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Oil tops $70 as Iran and Trump trade threats

Oil prices jumped by about 1% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander.



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Mexico's Aeromexico reaches compensation agreement with Boeing on MAX crisis

Mexican airline Aeromexico said on Monday it had reached a compensation agreement with Boeing Co in relation to the temporary grounding of the planemaker's 737 MAX aircraft.



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Social Security benefits narrow the wealth gap. But it's not enough to keep low-wage earner out of poverty in retirement

New research from The New School Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis shows that Social Security retirement benefits help narrow the gap between the haves and have nots. But it's not enough to prevent some workers from facing poverty in retirement.

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Ford quarterly sales slip on slowdown in passenger cars demand

Ford Motor Co on Monday posted a 1.3% fall in fourth-quarter vehicle sales as soft demand for passenger cars outweighed stable sales of larger sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pick-ups.



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Oil inches up as Iran and United States trade threats

Oil prices edged up on Monday, after Brent touched above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander.



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Alphabet, Amazon keep S&P afloat as Middle East tensions persist

Gains in Amazon and Alphabet helped New York's S&P 500 stock index recoup early losses on Monday sparked by rising tensions in the Middle East.



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Gold surges as investors assess Mideast risk; stocks fall

Gold prices shot to almost seven-year highs on Monday while yields on U.S. Treasury and euro zone government debt fell as escalating U.S.-Iranian tensions spurred demand for safe-haven assets.



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Ghosn did not use French documents to travel to Lebanon: French minister

Former Nissan and Renault boss Carlos Ghosn did not use French travel documents to travel from Japan to Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday.



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HP had 'buyer's remorse' over ill-fated Autonomy deal, court hears

Hewlett-Packard suffered "buyer's remorse" over its disastrous $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy and was trying to pin the blame on UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch, London's High Court heard on Monday in the closing stages of a multi-billion dollar case.



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Disney's streaming business is already worth more than $100 billion alone, investors believe

The market is valuing Disney's streaming business at $108 billion, according to Barclays.

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Louis Dreyfus owner pledged stake to raise $1 billion Credit Suisse loan

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus borrowed $1 billion from Credit Suisse last year to buy out minority shareholders of Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), pledged her majority stake in the commodities trader as collateral, a company filing showed.



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Occidental to cut Western Midstream stake to reduce debt

Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Monday it would cut its majority stake in pipeline operator Western Midstream Partners LP to less than 50% in 2020, to reduce its debt that grew significantly with the Anadarko Petroleum Corp deal.



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Xerox secures $24 billion financing for proposed HP takeover

Xerox Holdings Corp said on Monday it has secured $24 billion in financing for its $33.5 billion takeover offer for HP Inc , a deal that the personal computer maker is opposing.



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Qualcomm launches autonomous driving computer, aiming to hit roads by 2023

Qualcomm Inc on Monday announced a computing system for autonomous vehicles designed to handle everything from lane controls to full self-driving that it aims to have on the road by 2023.



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Oil steadies as market ponders Iran's next move

Oil prices steadied on Monday after Brent touched above $70 a barrel on rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq that fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander.



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