Ford plans to move Michigan offices into two new modern campuses

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it will modernize and consolidate its sprawling Dearborn, Michigan, engineering and headquarters facilities over the next decade into two Silicon Valley-style campuses. The auto company plans to move about 30,000 employees now housed in 70 buildings, some of which were built in the 1950s. One location will be focused on engineering, research, technology and vehicle development and

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Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S. law enforcement agencies, but also by regulators. The ride-sharing company said that…

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IMF cuts global growth outlook again, warns of political risks

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday of the risk of political isolationism, notably Britain's possible exit from the European Union, and growing economic inequality as it cut its global growth forecast …

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Two Fed bank presidents backed rate hike ahead of last meeting

The heads of two regional Federal Reserve banks supported a rate hike ahead of the Fed's March meeting as an improving economy added to sentiment to tighten monetary policy. The heads of the Richmond and Kansas City Fed branches supported a quarter point hike in the main lending rates for banks “in light of continued improvements in labor market conditions and expectations that inflation would rise,” according to …

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U.S. posts $108 billion budget deficit in March

The U.S. government posted a $108 billion budget deficit in March, more than double the amount from the same period last year, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. The government had a deficit of $53 billion in

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TransCanada restarts Keystone pipeline at reduced pressure

The Canadian energy company said the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration approved the return to service plan for a controlled start Saturday evening. “As part of the return-to-service plan approved by PHMSA, TransCanada is operating the pipeline at reduced pressure,” the company said in

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Bill Gross sees one or two Fed rate hikes in 2016: Barron’s

(Reuters) – Bond manager Bill Gross predicts that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates once or twice in 2016, according to an interview in Barron's.

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Tech start-ups snap at the heels of Asian private bankers

Scanning a bank statement into a computer may not sound particularly high-tech, but it's unsettling some of Asia's private bankers. By aggregating all the monthly statements mailed

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Exclusive: Bank of Italy conducting supervisory inspection at Bank of China offices

By Lisa Jucca HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Bank of Italy is carrying out an on-site inspection at the Italian offices of Bank of China Ltd , a Chinese state-owned bank already facing accusations of aiding illicit money flows from Italy to China, a source familiar with the situation said. Italian prosecutors are seeking to bring 297 people, mostly Chinese, as well as the Milan branch of Bank of China to trial on charges of allegedly smuggling more than 4.5 billion euros ($5.12 …

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IMF supports move to negative rates by some central banks

The International Monetary Fund said on Sunday that a move to negative rates by some of the world's central banks would help deliver extra monetary stimulus and ease lending conditions. Six of the world's central banks have introduced negative rates, most notably the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, and around a quarter of the world economy by output is now experiencing official rates that are less than zero.

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