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Chinese envoy to Canada visits detained Huawei CFO, urges Ottawa to correct 'mistake'

China's new ambassador to Canada visited a senior Huawei Technologies Co Ltd official who is fighting extradition to the United States and urged Ottawa to release her, the embassy said on Friday.



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Exclusive: U.S. weighs new regulations to further restrict Huawei suppliers - sources

The U.S. government may expand its power to stop more foreign shipments of products with U.S. technology to China's Huawei, amid frustration the company's blacklisting has failed to cut off supplies to the world's largest telecoms equipment maker, two sources said.



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Oil slumps but still set for monthly hike ahead of OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices fell nearly 4% on Friday in muted activity because of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, but were still set for monthly gains as OPEC watchers expect an extension next week to a pact to throttle oil output beyond March.



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Global stocks dip as trade worries halt record rally, dollar falls

Oil prices slumped and a gauge of global equity markets on Friday edged away from an all-time high it was near breaching earlier in the week as doubts simmered over the outlook for signing an initial deal to ease U.S.-China trade tensions.



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Judge to rule on Vivendi request to halt Mediaset European TV plan

An Italian judge will decide on Vivendi's request to block Mediaset's pan-European television project after the two groups failed to settle their long-running dispute, a legal source said on Friday.



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OPEC November oil output slips before Aramco IPO, policy meeting

OPEC oil output has fallen in November as Angolan production has slipped due to maintenance and Saudi Arabia has kept a lid on supply to support the market before the initial public offering (IPO) of state-owned Saudi Aramco, a Reuters survey found.



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Fintrac releases key updates to AML obligations, including virtual currency exchange MSB registration

CFCS | Brian Monroe | Nov 22, 2019 Fintrac releases key updates to AML obligations, including virtual currency exchange MSB registration, details tactics to verify individual, corporate identities   Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (Fintrac), the country’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), has released a bevy of critical updates tied to anti-money laundering (AML) obligations,

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Warren Buffett is sitting on $128 billion, raising questions about whether the market is overvalued

Buffett's decision to walk away from a deal despite Berkshire's massive cash hoard may show there aren't that many reasonably priced opportunities.

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As Juncker bids farewell, new EU executive begins with scrutiny over Luxembourg tax

Officials from the new European Commission will discuss an International Monetary Fund study that lists Luxembourg as a world-leading tax haven just days after the former leader of the Grand Duchy departs the EU executive's helm.



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PG&E says its distribution lines caused no deadly fires in 2019

California utility PG&E Corp has determined there were no lives or structures lost in 2019 wildfires that may have been caused by its distribution lines, according to a Friday court filing.



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Wall Street slips as U.S. law on Hong Kong brings back trade fears

U.S. stocks slipped on Friday in a post-holiday shortened session as a U.S.-China discord over Hong Kong reignited trade tensions and retail stocks dipped on signs of a tepid start to in-store Black Friday sales.



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HK’s SFC Finalises New Regulatory Framework For Virtual Asset Trading Platforms

Herbert Smith Freehills | William Hallatt and co-authors | Nov 22, 2019 On 6 November 2019, Hong Kong's Security and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a position paper setting out a new regulatory framework for the licensing of centralised virtual asset trading platforms, following the SFC's conceptual framework issued last year. The SFC's CEO, Ashley Alder,

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Factbox: Quotes from shoppers as they scour for the best deals on Black Friday

Shoppers headed out to stores across the United States in a quest to score the best Black Friday discounts on everything from handbags to 4K TVs, with early promotions marking the start of a condensed holiday shopping season.



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Warren Buffett's latest attempt to put his cash to work is thwarted

Berkshire Hathaway's cash hoard tops $128 billion. Now we have an idea of what Warren Buffett's been thinking of doing with some of that money.

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That frenzied Black Friday crush? Not this year

The frenzy associated with Black Friday shopping was missing this year as U.S. retailers offered earlier discounts and more consumers shopped online, though spot checks around the country showed traffic picked up after a sluggish morning.



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