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Fed can be ‘gentle’ in hiking rates, Dudley says

The Federal Reserve can be “gentle” in removing monetary stimulus since U.S. inflation remains low and the economic expansion could last five or more years, one of the most influential Fed policymakers said on Wednesday. “We&#…

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U.S., Canada to continue lumber trade talks as deadline passes

The top U.S. and Canadian trade negotiators said on Wednesday they would continue talks toward a new trade agreement on softwood lumber, despite the expiration of a “standstill” period prohibiting legal challenges over the long-standing dispute. U.S. producers complain that Canadian lumber is subsidized, and they have in the past launched trade challenges that resulted in the United …

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Energy ministers from OPEC and Russia hold informal talks in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Energy ministers from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Venezuela and Russia began informal closed-door talks with the secretary general of OPEC in Istanbul on Wednesday as they try to coordinate efforts to rebalance the oil market. OPEC officials are holding a flurry of meetings in coming weeks to nail down an agreement reached in Algiers last month on modest output cuts…

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Disney, Microsoft among possible Twitter suitors: reports

(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co and Microsoft Corp join a list of potential suitors for Twitter Inc, according to media reports on Monday. Twitter shares were up 2.23 percent at $23.36 in after-market trading. The microblogging service has reportedly started talks with a number of technology companies to sell itself, including Google parent Alphabet Inc and may receive a formal bid soon.

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U.S. new home sales fall in August but trend still positive

July's sales pace was revised up 5,000 units to 659,000 units. Analysts said the level of sales generally supported their view of a strong underlying trend in new home sales and of a quickening pace of overall economic growth in the second half of the year. Following the new home sales release, analysts at Macroeconomic Advisers kept their estimate of third-quarter economic growth at 3 percent, a marked pickup from the first half of the year.

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Iran downplays chances of oil deal, UAE keen on freeze

By Alex Lawler and Rania El Gamal ALGIERS (Reuters) – Iran downplayed on Monday the chances of OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers clinching an output-restraint deal in Algeria this week even though several other members of the group said they still hoped for steps to tackle a price-eroding glut of crude. Oil prices have more than halved from 2014 levels due to oversupply, prompting OPEC producers and rival Russia to seek a market rebalancing that would boost revenues from oil exports and help their crippled budgets. The …

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Oil ends up 3 percentt as OPEC meets; volatility hits post-Doha high

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil settled up 3 percent on Monday as the world's largest producers gathered in Algeria to discuss ways to support prices, with nervous trade driving volatility to its highest since a similar meeting to freeze output in April in Doha which failed. The Organization of the…

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