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US stocks rally on renewed trade hopes; pound climbs

Bloomberg US stocks joined a global rally as the outlook for trade took a positive turn and confidence grew that the British prime minister will defeat a challenge to her leadership. Chipmakers and energy producers led the S&P 500 Index higher following gains in Europe and Asia after the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. was granted bail and ...

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Asia stock traders hit ‘buy’ as US-China trade magic returns

Bloomberg The power of news headlines is back, and a renewed dose of trade optimism is finally lifting Asian stocks from a six-week low. To be exact, the regional benchmark is heading for its biggest jump since December 3, when the market reacted to Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s dinner in Buenos Aires. Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial officer ...

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Fed piles up $66 billion in paper losses

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve is piling up unrealised losses on its $4.1 trillion bond portfolio, raising questions about its finances at a politically dicey moment for the independent central bank. The Fed had losses of $66.5 billion on its securities holdings on September 30, if it marked them to market, according to its latest quarterly financial report. That dwarfed its ...

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Credit Suisse set to buy back $3bn shares

Bloomberg A year ago, Tidjane Thiam asked Credit Suisse Group AG shareholders to stay with the bank through its restructuring. Those that did may still be left wanting more. Switzerland’s second-largest bank plans to buy back as much as 3 billion francs ($3 billion) of shares in the next two years, while increasing the dividend by at least 5 percent ...

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Goldman, Citi see risks for Hong Kong banks

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s banks are staring at a tough year for business, marred by lower demand for loans and a peak in local property prices. Goldman Sachs Group Inc cut the lenders’ loan-growth estimates and target prices. Citigroup Inc said the banks’ shares may drop as much as 15 percent in 2019. “A cyclical slowdown in loan growth has been ...

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RBI chief faces long to-do list in new job

Bloomberg India’s new central bank governor has a list of challenges to face as he takes office: from fixing a banking crisis to convincing investors of the institution’s autonomy. Shaktikanta Das, 61, a former economic affairs secretary at the Finance Ministry, took charge at the Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term on Wednesday, two days after Urjit Patel ...

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UBS signs pact to use Microsoft cloud services

Bloomberg UBS Group AG reached a deal worth hundreds of millions of Swiss francs to use Microsoft Corp cloud services in a bid to reduce costs while complying with strict Swiss privacy laws, according to people familiar with the matter. Switzerland’s largest bank may begin to store data at Microsoft’s purpose-built facilities near Zurich and Geneva as soon as next ...

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Lion Air firm on cancelling $22 billion Boeing jet orders

Bloomberg Lion Air Mentari’s owner is sketching out plans to become one of the world’s largest budget carriers, while also preparing to scrap $22 billion in Boeing jet orders out of anger at the manufacturer’s response to an October air disaster. Rusdi Kirana, the co-founder of Lion Air, Indonesia’s biggest airline, mapped out the seemingly contradictory goals in an interview ...

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Bombardier’s $73mn luxury jet poised for debut

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. says it will deliver its first Global 7500 next week as the company’s biggest luxury jet makes its commercial debut two years later than initially planned. The planemaker is planning an event near Montreal on December 20 to mark the entry into service of its newest aircraft, according to a statement. The Global 7500, which can fly ...

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Former LVMH executive is next CEO of Tory Burch

Bloomberg Fashion label Tory Burch is bringing on Pierre-Yves Roussel, a long-time executive at LVMH, as its new chief executive officer as the brand’s eponymous founder steps down from the role. Roussel ran the French luxury conglomerate’s fashion businesses, which include such brands as Celine, Givenchy and Loewe, until he left earlier this year. He will step into his new ...

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