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Boeing plans to cut up to 8,000 airplane jobs: sources

Boeing Co plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs this year at its commercial airplane division, according to two people familiar with the matter, a move that could slash $1 billion in costs and help it battle for sales against European rival Airbus. Boeing on Wednesday acknowledged plans to cut about 4,000 jobs in its commercial airplanes division by…

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U.S. judge strikes down MetLife designation of ‘too big to fail’

MetLife had argued in court that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), made up of the heads of the country's financial regulatory agencies, used a secretive and flawed process when in 2014 it designated the …

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Bill Gross is cleared to pursue $200 million Pimco lawsuit

California Superior Court Judge Martha Gooding ruled late Sunday that Gross' breach-of-contract lawsuit was strong enough to proceed. Gross abruptly left Pimco in September 2014 following negative reports about his management style and weak returns at Pimco Total Return , which he had built

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China’s Anbang challenges Marriott with $13 billion Starwood offer

The non-binding bid, unveiled on Monday, just days after Anbang agreed to acquire Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc from buyout firm Blackstone Group LP for $6.5 billion, would represent by far the biggest Chinese investment in U.S. real estate assets. The head of China's insurance regulator, Xiang Junbo, wrote in January in a magazine published by the country's central bank that Chinese insurers should venture overseas for investments. Anbang's $2 billion acquisition…

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VW chairman, CEO knew of defeat devices early: Bild

Volkswagen AG's current chairman and chief executive were alerted by the carmaker's former CEO to the use of illicit emissions-control software in the United States two weeks before the carmaker disclosed the scale of its manipulations, Bild am Sonntag reported, without citing the source of the information. Martin Winterkorn, who resigned within a week of Volkswagen's (VW) biggest-ever corporate…

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U.S. economic activity expanded, but conditions mixed: Fed

U.S. economic activity continued to expand in most districts from early January to late February but conditions varied considerably across regions and within sectors, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. The decidedly mixed picture illustrates the headache Fed policymakers face when they next meet to decide the path of interest rates on March 15-16. Consumer spending increased in

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As U.S. shale sinks, pipeline fight sends woes downstream

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Within weeks, two low-profile legal disputes may determine whether an unprecedented wave of bankruptcies expected to hit U.S. oil and gas producers this year will imperil the $500 billion pipeline sector as well. In the two court fights, U.S. energy producers are trying to use Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to shed long-term contracts with the pipeline operators that gather and process shale gas before it is delivered to consumer markets. The attempts to shed the contracts by Sabine …

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Western Digital investor Alken pushes to cancel SanDisk deal

Western Digital agreed to buy SanDisk in a $19 billion deal in October to help increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. The London-based investment manager, Alken Asset, said weakness in the storage chip market has hurt Sandisk's stock price which in turn will hurt Western Digital if the deal goes through. “The price being paid for SanDisk is excessive in light of the changing landscape for SanDisk's products and capital markets…

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Allergan’s revenue beats on higher U.S. brand sales

(Reuters) – Allergan Plc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, helped by strong performance in its U.S. brands segment, and said it continues to expect its takeover by Pfizer Inc to close in the second

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Honeywell, United Technologies held merger talks: CNBC

(Reuters) – Aerospace component suppliers Honeywell International Inc and United Technologies Corp have held talks about a merger, CNBC reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. United Tech's shares, part of the Dow Jones industrial average , jumped 6.6 percent to $93.90 in afternoon trading, while Honeywell's dipped 1.2 percent after earlier rising to…

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