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China central bank: yuan’s global acceptance to be driven by market

BEIJING (Reuters) – The internationalization of the yuan has exceeded people's expectations and its global acceptance will be driven by market forces, Yi Gang, a China central bank vice governor, said on Monday. China will continue

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Oil falls as glut, profit-taking beat back optimism over OPEC meet

By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO (Reuters) – Crude prices fell on Tuesday as continued worries over a global oil glut and profit-taking on gains of nearly 3 percent from the previous session beat down upwards momentum from a possible meeting of oil producers. Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio del Pino said on Monday that a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries may take place “in the coming weeks” as the crisis-stricken South American nation sought support to prop up weak oil markets. Some OPEC officials have said a …

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SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM in $32 billion cash deal

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings PLC in a 24.3 billion pound ($32.2 billion) cash deal, the two sides said on Monday, a bold bet on internet-connected machines that will transform the Japanese group. ARM stands to be central to the …

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Fed’s Yellen sees rate hikes, mostly good economic picture

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Monday that interest rate hikes are likely on the way because “positive economic forces have outweighed the negative” for the United States, though last month's weak jobs report bears watching. “If incoming data are consistent with labor market conditions strengthening and inflation making progress toward our 2 percent objective, as I expect, further gradual increases in the federal funds rate are likely to be appropriate and most conducive to meeting and maintaining those objectives

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Novartis executive exodus complicates drugmaker’s rebuilding job

By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – With seven departures in the space of five months, Novartis's top management is in upheaval just as CEO Joe Jimenez tries to tackle a list of challenges that have seen the drug firm's share price fall 25 percent since July. The most dramatic exit came last week, when head of pharmaceuticals David Epstein quit as his division was broken in two. By splitting oncology into a department of its own, Novartis aims to make the most of…

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Ford seeks partnerships as it looks beyond car-making

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford said on Monday the automaker would look for more partnerships with other companies as it moves to expand beyond manufacturing and selling cars and trucks. “You’ll see a lot of partnerships, a lot more than you…

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Fed’s Bullard: rates too low for too long could be risky

U.S. interest rates being kept too low for too long could cause financial instability in future and stronger market expectations for a rate rise are “probably good”, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Monday. A relatively tight labor market in the United States may also exert upward pressure on inflation, raising the case for higher interest rates, Bullard added. “I do worry that keeping rates too low for too long could feed into future financial instability even if it…

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Exclusive: Medivation succumbs to pressure to explore sale -sources

U.S. cancer drug maker Medivation Inc has decided to explore a sale following a $9.3 billion acquisition offer from France's Sanofi SA and interest from other companies, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Pfizer Inc and Amgen Inc are among the companies that have signed non-disclosure agreements with Medivation, which allow them to obtain confidential information about the company, the people said. Sanofi made its

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U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against Apple, ending a high-stakes legal battle but leaving the broader struggle over encryption unresolved. The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order obtained by the Justice Department that would have required it to write new software to get into the iPhone. “From the beginning…

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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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