels.
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A Deutsche Bank settlement overshadows U.S. equities
Reuters - 7 hours 31 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank will likely cast a pall over equity markets next week as the largest German lender navigates a possible multi-billion dollar settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over the sale of mortgage-backed bonds.
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NY Post - Deutsche Bank rebounds after DOJ settlement scare - 4 hours 47 min ago
WSJ Blogs - U.S. Bank Stocks Follow Deutsche Bank Higher - 9 hours 49 min ago
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IMF announces RMB in SDR starting on Oct 1
China Daily - 7 hours 38 min ago
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde announces on Friday the launch of the new IMF Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket that includes the Chinese currency yuan for the first time. [Chen Weihua/China Daily] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...
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Indiatimes - Chinese yuan set to be inducted into IMF currency basket - 14 hours 25 min ago
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Hainan Airlines sees Beijing-Brussels passenger flow rise in 10 years
China Daily - 7 hours 38 min ago
Hainan Airlines' direct flight between Beijing and Brussels has increased five-fold in the past ten years, according to the company's Brussels chief. Yang Jiuzhou, the general manager in Hainan Airlines Brussels Office, revealed the increase at a function to mark the route's tenth anniversary on ...
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Volkswagen Will Pay $1.21 Billion to Settle U.S. Dealer Claims
New York Times - 8 hours 19 min ago
Volkswagen AG confirmed late Friday it will make $1.21 billion in payments to 652 U.S. brand dealers as part of its $16.5 billion diesel emissions settlement to date.
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Illinois to yank billions from Wells Fargo amid scandal
CNN - 9 hours 13 min ago
The Illinois treasurer plans to yank billions of dollars worth of business from Wells Fargo in the wake of the bank's fake account scandal.
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Redstones Await Response From CBS on Merger Request
New York Times - 9 hours 18 min ago
A day after the family stated its desire to merge Viacom with CBS, Viacom formed an independent board committee to consider the move.


Elon Musk to Tesla employees: NEVER discount a car
CNN - 9 hours 54 min ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk found out his sales team has been offering discounts on cars -- and he's furious.
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Glaxo paying $20M to resolve SEC charges of China bribery
AP - 10 hours 8 min ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve U.S. regulators' allegations that the pharmaceutical giant's China operations bribed officials to boost drug sales....
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Amazon Creates 3 Games for Twitch Fans
New York Times - 10 hours 26 min ago
The releases, which will weave features from the popular streaming video service into the gaming experience, are Amazon’s first games aimed at hard-core players.
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Oil Markets
BBC - 10 hours 56 min ago
The oil producers' group OPEC agreed a preliminary deal on Wednesday to reduce supply. The decision at a meeting in Algiers marks the first time in eight years that OPEC's members have agreed to cut production, and oil prices rose on the news. But will the deal hold?
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Yahoo hack may become test case for SEC data breach disclosure rules
Reuters - 11 hours 13 min ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo's disclosure that hackers stole user data from at least 500 million accounts in 2014 has highlighted shortcomings in U.S. rules on when cyber attacks must be revealed and their enforcement.
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Viacom forms committee to consider Redstone's CBS merger push
Reuters - 11 hours 55 min ago
(Reuters) - Viacom Inc said it had formed a special committee to consider National Amusements Inc's proposal to combine the company with CBS Corp .
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Financial stocks one pocket of value left, JPMorgan strategist says
CNBC - 12 hours 29 min ago
There is a lot of headline risk in financials, but they look very cheap right now, JPMorgan's David Lebovitz told CNBC on Friday.
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Indonesia's Garuda's U.S. return to generate 5 percent of 2017 revenue: CEO
Reuters - 12 hours 58 min ago
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Garuda Indonesia's , the country's national carrier, expects its return to the United States next year with three flights a week to generate about 5 percent of the airline's top-line passenger revenue for 2017, its chief executive said.
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Fed's Kaplan scours for signs of economy overheating, finds nothing
Reuters - 14 hours 35 min ago
DALLAS (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Friday that while he has scoured the data, he sees no evidence the U.S. economy is overheating, so the central bank can continue to be patient in raising interest rates.
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German lawyer makes hate-speech complaint against Facebook
Reuters - 16 hours 2 min ago
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German prosecutors are again considering whether to press charges against Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives for failing to staunch a tide of racist and threatening posts on the social network during an influx of migrants into Europe.
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How Clinton and Trump plan to boost Detroit and other distressed cities
CNBC - 17 hours 30 min ago
Comments Clinton and Trump made about Detroit provide a blueprint of how they would address the economy.
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Wal-Mart to rally 27% on earnings turnaround, e-commerce: KeyBanc
CNBC - 17 hours 59 min ago
Market share gains and an inflection point in earnings could take shares of Wal-Mart to $90 in the next 12 months, KeyBanc predicts.
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Here's what Wall Street is saying about the Deutsche Bank crisis
CNBC - 18 hours 15 min ago
Wall Street firms are cautiously defending Deutsche Bank's liquidity position.
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US consumer spending flat in August as auto purchases drop
AP - 19 hours 38 min ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. consumer spending in August turned in the weakest performance in five months, reflecting a drop in spending on autos. Income growth also slowed as wages and salary gains slowed following four strong months....
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After Nissan ultimatum, Jaguar Land Rover says Brexit must be fair for all
Reuters - 20 hours 57 min ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover will "realign its thinking" on investment after Britain's vote to leave the EU and if Nissan gets a Brexit compensation deal then other automakers would need a level playing field, Britain's biggest carmaker said.
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Shanghai FTZ foreign trade volume up 6.5%
China Daily - 22 hours 8 min ago
SHANGHAI - Foreign trade volume in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone grew 6.5 percent in the first eight months from the previous year, local customs said. The import and export volume in the zone reached 754.6 billion yuan ($113 billion) in the first eight months, accounting for 42 percent of the ...


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