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These money habits in your 'financial junk drawer' are probably doing you more harm than good

These money habits in your 'financial junk drawer' are probably doing you more harm than good

The best way to change your worst financial behaviors? Embrace positive new habits instead of avoiding old ones.

6 years ago
Pelosi to speak on USMCA as officials close in on trade deal

Pelosi to speak on USMCA as officials close in on trade deal

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a news conference on Tuesday to discuss the U.S. Mexico Canada (USMCA) trade deal as U.S. and Canadian officials prepared to fly to Mexico City to work on final changes to the agreement.



6 years ago
Trump says U.S., Mexico, Canada trade pact 'looking good'

Trump says U.S., Mexico, Canada trade pact 'looking good'

Efforts to finalize the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) were "looking good," U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday shortly before U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to discuss the trade deal at a news conference.



6 years ago
Wall Street opens flat as Netflix, JPM losses overshadow trade hopes

Wall Street opens flat as Netflix, JPM losses overshadow trade hopes

Wall Street's main indexes were little changed at the open on Tuesday, with losses in Netflix and JPMorgan overshadowing a report that the United States and China were planning to delay a new round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15.



6 years ago
Schlumberger CFO Simon Ayat to be replaced by Stephane Biguet

Schlumberger CFO Simon Ayat to be replaced by Stephane Biguet

Schlumberger NV's chief financial officer, Simon Ayat, is stepping down after nearly 12 years in the role and will be replaced by Stephane Biguet, the oilfield services provider said on Tuesday.



6 years ago
Exxon wins climate change lawsuit, as cases over global warming proliferate

Exxon wins climate change lawsuit, as cases over global warming proliferate

Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday scored a win in a closely-watched case after a judge ruled that the company did not hide the true cost of climate change regulation from investors.



6 years ago
U.S. third-quarter labor cost growth cut; productivity soft

U.S. third-quarter labor cost growth cut; productivity soft

Growth of U.S. labor costs was not as robust as initially thought in the third quarter, suggesting inflation could remain tame in the near term.



6 years ago
EU antitrust regulators mull tougher line against tech giants

EU antitrust regulators mull tougher line against tech giants

EU antitrust regulators are considering taking a tougher line against tech giants by forcing them to do more to ensure a level playing field, a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday, a move which could affect Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google.



6 years ago
Cboe buys EuroCCP to bolster Dutch EU base after Brexit

Cboe buys EuroCCP to bolster Dutch EU base after Brexit

Cboe Global Markets said on Tuesday it would take full control of EuroCCP, Europe's largest clearing house for stock trades, to bolster its post-Brexit base in Amsterdam and diversify into derivatives.



6 years ago
Oil prices drop as trade war concerns haunt market

Oil prices drop as trade war concerns haunt market

Oil prices slipped for a second straight session on Tuesday as a slowing global demand outlook outweighed OPEC's deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020.



6 years ago
BlackRock Investment Institute 'modestly positive' on risk assets for 2020

BlackRock Investment Institute 'modestly positive' on risk assets for 2020

BlackRock Investment Institute said on Tuesday it was cautiously rotating into cyclical assets, Japanese equities and emerging markets.



6 years ago
Agreement reached by U.S., Canada and Mexico - again - to replace NAFTA

Agreement reached by U.S., Canada and Mexico - again - to replace NAFTA

Canada, Mexico and the United States have agreed to a fresh overhaul of their quarter-century-old regional trade pact after negotiators approved changes to a preliminary deal struck last year, and officials will sign the new agreement on Tuesday.



6 years ago
Irish court lifts restriction on Ryanair profit target

Irish court lifts restriction on Ryanair profit target

An Irish court on Tuesday withdrew a ban on reporting a reference to Ryanair's profit after tax target for the airline's 2020 financial year contained in a 2018 share option scheme after the airline said the order was not needed.



6 years ago
Domino's Pizza chairman Stephen Hemsley to step down

Domino's Pizza chairman Stephen Hemsley to step down

Domino's Pizza Group on Tuesday said its long-serving Chairman Stephen Hemsley will step down from the board, four months after the British pizza delivery chain announced retirement of its chief executive officer.



6 years ago
Exclusive: Malaysia's Mahathir hopeful of 1MDB settlement with Goldman soon

Exclusive: Malaysia's Mahathir hopeful of 1MDB settlement with Goldman soon

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is hopeful of reaching an out-of-court settlement with Goldman Sachs over the 1MDB scandal soon, but that compensation of "one point something billion" dollars offered by the bank was too small.



6 years ago