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US stocks fluctuate after earnings; dollar declines

Bloomberg US equities were mixed as investors weighed corporate earnings and news of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s $35 billion takeover of another chipmaker with concerns about growing virus infections. The dollar slipped. Technology shares were among the best performers after AMD said it would buy Xilinx Inc. Energy shares and financial companies dragged on the major indexes. The S&P 500 …

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Ghana misses out on African bond rally on election concerns

Bloomberg Ghana is missing out on a rally of African bonds as investors fret about an expansion in spending and borrowing ahead of elections in December. The elevated borrowing to cover the spending shortfall has seen the country’s three-year and longer-dated local bond yields rise on the secondary market even as those of its peers on the continent are falling. …

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Oil slides with rising Libyan crude output adding to demand woes

Bloomberg Oil falls to the lowest in three weeks as the threat of increased Libyan crude output added to concerns that a resurgence of the coronavirus will weaken the global economy. Futures in New York fell as much as 3.7% to below $39 a barrel on Monday. Libya’s daily output has risen to 690,000 barrels from less than 100,000 in …

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