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OPEC set for no deal as Iran rejects Saudi oil output offer

Iran rejected on Tuesday an offer from Saudi Arabia to limit its oil output in exchange for Riyadh cutting supply, dashing market hopes the two major OPEC producers would find

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Wells Fargo CEO forfeits millions as board orders review

(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co said on Tuesday that Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf will forfeit unvested equity awards worth about $41 million and will not get a salary while the company's board investigates the bank's sales practices. Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of the retail division at the center of a burgeoning sales scandal, has left the company ahead of her planned Dec. 31 retirement date, will get…

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As Fed nears rate hikes, policymakers plan for ‘brave new world’

By Jason Lange and Ann Saphir JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling they could raise U.S. interest rates soon but they are already weighing new tools they may need to fight the next recession. A solid U.S. labor market “has strengthened” the case for the first rate increase since

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Exclusive: U.S. watchdog to probe Fed’s lax oversight of Wall Street

By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. watchdog agency is preparing to investigate whether the Federal Reserve and other regulators are too soft on the banks they are meant to police, after a written request from Democratic lawmakers that marks the latest sign of distrust between Congress…

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