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Lebanese investigators finish questioning Ghosn, file referred to prosecutor: judicial source

Lebanese investigators finished questioning former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday, a judicial source said, after he was summoned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges.



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Mercedes-Benz poised to clinch premium sales crown for 2019

Daimler sold 2.34 million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in 2019 for a ninth consecutive year of record sales, it said on Thursday, putting the German carmaker in pole position to retain the title of biggest-selling premium car brand.



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Oil edges higher after previous day's plunge

Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, clawing back some of the sharp losses made in the previous session on the back of easing fears of an escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran and swelling U.S. crude stocks.



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Factbox: A look at British Airways-owner IAG's new first-in-command

Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways-owner IAG , will step down from the airlines group he helped to build later this year and hand the reins to Luis Gallego.



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Lebanon seeks Ghosn file from Japan-Lebanese judicial source

Lebanese judicial authorities have asked Japan for its file on Carlos Ghosn, including the charges against him, and will not question him again until the information is received, a Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday after Ghosn was questioned.



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Oil steadies around levels prevailing before U.S.-Iran attacks

Oil prices steadied on Thursday after the previous session's sharp losses on the back of swelling U.S. crude stocks and easing fears of an escalation in conflict between the United States and Iran.



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Democratic lawmaker rebukes Wells Fargo rebate request

Democratic Representative Katie Porter, a first-term lawmaker known as a tough Wall Street critic, accused Wells Fargo & Co of passing on costs associated with its wide-ranging scandals to third parties, in a scathing letter sent to the bank's new chief executive on Thursday.



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First Abu Dhabi Bank to auction Al Jaber's Dubai Shangri-La hotel: sources

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has started an auction process for a Dubai hotel operated by Shangri-La and owned by indebted construction group Al Jaber with a starting price of 700 million dirhams ($190.59 million), two sources said.



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Apple's iPhone sales in China up 18% in December: government data

Sales of Apple Inc's iPhone in China in December jumped more than 18% year on year, government data showed on Thursday.



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Lebanon imposes travel ban on ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: judicial source

A Lebanese prosecutor imposed a travel ban on former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday, a judicial source said, after he was summoned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges.



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Ghosn is "very comfortable" with judicial path in Lebanon: lawyer

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is very comfortable with the judicial path in Lebanon, a lawyer for him said on Thursday, after he was questioned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges.



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How Big Tech is helping transform cars into smartphones

Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue. Now, big tech wants to work with automakers to do the same thing for your car.



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Ahead of U.S. election, Facebook gives users some control over how they see political ads

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics' demands and what rival companies have pledged to do.



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Volkswagen says its 2019 vehicle deliveries were slightly above prior year

Volkswagen on Thursday said vehicle deliveries for 2019 were slightly above prior year, revising upward an earlier forecast which predicted annual sales to be "on the level of prior year."



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Back from the brink, back on the bull ride

World markets looked to have overcome their new year wobbles on Thursday, as the United States and Iran backed away from conflict in the Middle East.



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