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Falling peso hits debt-laden Philippine companies

Bloomberg The Philippines’ biggest companies face another year of significant repayments of US dollar debt after record amounts came due in 2018, even as a slumping peso makes it costlier to pay back. A total of $4.9 billion in dollar bonds and loans have matured or will still come due in 2018, more than four times the amount last year ...

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GE plunges most in 9 years as accounting probes add to woes

Bloomberg General Electric Co. plunged the most in nine years after the company disclosed an expanded federal accounting probe and worsening troubles at its ailing power business. The Securities and Exchange Commission is widening its investigation of the company’s accounting to look at a $22 billion charge in the power-equipment unit, the company said as it reported earnings for the ...

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Zuckerberg bets future of Facebook on video, Instagram

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on video and disappearing posts called “stories,” not the company’s famous news feed. Investors are buying into the vision for now. The newer products may make less money and steal user attention from the main stream of photos, comments and lucrative ads on the social network, Zuckerberg ...

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