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Elliott calls for break-up and bigger buyback at Germany's Scout24

Elliott calls for break-up and bigger buyback at Germany's Scout24

U.S. activist investor Elliott [ECAL.UL] has urged German classifieds group Scout24 to sell its car listings business and ramp up a share buyback program to boost returns to investors.



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Britain signs $425 million Typhoon engine contract with Rolls-Royce

Britain signs $425 million Typhoon engine contract with Rolls-Royce

Britain has signed a 350 million pound ($425 million) contract with Rolls-Royce to provide maintenance for the engines of Typhoon fighter jets.



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Trade row slams stocks, yuan slumps to lowest in over a decade

Trade row slams stocks, yuan slumps to lowest in over a decade

Global stocks fell for a sixth day on Monday as an escalation of a trade war between the United States and China spooked markets and the yuan fell to its lowest levels in over a decade.



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Top Apple analyst Kuo says iPhone prices won't go higher amid the trade war with China

Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities says that Apple has planned ahead for the trade war and should be able to offset the costs.

7 years ago
Wall Street headed lower as yuan slide deepens trade fears

Wall Street headed lower as yuan slide deepens trade fears

U.S. stock index futures pointed to more losses on Monday as China's yuan hit its lowest in a decade, spurring a continuation of a sell-off on trade concerns on Friday that generated the S&P 500's worst weekly performance of 2019.



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Drug industry urges Canada to act early on U.S. import plan

Drug industry urges Canada to act early on U.S. import plan

Canada's main pharmaceutical lobby group has urged the government not to wait for drug shortages before responding to U.S. plans to import Canadian drugs, according to documents seen by Reuters.



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Morgan Stanley: If trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 3 quarters

Morgan Stanley explained on Monday why it believes "we will enter recession in 3 quarters" if the trade war continues to escalate.

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Oil prices fall as trade war concerns hit demand outlook

Oil prices fall as trade war concerns hit demand outlook

Oil prices fell on Monday on global growth concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs, which could limit crude demand from the world's two biggest buyers.



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Oil down over 1% as trade war concerns hit demand outlook

Oil down over 1% as trade war concerns hit demand outlook

Oil prices fell on Monday on global growth concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs, which could limit crude demand from the world's two biggest buyers.



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Chipmakers, retailers and Apple set for big losses as trade war-related names drop in premarket

In early morning trading on Monday, shares of some chipmakers, retailers, Apple and Wynn Resorts tumbled on fears that the U.S. and China's trade battle is far from over.

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1 in 3 workers would take a pay cut for unlimited time off: survey

One in three workers would give up some of their pay in exchange for unlimited vacation, according to a survey from Allianz Global Assistance. But unlimited vacation might not be all it's cracked up to be.

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Bombardier consortium wins $4.5 billion monorail contract

Bombardier consortium wins $4.5 billion monorail contract

A consortium of Bombardier's rail division , Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors said on Monday it had won a contract to supply and operate two monorail lines in Egypt for $4.5 billion.



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IBM and other companies launch new blockchain network for supply management

IBM and other companies launch new blockchain network for supply management

International Business Machines Corp announced on Monday a new blockchain network aimed at improving manual and cumbersome supply chain management.



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Walmart's Flipkart to add free movies, videos streaming to its app

Walmart's Flipkart to add free movies, videos streaming to its app

Walmart Inc's Indian unit Flipkart is set to roll out a free video service for all of its 160 million customers this month as the ecommerce company looks for new ways to increase its user base in smaller towns and cities, it said on Monday.



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