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General Motors settles ignition-switch cases

(Reuters) – General Motors Co said it settled the remaining two ignition-switch cases for an undisclosed amount in a series of six test trials over the defect The remaining trials were

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Oil pares gains after Saudi, Russia sign pact

By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Crude oil futures pared gains on Monday after top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia said they have agreed to cooperate on stabilizing the oil market, including limiting output. Saudi Arabia and Russia said on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China that they signed an agreement to set up a task force to review oil market fundamentals and to recommend measures and actions that will secure…

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Obama seeks to convince Asian partners that Washington will approve TPP

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that U.S. trading partners in Asia did not need to be persuaded of the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, just that Washington would eventually approve the trade pact. Obama has made the 12-nation TPP the centerpiece…

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Asia’s factories stay sluggish, stimulus lacks traction

Japanese manufacturing activity shrank in April at the fastest pace in more than three years as deadly earthquakes disrupted production, while output in China and the rest of Asia remained lukewarm at best. “The backdrop remains one of sub-trend growth, inflation that is below target, difficulty …

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As oil plows through $45 a barrel, U.S. producers rush to lock in prices

The flurry of dealing kicked off when prices pierced $45 per barrel earlier in April. While it was not clear if oil prices will remain at current levels, it may also be a sign producers are preparing to add rigs and ramp up output. This

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Halliburton and Baker Hughes scrap $28 billion merger

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co and smaller rival Baker Hughes Inc announced the termination of their $28 billion merger deal on Sunday after opposition from U.S. and European antitrust regulators. It is the latest example of a large merger deal failing to make it

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Oil up 1 percent as support emerges before 11-year low

Brent and U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose for a second straight day on short covering, after being unable to break below a seven-year trough. “We are seeing nothing unusual about this week's price bounce given the fact that the entire complex had become much oversold based on virtually all of our technical indicators,” Jim Ritterbusch of Chicago-based oil consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates said in a note. “Focus…

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Qualcomm decides against breakup, says current structure best

Qualcomm Inc has decided not to split into separate chipmaking and technology licensing businesses, concluding a six-month strategic review instigated by hedge fund Jana Partners. San Diego-based Qualcomm, the biggest maker of chips used in mobile phones, said on Tuesday its current structure offered unique strategic benefits that cannot be replicated. Qualcomm, whose earnings have slumped by more than 40 percent in each of the last

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Janet Yellen: An orthodox economist for unorthodox times

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Janet Yellen is guiding the Federal Reserve towards its first rate rise in a decade armed with traditional economic models that some economists worry could fail her in a world of massive money printing and …

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Steadily firming U.S. inflation supports Fed rate hike

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Underlying U.S. inflation pressures rose in November, which could give the Federal Reserve more confidence to raise interest rates on Wednesday, even as renewed weakness in gasoline prices kept overall consumer prices in check. The Labor Department said on Tuesday its so-called core Consumer Price Index, which excludes food and energy, gained 0.2 percent last month. It was the third straight month that the core CPI increased by that margin, and reflected rising rents, airline fares,

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