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Fiat Chrysler, Cummins spar over costs of diesel emission recall

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and engine manufacturer Cummins Inc are fighting over the $200 million estimated cost for a recall of 130,000 Ram pickup trucks equipped with Cummins diesel engines that could exceed U.S. pollution limits. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board have demanded a recall of 2013 through 2015 model year Ram 2500 pickup trucks with 6.7L Cummins diesel engines because moisture can lead to the deactivation of the selective catalyst reduction system, causing excess …

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Apple stock hits highest since December on Samsung Note 7 fire crisis

By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc's stock on Monday jumped 2.3 percent, reaching a high not seen since December, after rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd suspended production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following reports of fires in replacement devices. Fires in the smartphones that were meant to replace devices that had been recalled because of their propensity to explode could be a disaster for Samsung and a potential boon to Apple. Apple's stock was up $2.66 at $116.72 in afternoon trading and was the largest contributor…

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Verizon may shift holiday marketing away from Note 7: spokeswoman

Verizon Communications Inc, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, may shift marketing away from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's troubled Galaxy Note 7 mobile phone heading into the critical holiday selling season, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, announced a global recall of at least 2.5

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Salesforce still mulls bid for Twitter as shareholders resist: sources

Salesforce.com Inc is still deliberating whether it should make an offer for Twitter Inc in the face of resistance from Salesforce shareholders over the strategic merits and valuation of such a deal, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Twitter shares have lost as much as a third of their value since Oct. 5 on concerns the company has attracted less interest from potential acquirers than previously envisaged. Salesforce is deliberating whether it is worth making a lowball offer for Twitter in the coming days based on Twitter's…

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Samsung to halt global sales, exchanges of Galaxy Note7

By Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will ask all global partners to stop sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note7 smartphones, further deepening the smartphone

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VW CEO Mueller had no knowledge of diesel scandal: Bild am Sonntag

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller had no knowledge of the carmaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal, Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper said, citing a report by Jones Day, the lawfirm tasked with investigating the scandal.

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IMF’s Lipton likes Bank of Japan policy revamp, calls for more ‘arrows’

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton welcomed the Bank of Japan's new policy framework as a boost to its credibility, but called for more vigorous fiscal and structural policies to reflate a fragile economic recovery. Lipton also shrugged off the view that monetary policy was nearing its limit as a means to revive economies across the globe, stressing that central banks must be open to new ideas to help spur growth. “Central banks have to always be ready to…

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Banks ponder the meaning of life as Deutsche agonizes

By Carmel Crimmins and Olivia Oran WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It wasn't just Deutsche Bank that was grappling with big questions about the future at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington last week. “This new world of low interest rates and even negative …

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Russia expects OPEC to ask non members to consider joining output curb

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he expected the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to propose that non-OPEC nations consider joining the group in limiting output. “We are waiting for the proposals

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Fed’s Fischer says job gains solid, expects growth to pick up

Job gains in the United States remain solid and growth should pick up in the second half of the year, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said on Sunday in remarks that indicate the central bank remains on track for a December rate increase. The United States is “close to full employment,” Fischer said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Group of 30, a panel of current and former central bankers, regulators and academic economists, during the annual meetings of the International Monetary…

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