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Daimler sharpens cost cutting with sales recovery on horizon

Bloomberg Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Ola Kallenius will widen cost cuts to shore up returns, even as the German manufacturer signalled demand for cars and trucks started to recover from the most dramatic slump in decades. Mercedes-Benz car deliveries in China climbed to a record in the second quarter, truck orders are picking up, and global retail sales in ...

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UK house prices drop 0.1% in June from May

Bloomberg UK house prices have slipped for a fourth month in June as the country started to emerge from lockdown. Average house prices fell 0.1% to an average of $300,000, Halifax said, the longest run of declines in a decade. From a year earlier, prices gained 2.5%. New mortgage inquiries rose 100% on the month. Britain is slowly lifting the ...

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Google, Amazon funnel $20mn to virus conspiracy sites

Bloomberg Digital advertising platforms run by Google, Amazon.com Inc. and other tech companies will funnel at least $25 million to websites spreading misinformation about Covid-19 this year, according to a study released Wednesday. Google’s platforms will provide $19 million, or $3 out of every $4 that the misinformation sites get in ad revenue. OpenX, a smaller digital ad distributor, handles ...

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