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Bankrupt car rental firm Hertz to offer up to $1 billion in shares

Bankrupt car rental firm Hertz to offer up to $1 billion in shares

Car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc said it would sell up to $1 billion in shares, cashing in on a huge speculative rise in its share price since filing for bankruptcy late last month.



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Fed frets about small business failures amid 'alarming' data

Fed frets about small business failures amid 'alarming' data

A large number of small U.S. businesses could fail during the coronavirus recession, the Federal Reserve said on Friday, slowing recovery and creating lasting damage to the world's largest economy.



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Oil on track for weekly loss on virus resurgence fears

Oil on track for weekly loss on virus resurgence fears

Oil was little changed on Friday and headed for a first weekly fall since April as new U.S. coronavirus cases spiked, stoking fears of a second wave of the virus hitting fuel demand.



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Here are the UK’s 5 leading open banking providers

Here are the UK’s 5 leading open banking providers

AltFi | Aisling Finn  | Jun 10, 2020 Open banking has long been pedalled as the future of fintech, but which companies are the leading providers of the service in the UK? Open banking has become one of the most popular adaptations for both fintechs and big finance alike. Open banking was first introduced as

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Renault's Senard says relations with Nissan much improved

Renault's Senard says relations with Nissan much improved

Renault 's partnership with Japan's Nissan has entered an "incredibly positive" phase after episodes of strained relations in recent years, the French carmaker's chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said on Thursday.



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Unilever plans switch to UK holding company to cut complexity

Unilever plans switch to UK holding company to cut complexity

Unilever proposed collapsing its Anglo-Dutch legal structure into a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday, nearly two years after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move its headquarters to the Netherlands.



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SoftBank buyback puts financial rigour in question, says S&P

SoftBank buyback puts financial rigour in question, says S&P

Credit-rating firm S&P Global Ratings on Thursday questioned SoftBank Group Corp's financial discipline as the tech conglomerate pursues a massive 2.5 trillion yen ($24 billion) share buyback program in volatile markets.



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Lloyds Bank fined $81 million for mortgage arrears failures

Lloyds Bank fined $81 million for mortgage arrears failures

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday it has fined Lloyds Bank 64 million pounds ($81.26 million) for failures in handling mortgage arrears.



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How Uber hailed a deal with Grubhub only to let it slip

How Uber hailed a deal with Grubhub only to let it slip

Uber Technologies Inc CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has spent much of his career deftly negotiating acquisitions. Yet his $6.5 billion all-stock bid for Grubhub Inc ended with the food delivery company being acquired by European rival Just Eat Takeway.com NV .



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Dutch government regrets Unilever's British HQ decision

Dutch government regrets Unilever's British HQ decision

The Dutch government on Thursday said it regretted Unilever's choice to base the company solely in Britain and not in the Netherlands.



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China, U.S. should resume timely communication on trade: China adviser

China, U.S. should resume timely communication on trade: China adviser

China and the United States should resume timely communication on trade and other issues, a former senior Chinese official said on Thursday, who stressed that the world's two largest economies are too intertwined to be decoupled.



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Unilever's UK move is vote of confidence: British minister

Unilever's UK move is vote of confidence: British minister

Unilever's decision to base the company solely in Britain and not in the Netherlands represented a vote of confidence in the country, said British business minister Alok Sharma.



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Unilever plans switch to British holding company to cut complexity

Unilever plans switch to British holding company to cut complexity

Unilever proposed combining its Dutch and British legal entities in a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday, after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move the global consumer goods group's headquarters to the Netherlands.



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Stocks spooked, bonds rally on downbeat Fed

Stocks spooked, bonds rally on downbeat Fed

World shares took their biggest tumble in five weeks on Thursday as a sobering outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve challenged market optimism on the global economy, while bonds rallied on bets yet more stimulus would be needed to ensure recovery.



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Oil prices hit by record U.S. crude inventories, bearish Fed

Oil prices hit by record U.S. crude inventories, bearish Fed

Oil prices fell on Thursday, hit by another record build-up in U.S. crude inventories and the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections that the world's biggest economy would shrink 6.5% this year.



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