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UBS hopes Trump-led rally will help boost wealth management

UBS hopes a Donald Trump-inspired rally in the United States will help boost earnings at its struggling wealth management business after posting a 47 percent fall in full-year net profit. With profit from its core wealth management business under pressure, the bank pointed to growing investor confidence in the United States towards the end of 2016 as a …

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Oil ticks up on weaker dollar, U.S. production outlook caps gains

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday with a weaker dollar underpinning the market, although gains were limited by expectations that U.S. producers would boost output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading up 16 cents at $52.64 per barrel at 0214 GMT. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were up 21 cents $55.68 a barrel.

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OPEC, non-OPEC agree to their first global oil pact since 2001

OPEC and non-OPEC producers on Saturday reached their first deal since 2001 to curtail oil output jointly and ease a global glut after more than two years of low prices that overstretched many budgets and spurred unrest in some …

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Oil retreats on doubts OPEC cuts can ease glut

U.S. crude futures strengthened Monday before retreating in post-settlement trade as the market lost confidence OPEC cuts would be sufficient to reduce oversupply given increased U.S. drilling. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose early

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Lower food prices weigh on Kroger’s profit forecast

(Reuters) – Kroger Co , the biggest U.S. supermarket chain, lowered the higher end of its full-year adjusted profit forecast amid falling food prices and increasing competition from rivals such

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IBM invests in UK data centers as tech sector defies Brexit worries

Global IT group IBM will triple the number of its cloud data centers in Britain, it said on Tuesday, joining Facebook and Google in investing in the UK after its vote to leave the European Union. IBM said it would build four new data centers to …

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Oil prices rise in anticipation of planned OPEC-led production cut

Oil prices rose to their highest level since October on Tuesday as the market priced in a potential output cut led by producer cartel OPEC, although analysts warned that a failure to agree a cut could lead to a ballooning supply overhang by early 2017. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 44 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $48.68 a barrel. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is trying by Nov. 30 to bring its 14 member states and non-OPEC producer Russia to agree …

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AT&T aims to break from streaming crowd with Time Warner

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – AT&T is betting its purchase of Time Warner Inc will give the company an edge in winning subscribers for its live internet television package, a new front in media that is about to become crowded by technology players. The DirecTV Now service coming to the market next month will offer the kind of live programming on multiple channels now available primarily through traditional cable providers. DirecTV's price …

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OPEC sights set for now on $50-60 per barrel oil: PIRA’s Ross

OPEC producers have their sights set on a sustained oil price of $50-$60 per barrel, a modest ambition for the first cut in supply by the oil exporting group in eight years, says one of the industry's top forecasters. Benchmark U.S. oil prices have risen around $4, or around nine percent, to over $48 per barrel since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed last week to …

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Fed keeps rates steady, signals one hike by end of year

The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but strongly signaled it could still tighten monetary policy by the end of this year as the labor market improved further. Fed Chair Janet Yellen, speaking after the central bank's latest policy statement, said U.S. growth was looking stronger and rate increases would be needed to keep the economy from overheating and fueling high inflation.

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