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Oil dips to worst weekly loss of year as trade war lingers

Bloomberg Oil limped to its worst weekly loss of the year as tensions lingered over how the trade feud between the world’s top economic super powers will hit demand. Futures in New York rebounded somewhat but still ended the week down 6.6 percent, the biggest decline since late December, after days of escalating rhetoric between China and the US. Chinese …

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Trump’s Huawei ban could backfire on US technology

Bloomberg The Trump administration widened its dragnet on Chinese companies barred from selling to the US or buying components from American firms in a push to slow China’s technological advances. After crippling Huawei Technologies Co, the administration followed up by threatening to cut off US compone- nts or software to five Chinese video surveillance firms. But the plan might backfire, …

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US unveils antitrust investigation of real estate brokerage industry

Bloomberg US antitrust officials are investigating potentially anti-competitive practices in the residential real estate brokerage business, with a focus on compensation to brokers and restrictions on their access to listings. The probe was detailed in a civil investigative demand, which is akin to a subpoena, issued by the Justice Department to CoreLogic Inc., which provides real estate data to government …

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