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GE brings in shipper Maersk's CFO as finance head

General Electric Co has named Carolina Dybeck Happe, currently finance chief at shipper AP Moller-Maersk as its chief financial officer, the latest in a slew of management changes aimed at stabilizing the U.S. industrial conglomerate.



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U.S.-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears

A U.S.-based foundation overseeing promising semiconductor technology developed with Pentagon support will soon move to Switzerland after several of the group's foreign members raised concerns about potential U.S. trade curbs.



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World shares climb on trade hopes

World shares staged a cautious rally on Monday as investors held out for some progress in U.S.-China trade talks, while the dollar dipped after its latest rally on the back of strong U.S. economic data.



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Chinese importers scoop up Brazilian soybeans amid U.S. trade uncertainty

Chinese buyers scooped up at least 20 cargoes of Brazilian soybeans last week due to uncertainty over a trade deal with the United States that sent them rushing to lock in supplies, traders said on Monday.



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Wells Fargo downgrades Netflix: 'If content is king, then cash is queen'

Wells Fargo lowered its rating on Netflix to underperform from market perform and said the company will need to spend more.

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Charles Schwab to buy TD Ameritrade in $26 billion all-stock deal

Charles Schwab Corp will buy TD Ameritrade Holding Corp in an all-stock deal valued at $26 billion, the two largest U.S. discount brokerages said on Monday, as they try to fend off competition from newer rivals.



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General Electric grabs finance chief from shipping group Maersk

A.P. Moller-Maersk's finance chief Carolina Dybeck Happe will leave the shipping group to take up a similar position at General Electric early next year, the companies said on Monday.



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How to have a difficult money conversation with a family member: just start talking

Though financial conversations are not easy, not fun and even frightening, people still know they need to have them.

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Black Friday darker for some retail stocks than others

The U.S. holiday shopping period kicking off on Friday may heighten Wall Street's perception of a growing divide between retailers adapting to online sales and those unable to shake their reliance on dwindling shopping mall traffic.



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Blackstone to invest $400 million in gene therapy venture with Ferring

Blackstone Group Inc said on Monday it will invest $400 million in a joint venture with Swiss drug company Ferring that is working on an experimental gene therapy for bladder cancer, the private equity giant's largest ever bet on drug development.



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Getting In Early: SEC Sees Growth In Equity Crowdfunding

Financial Advisor | John Bowens | Nov 20, 2019 Like the small businesses it was designed to help, equity crowdfunding is still in its start-up stage. But the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports that it’s rapidly growing into a viable source of financing – and a new investment option for those who want to

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CBS and Viacom to close merger on Dec. 4

The all-stock merger of CBS Corp and Viacom Inc is expected to close on Dec. 4, the companies said on Monday.



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Wall Street opens higher as report sparks trade deal hopes

U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as expectations of a U.S.-China trade truce were strengthened by a report that the two sides were nearing an agreement, while a raft of blockbuster deals also lifted sentiment.



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Why PayPal’s Acquisition of Rewards Platform Honey Is a Big Deal

Fortune | Polina Marinova | Nov 21, 2019 PayPal’s got a lot going on. It has agreed to acquire Honey, a Los Angeles-based provider of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile app, for $4 billion. This is PayPal’s largest acquisition to date and the largest acquisition of a tech company in L.A. history. Just yesterday,

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