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The Supreme Court could upend consumer financial protection as we know it

The Supreme Court could upend consumer financial protection as we know it

The Supreme Court is hearing a case about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and justices may rule the agency to be unconstitutional. That would throw the status quo into disarray.

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Four-comma club: Predicting the next company to join trillion-dollar value elite

Four-comma club: Predicting the next company to join trillion-dollar value elite

The trillion-dollar market cap club expanded last week to a third U.S. company, with Google parent Alphabet Inc topping the lofty valuation mark. Adding the next member, however, is likely to take a while.



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Remaining hurdles for scandal-hit Wells Fargo

Remaining hurdles for scandal-hit Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Co and its officials have racked up well over $4 billion (3 billion pounds) in penalties since a sales practices scandal erupted in 2016, and continues to face headwinds.



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New U.S. curb on Huawei in limbo amid pushback from Pentagon: sources

New U.S. curb on Huawei in limbo amid pushback from Pentagon: sources

The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to China's Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department that the move would harm U.S. businesses, people familiar with the matter said.



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Nestle teams up with Canadian plant-based ingredient makers

Nestle teams up with Canadian plant-based ingredient makers

Food group Nestle SA said on Friday it has teamed up with small Canadian plant-based food ingredient makers Burcon and Merit Functional Foods, the second such supply agreement this month that targets Canadian crops.



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Walmart testing higher minimum wage for some employees

Walmart testing higher minimum wage for some employees

Walmart Inc is testing a higher starting wage for certain newly created jobs in about 500 U.S. stores, as it looks to improve in-store experience for customers amid intense competition.



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Wall Street Week Ahead: Hopes are high for tech stock 'Cadillacs'; so are their prices

Wall Street Week Ahead: Hopes are high for tech stock 'Cadillacs'; so are their prices

Wall Street is betting that the most popular U.S. technology and internet stocks can keep outshining the broader equities market but their latest rally leaves little room for error this earnings season.



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How Technology Saved China’s Economy

How Technology Saved China’s Economy

The New York Times | Ruchir Sharma | Jan 20, 2020 To outsiders, China may seem like a surveillance state. But tech has fueled growth and helped stave off recession. Landing in Shanghai recently, I found myself in the middle of a tech revolution remarkable in its sweep. The passport scanner automatically addresses visitors in

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Bombardier scrambles to craft rail merger with Alstom, Hitachi: sources

Bombardier scrambles to craft rail merger with Alstom, Hitachi: sources

Bombardier has approached France's Alstom and Japan's Hitachi to find a merger partner for its rail business as it struggles to contain costs that have eaten into margins, sources told Reuters.



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Wall Street slides on coronavirus fears, Intel limits losses

Wall Street slides on coronavirus fears, Intel limits losses

U.S. stocks fell on Friday amid renewed concerns over the spreading of a coronavirus outbreak from China, offsetting strong gains for Intel.



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Oil drops more than 2%, heads for weekly loss on China virus fears

Oil drops more than 2%, heads for weekly loss on China virus fears

Crude prices fell more than 2% on Friday, heading toward $60 a barrel and a steep weekly decline over concerns that the coronavirus in the world's second-largest oil consumer China will spread farther, curbing travel and oil demand.



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On the second anniversary of open banking, what’s next?

On the second anniversary of open banking, what’s next?

Verdict | Ellen Daniel | Jan 13, 2020 Open banking was first launched in January 2018 and received much attention from the financial community as the potential bringer of fintech disruption. The regulations require UK-regulated banks to share their customers’ financial data (with permission) with third party providers through the use of application programming interfaces

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Boeing weighing new 787 Dreamliner production cut: sources

Boeing weighing new 787 Dreamliner production cut: sources

Boeing Co is weighing another production cut of its 787 Dreamliner, but may not have to take that step depending on the size and timing of orders from China stemming from a recent U.S. trade agreement, people briefed on the matter said Friday.



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Wall Street bogged down by China virus fears, Intel limits losses

Wall Street bogged down by China virus fears, Intel limits losses

Wall Street came under pressure on Friday as investors sold energy, financial and healthcare stocks on mounting fears over the coronavirus outbreak in China, while strong gains for chipmaker Intel limited losses on the main indexes.



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Brazil investors pour record $5.4 billion into domestic equity funds: BAML

Brazil investors pour record $5.4 billion into domestic equity funds: BAML

Brazilian investors are pouring a record amount of cash into local equity funds, while foreign investors notched up their sixth straight week of buying, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday.



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