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Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – Most U.S. corporate bosses have stayed silent on President Donald Trump's immigration curbs, underscoring the sensitivities around opposing policies that could provoke a backlash from the…

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Snapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources

The sources, who cautioned that Snapchat's plans may still change, asked not to be named because the information is private. A spokeswoman for Snap Inc declined to comment. Snap Inc expects to go public as soon as March and could be valued at $20 billion to $25

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Buffett, Gates have hope for America after Trump ascension

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Friday expressed optimism that the United States will move ahead as a nation, even as it works through political differences and gets used to the new Trump administration. The world's two richest people were speaking to students at Columbia University after U.S. President Donald Trump started to unwind the work of his predecessor Barack Obama in a…

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Goldman names former DuPont CEO Kullman to board of directors

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc named former chair and chief executive officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co Ellen Kullman to its board of directors, according to a filing

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Volkswagen reaches deal with 80,000 U.S. 3.0-liter vehicle owners

A federal judge said on Thursday that Volkswagen AG has reached an agreement in principle to provide “substantial compensation” to the owners of about 80,000 3.0-liter polluting diesel vehicles, a key hurdle to resolve the German automaker's emissions scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not disclose the amount of owner compensation, which

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U.S. sues Barclays, ex-executives for mortgage securities fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Barclays Plc and two former executives on civil charges of fraud in the sale of mortgage-backed securities during the run-up to the 2008-09 financial crisis. The lawsuit was filed after Barclays resisted a penalty the U.S. government had sought in settlement negotiations, a person familiar with the matter said. Major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp , have paid tens of millions of dollars to settle …

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U.S. agency concerned about destroyed, lost phones in VW probe

A U.S. agency involved in settlement talks with Volkswagen AG over its diesel emissions scandal has raised concerns about nearly two dozen mobile phones destroyed or lost by the German carmaker. The Federal Trade Commission said in…

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Corolla, Toyota’s car for the masses, turns 50

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Corolla, one of the world's best-selling cars. Since the first model went on sale in Japan on Nov. 5, 1966, some 44.3 million Corollas have been sold globally through the end of September, including the Corolla Fielder station wagon and other variants, the Japanese automaker says. Here are some milestones along the way and where it stands today.   CAR FOR THE MASSES In the late 1950s, as Japan&#…

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Taco Bell to hire 100,000 as part of U.S. expansion

Taco Bell, which operates about 7,000 restaurants in the United States, generated revenue of about $2 billion in 2015. Taco Bell's U.S. expansion follows its plans to grow its international store base to 1,000 restaurants by 2022. The planned hiring and expansion efforts come on the heels of Yum Brands' spinoff of its China operations, the company's top profit generator, into a separate unit called Yum China Inc earlier this

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Samsung America says it has replaced most recalled Galaxy Note 7s

(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics America said on Friday it has replaced nearly 85 percent of all recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices as it works to resolve the issue of fire-prone phones. South Korean parent company Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced the global recall of at least 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following numerous reports of the smartphones catching fire. Samsung will be releasing a software update in the coming days to limit the phone's ability

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