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Google to buy software developer Apigee for $625 million

By Julia Love and Natalie Grover SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it is acquiring software developer Apigee Corp in a deal valued at about $625 million, the tech giant’s latest effort to claim a greater share of the lucrative cloud

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Wells Fargo will pay $190 million to settle customer fraud case

“Wells Fargo reached these agreements consistent with our commitment to customers and in the interest of putting this matter behind us,” the bank said of its settlement with California prosecutors and federal regulators. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will receive $100 million of the total penalties – the largest fine ever levied by the agency, which was conceived after the 2008 financial crisis. “Today's action should serve notice to the entire industry that financial incentive programs, if not monitored carefully, carry serious risks that can have serious legal consequences,…

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Wells Fargo will pay $190 million to settle customer fraud case

Wells Fargo will pay $190 million to settle customer fraud case

“Wells Fargo reached these agreements consistent with our commitment to customers and in the interest of putting this matter behind us,” the bank said of its settlement with California prosecutors and federal regulators. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will receive $100 million of the total penalties – the largest fine ever levied by the agency, which was conceived after the 2008 financial crisis. “Today's action should serve notice to the…

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U.S. jobless claims fall as labor market remains strong

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength even as the pace of job growth is slowing. Despite signs of underlying labor market strength

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U.S. jobless claims fall as labor market remains strong

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength even as the pace of job growth is slowing. Despite signs of underlying labor market strength, also corroborated by record high job openings, August's slowdown in job growth, together with sluggish factory and services sector activity could encourage the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged at its Sept. 20-21 policy meeting. “The labor market

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Oil edges lower amid scepticism about output freeze

Oil prices inched lower on Wednesday as market participants remained skeptical that producers will reach an agreement to freeze output to rein in a global supply glut. London Brent crude for November delivery was down 4 cents at $47.22 a barrel by 2018 EST,

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U.S. judge grants Hanjin temporary protection from U.S. creditors

Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd won an order on Tuesday from a U.S. judge extending bankruptcy protections so its vessels can dock at U.S. ports without fear creditors will try take actions against the ships as they have in other countries. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Sherwood approved a motion by the world's seventh largest container carrier that sought to extend to the United States the protection from creditors that…

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Fed’s Williams sees ‘unsustainable tension’ on pot-related banking

RENO, Nev. (Reuters) – As more and more states legalize the use of marijuana, which is banned under U.S. federal laws, banks are facing “unsustainable tension” that needs to be resolved by Congress, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said on Tuesday. “This is a big issue for this country,” Williams said…

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Bosch concealed Volkswagen use of ‘defeat device’ software: lawyers

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH [ROBG.UL] concealed the use of Volkswagen AG's secret “defeat device” software that it helped design and demanded in 2008 that the German automaker provide legal protection in its use, lawyers for American owners alleged in a court filing. The filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco expands on claims plaintiffs lawyers made in August, when they alleged Bosch was a “knowing and active participant” in Volkswagen's decade-long scheme to…

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Fed’s Williams says U.S. economy in good shape, wants rate hike

A top Federal Reserve official on Tuesday repeated his call for gradual interest rate hikes, evidently unfazed by a slowdown in U.S. job gains and sluggishness in the services sector that now has traders betting against any rate hike at all this year. It “makes sense …

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