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Oil slumps 4 percent as no output deal expected for OPEC

Oil prices tumbled 4 percent on Friday on signs Saudi Arabia and arch rival Iran were making little progress in achieving preliminary agreement ahead of talks by major crude exporters next week aimed at freezing production. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.84, or 4 percent, to settle at $44.48. Crude futures slumped after sources said Saudi Arabia did not expect a

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Twitter begins discussions to explore a sale: source

A sale of Twitter has been the subject of on-again, off-again rumors for many months as the company grapples with stagnant user growth, soft advertising sales and losses running at hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Analysts have long considered Alphabet's Google the most likely buyer for Twitter, and a source told Reuters that Salesforce.com is also in pursuit. CNBC, citing anonymous sources, reported on Friday that Twitter is in talks with companies including Google and Salesforce and may receive

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Fed’s internal split tied to dueling views on jobs outlook

The split at the Federal Reserve over when to next raise interest rates appears to hinge largely on disagreements over the labor market outlook, comments from policymakers on Friday suggest. When the Fed earlier this week decided to stand pat on rates, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said she felt the labor market had more room to run before it could overheat. On Friday one of the dissenters, Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren, explained that his vote …

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