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Argentina, creditors agree $155 million more in default settlement: mediator

Argentina settled with an additional 115 individual creditors holding defaulted sovereign bonds for $155 million, Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator in the long-running case, said in a statement on Friday. Pollack's announcement brings the total amount of settlements agreed in principle with U.S. creditors above $6.5 billion and moves Latin America's No. 3 economy closer to ending a festering 14-year legal battled …

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BofA raises share buyback by up to $800 million

(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp said its board has authorized share repurchase of up to $800 million, in addition to the $4 billion share buyback announced earlier. The No. 2 U.S. bank by assets said the buyback was meant to offset the share count dilution resulting from equity incentive compensation awarded to retirement-eligible employees.

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Staples, Office Depot say FTC opposition to deal ‘simply wrong’

The FTC has said a merger between the two could reduce competition for nationwide contracts for office supplies. It has also rejected Staples' raised offer to divest up to $1.25 billion of commercial contracts to secure approval for the

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Oil sets new 2016 highs on production freeze, demand bets

“Focus for now is firmly placed on a global macroeconomic environment that is propelling other industrial commodities such as the metals as well as world equities back to around highest levels since late last year,” said Jim Ritterbusch of Chicago-based energy markets consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates. It was on course to gain 6 percent on the week for a fifth straight week of gains. U.S. crude inventories hit a fifth straight week of record highs last week but the build of 1.3 million barrels was less than half …

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Sheraton owner Starwood set to accept offer from China’s Anbang

A successful deal would bolster Anbang's reputation as one of China's top corporate acquirers and would follow its purchase of New York's iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel last

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