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El-Erian: Markets front-run Fed in tightening financial conditions

By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz SE , said on Thursday that with volatility rising, the markets effectively have served as front-runners to the Federal Reserve in tightening global financial conditions. “I doubt we will see the four rate hikes signaled a few weeks ago by Fed officials,” El-Erian said. “Two hikes are likely, if not less.” William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said on Wednesday that financial conditions have tightened considerably…

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Berkshire resumes buying Phillips 66 stock

(Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc , the conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, has resumed its purchases of Phillips 66 stock, and spent roughly $832 million in January to boost its stake even as the oil refiner's profit margins narrowed. According to a regulatory filing on Friday night, Berkshire

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Fed’s Williams says sees ‘smidgen’ slower rate hikes

The Federal Reserve probably needs to keep U.S. interest rates lower for longer given headwinds from weak global economic growth, a stronger dollar and an unexpectedly sustained drop in oil prices, a top Fed official suggested on Friday. San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams told …

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Takata prepares CEO exit over air bag safety scandal: sources

Takata Corp is preparing the ground for the exit of its chief executive, two people close to the Japanese air bag maker said, as pressure builds on a company reeling from the auto industry's biggest recall. Takata has been under fire for almost two years over defective air bags that can explode with excessive force and shoot shrapnel inside the car – a problem that has ballooned…

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In U.S. oil capital Houston, no cheap fuel bonanza for airlines

While airlines are in no rush to pass on fuel savings to passengers brought by the collapse in oil prices, the Houston travel market has left them little choice. Airlines serving the U.S. oil capital have resorted to steep discounts to lure newly budget-conscious energy executives back into the air, according to an analysis of ticket prices provided exclusively to Reuters. Crude'

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Fed keeps rates unchanged, wary eye on global markets

The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and said it was “closely monitoring” global economic and financial developments, signaling it had accounted for a stock market selloff but wasn't ready to abandon a plan to tighten monetary policy this year. Fed …

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Porsche CEO seeks U.S. approval of diesel engine fix in January

By Andreas Cremer DETROIT (Reuters) – Porsche is confident it will win approval from U.S. authorities by the end of January for plans to bring its larger diesel models capable of cheating U.S. emissions tests in line with the law, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Proposals submitted …

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Exclusive: Billionaire Lasry’s junk fund stops voluntary reporting of asset levels

A junk bond fund run by billionaire Marc Lasry's Avenue Capital Management, which has experienced heavy investment losses and investor withdrawals, has stopped voluntarily reporting daily asset figures to the mutual fund industry's top two tracking firms. Research chiefs for Morningstar and Lipper said on Monday they had not received daily asset under management figures from the Avenue Credit Strategies Fund since about mid-December. The fund is not required to report the …

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Ex-politician John Edwards among lawyers vying for lead role in Volkswagen suit

Edwards, who was a trial lawyer in North Carolina before his political career was felled by a sex scandal, sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco last Friday, asking to be appointed to the powerful plaintiffs' steering committee. “This case has ingredients I've spent my life working on,” Edwards told Reuters in an interview on Monday. The litigation against Volkswagen, he said, requires trial expertise, regulatory know-how and a global perspective.

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KaloBios Pharmaceuticals files for bankruptcy in wake of Shkreli arrest

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, a biotechnology company that fired Chief Executive Martin Shkreli earlier this month after his arrest on charges of securities fraud, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday. The filing comes weeks after KaloBios received financing from Shkreli to avert closing down, only to have those plans upended by his arrest. Shkreli was arrested on Dec 17 for engaging in what U.S. prosecutors said was a Ponzi-like scheme at his former hedge

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