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Auto parts supplier Prevent Group sues Volkswagen for suppressing competition

Volkswagen parts supplier Prevent Group on Monday filed a lawsuit alleging the German automaker used anticompetitive tactics to stop larger suppliers like the company from acquiring smaller rivals in the United States.



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Impact investing pioneers partner up

Investment Executive | James Langton | November 7, 2019 Vancity Community Investment Bank to acquire CoPower investment platform Toronto-based Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB),  a subsidiary of Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, will bolster the bank’s impact investing capabilities by buying Montreal-based green investment platform CoPower Inc., VCIB announced Thursday. The transaction brings together a bank devoted to

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Amazon offers ad-supported free music streaming service

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has introduced an ad-supported free version of its music streaming service Amazon Music, taking on rival Spotify Technology which has nearly 140 million users for its free version.



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The world is getting windier and it could mean a big boost for alternative energy

According to a new research report, the world is getting windier, and there are big implications for the wind energy industry.

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WeWork's 2025 junk bond falls to record low

Shared-office operator WeWork's 2025 junk bond fell to a record low on Monday, with its last yielding bid at 16.06%.



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Satellite stock Intelsat drops 40% after FCC 5G decision

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Monday that it will publicly auction off a valuable telecommunications asset.

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Qantas Airways sets $1.36 billion annual spending target

Qantas Airways Ltd is targeting annual spending of about A$2 billion ($1.36 billion) and expects capacity growth to be little changed in the second half of fiscal 2020, the airline said in a presentation on Tuesday.



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Auto parts supplier Prevent sues Volkswagen for suppressing competition

Volkswagen parts supplier Prevent Group on Monday filed a lawsuit alleging the German automaker used anticompetitive tactics to stop larger suppliers like the company from acquiring smaller rivals in the United States.



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Boeing to give Southwest board 737 MAX update this week

Boeing Co this week will present to the board of its largest 737 MAX customer, Southwest Airlines Co , an overview of its plans to return the grounded jet to service, a spokesman for the airline said on Monday.



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Coinshares Reveals Top 10 Crypto Trends in 2019

Bitcoinist | Christina Comben | Nov 13, 2019 Top 10 Crypto Trends This Year As CoinShares states at the start of the report, “knowledge is best when shared.” In order for the crypto industry to grow, “participants and outside analysts have to be able to identify, gather, and analyze data to tell the story of

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Beyond Meat vs Zhenmeat: The battle for China's meatless market

U.S. plant-based "meat" makers targeting China like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat Inc will need to battle homegrown rivals which are developing local favorites such as dumplings and mooncakes to nab a share of the lucrative market.



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Factbox: Who is doing what in China's plant-based meat business

While China is no stranger to food using vegetarian ingredients to give a meat-like flavor, the buzz around Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods in the U.S. is driving a series of Chinese companies to roll out similar pea or soy-based meat products.



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Visa R&D Arm Develops a Blockchain System That Could Replace Financial Data Aggregators

Coindesk |Nathan DiCamillo | Nov 18, 2019 The Takeaway The research arm of payment card giant Visa has published a paper describing the development of LucidiTEE, a blockchain system for orchestrating sensitive data among multiple parties. For example, the paper outlines a system that would allow banks and fintech applications to share data without relying

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Lawmakers urge U.S. government to tighten export controls to China on security fears

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Monday urged the U.S. government to swiftly issue rules to make it harder to export sophisticated technologies to China that Beijing can use to boost its military.



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Australia regulator says CBA life insurance arm pleads guilty to offences

The life insurance arm of Australia's largest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia , pleaded guilty to 87 counts of hawking offences, the corporate regulator said on Tuesday.



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