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Nov 14, 2019
* Police say they are taking a breather to avoid injuries
(Adds death of man hit by brick, paragraph 3; further Nathan
Road unrest, paragraph 14)
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. producer prices
increased by the most in six months in October, lifted by gains
in the costs of goods and services, further bolstering the
Federal Reserve's stance that it will probably not cut interest
rates again in the near term.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canopy Growth Corp said
on Thursday it may miss targets for fourth quarter revenue as
regulations slow retail store openings in Canada, sending its
shares down 16% and adding to signs of weakness in the legal
cannabis market.
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Nov 14, 2019
China on Thursday
lifted a nearly five-year ban on poultry meat imports from the
United States, a move that senior U.S. officials said would pave
the way for more than $1 billion in annual poultry exports to
China.
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Nov 14, 2019
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Nov 14, 2019
The casual dining chain Houlihan's filed
for bankruptcy protection on Thursday, unable to overcome
limited liquidity and high rents despite recent above-average
growth, and plans to sell itself to rival Landry's in a
court-supervised auction.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Zinc prices drop to lowest since Oct. 18
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc raised
its annual outlook on Thursday as a robust economy boosted
purchases at its stores and website and the retailer picked up
market share in food and other groceries, earning praise from
U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Nov 14, 2019
Facebook Inc signed a lease for
over 1.5 million square feet of office space across 30 floors
and three buildings in New York City's Hudson Yards, according
to a statement by the luxury and commercial real estate
development on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
ProPetro Holding Co on Thursday
said it had not lost customers and did not expect to restate
prior results amid a board probe in financial disclosures and an
investigation by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
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Nov 14, 2019
Russia's security services
moved money through Estonia to finance operations overseas, the
Baltic country's finance minister, who is leading a clean up
after a money laundering scandal, told Reuters.
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Nov 14, 2019
Facebook Inc signed a lease for
over 1.5 million square feet of office space across 30 floors
and three buildings in New York City's Hudson Yards, according
to a statement by the luxury and commercial real estate
development on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. shale producer Callon
Petroleum on Thursday sharply cut its offer for rival
Carrizo Oil & Gas postponed a shareholder vote in a
last ditch effort to win support for the deal.
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Nov 14, 2019
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
(CPPIB), the country's biggest public pension fund, on Thursday
reported a 2.2% return on its investments for the second
quarter.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Commercial vehicles may be more suited for assisted
driving tech
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Nov 14, 2019
* Indexes: Dow flat, S&P up 0.07%, Nasdaq off 0.07%
(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click or
type LIVE/ in a news window.)
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Nov 14, 2019
Brazilian cosmetics firm
Natura&Co is still facing challenges in Hong Kong,
where both its Body Shop and Aesop brands have been affected by
months of violent protests, and does not expect the situation to
improve in the short-term, executives said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday
general counsel Allen Parker, who briefly served as interim
chief executive of the scandal-hit U.S bank, will step down next
year.
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Nov 14, 2019
Mexico's peso slipped ahead of a central
bank meeting on Thursday where policymakers are widely expected
to cut rates while the Chilean peso hit a new low as widespread
anti-government protests showed no signs of abating.
A
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc posted
strong results on Thursday as a strong economy boosted purchases
at its stores and website and the retailer picked up market
share in food and other groceries, earning praise from U.S.
President Donald Trump.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Police say they are taking a breather to avoid injuries
(Adds China president's comments in Brazil, paragraphs 3-4)
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Nov 14, 2019
Brazilian cosmetics firm
Natura&Co is still facing challenges in Hong Kong,
where both Body Shop and Aesop brands have been affected by
months of violent protests, and does not expect the situation to
improve in the short-term, executives said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
ProPetro Holding Co on Thursday
said it had not lost customers and did not expect to restate
prior results amid a board probe in financial disclosures and an
investigation by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canada's main stock index opened
marginally higher on Thursday, led by gains in materials as gold
prices rose on fears of a global slowdown, spurred by weak
economic data.
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Nov 14, 2019
Viacom Inc, the owner of MTV,
Nickelodeon and Comedy Central cable networks, beat analysts'
estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday as domestic
advertising revenue grew.
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Nov 14, 2019
Grupo Aval, Colombia's largest
financial conglomerate, said on Thursday it would issue 400
billion pesos ($116.2 million) in local bonds, principally to
pay off debts.
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Nov 14, 2019
Argentine oil company
YPF SA has sold its first commercial liquefied natural
gas (LNG) cargo to Brazilian state energy firm Petroleo
Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, three industry
sources said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc reported
better-than-expected third quarter U.S. comparable sales on
Thursday and raised its full-year outlook as a strong economy
boosted purchases at its stores and website and the retailer
picked up market share in food and other groceries.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. shale producer Callon
Petroleum on Thursday cut its buyout offer for rival
Carrizo Oil & Gas and postponed a shareholder vote in a
last ditch effort to win support for the deal.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canada's main stock index opened
marginally higher on Thursday, led by materials and energy
stocks.
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Nov 14, 2019
Wells Fargo & Co on Thursday said
its general counsel Allen Parker, who was formerly interim chief
executive officer, would step down in March 2020.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday as
weak data from major economies and a dour forecast from Cisco
rekindled worries of a global slowdown.
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Nov 14, 2019
JBS SA, the world's
largest meatpacker, on Thursday reported a quarterly net profit
of $86 million as higher meat prices across its markets
bolstered results amid an outbreak of African swine fever in
Asia.
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Nov 14, 2019
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight
index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk
commodities, inched lower on Thursday, as lower panamax rates
offset a rise in capesize rates.
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Nov 14, 2019
Asda, the British supermarket arm
of the world's biggest retailer Walmart, blamed lower
sales in its latest quarter on Brexit uncertainty, saying it had
negatively affected consumers' spending patterns.
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Nov 14, 2019
Wells Fargo & Co on Thursday said
its general counsel Allen Parker, who was formerly interim chief
executive officer, would step down in March 2020.
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Nov 14, 2019
Apple Inc on Thursday launched
an app that will let users of its devices to enroll in three
health studies, allowing them to share health-related data for
medical research.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Futures off: 0.20%, S&P 0.23%, Nasdaq 0.28%
(Adds comments, updates market action)
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. stock index futures slipped slightly
on Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 and the Dow closed at
record highs, as weak Chinese economic data and a dour forecast
from Cisco rekindled fears of a global slowdown.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canopy Growth Corp on
Thursday reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on
soaring expenses and said it would not make any large
investments to expand in Canada amid surplus supply and tepid
demand for weed and weed products.
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Nov 14, 2019
The casual dining chain Houlihan's filed
for bankruptcy protection on Thursday, unable to overcome
limited liquidity and high rents despite recent above-average
growth, and plans to sell itself to rival Landry's in a
court-supervised auction.
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Nov 14, 2019
Technology company IBM
said on Thursday it will launch a new weather forecasting system
which will be able to predict conditions up to 12 hours in
advance and cover parts of the world which have not had access
to such detailed data.
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Nov 14, 2019
Ride-share provider Via said on Thursday
it had partnered with the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey to provide flat-rate shared trips from New York City's
LaGuardia Airport, which is plagued by congestion and limited
access to public transit.
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Nov 14, 2019
Amazon.com is lowering
the fee it charges customers in Germany for delivering fresh
groceries and allowing its Prime subscribers to pay per order
instead of committing to monthly membership, the U.S. company
said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Powered by 620 horsepower, eight cylinder engine
(Adds comments, detail from presentation)
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Nov 14, 2019
Brazilian industrial
conglomerate Votorantim SA posted on Thursday a net loss of 458
million reais ($110 million) in the third quarter, mainly due to
losses in a Peruvian mine held by the group's subsidiary Nexa
Resources.
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Nov 14, 2019
British luxury brand Burberry on
Thursday said it has joined forces with China's Tencent
for a new digital marketing and sales push to tap the
nation's increasingly social media savvy shoppers in a critical
luxury market.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Police say they are taking a breather to avoid injuries
(Adds tunnel turnstiles set ablaze, paragraphs 15-16)
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Nov 14, 2019
Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates rose on
Thursday, lifted by banking shares, while a host of disappointing corporate
earnings weighed on Egypt's bourse.
Egypt's blue-chip index was down 0.4% with foreigners net sellers,
according to Egyptian stock exchange data.
Telecom Egypt fell 1.4% as a
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Nov 14, 2019
Viacom Inc, the owner of MTV,
Nickelodeon and Comedy Central cable networks, beat analysts'
estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a
continued rise in domestic advertising revenue.
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc reported
better-than-expected third quarter U.S. comparable sales on
Thursday as people spent more at its stores and website and the
retailer picked up market share in food and other groceries.
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Nov 14, 2019
* LME copper stocks at 5-month lows
(Updates prices, adds zinc)
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Nov 14, 2019
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled a new fraud charge against lawyer Michael Avenatti, accusing him of lying to a client as part of his alleged effort to extort Nike Inc.
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Nov 14, 2019
Asda, the British supermarket arm
of U.S. retail giant Walmart, reported lower sales in
its latest quarter, saying uncertainty surrounding Britain's
exit from the European Union had negatively affected spending
patterns.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. stock index futures slipped slightly
on Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 and the Dow closed at
record highs, as weak Chinese economic data and a dour forecast
from Cisco rekindled fears of a global slowdown.
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Nov 14, 2019
SoftBank, whose $5
billion Latin America fund has showered regional startups with
cash, is also courting local venture capital funds, an unusual
move for the Japanese investor that has jolted the region's tech
scene.
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc reported
better-than-expected third quarter U.S. comparable sales on
Thursday as people spent more at its stores and website and the
retailer picked up market share in food and other groceries.
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Nov 14, 2019
Pope Francis said on
Thursday that technology company executives and investors must
be held accountable if they put profit before the protection of
children, including from easy access to pornography on the web.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. shale producer Callon
Petroleum on Thursday cut its buyout offer for rival
Carrizo Oil & Gas and postponed a shareholder vote in a
last ditch effort to win support for the deal.
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Nov 14, 2019
Futures for Canada's main stock index
edged up on Thursday, buoyed by gains in oil prices following a
surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories and OPEC's comment about
lower-than-expected U.S. shale production in 2020.
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Nov 14, 2019
MTV-owner Viacom Inc, which is
in the process of reuniting with CBS Corp, beat
analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by
a rise in advertising revenue.
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Nov 14, 2019
Ford Motor Co will use the Mustang
name, previously reserved for a muscle car, for an electric
sport utility vehicle (SUV) that customers in the United States,
Canada and Europe can start ordering on Nov. 17, the company
said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
Norwest Venture Partners,
a former investor in Uber and Spotify, said on Thursday it
closed its largest fund to date at $2 billion, bringing its
total capital under management to $9.5 billion.
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Nov 14, 2019
To unclog bottlenecks last
year at his Tesla Inc plant in California, Elon Musk
flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from Germany
to speed up battery production for its Model 3.
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Nov 14, 2019
World stocks nudged down on
Thursday as Chinese economic data slowed in October and Germany
only narrowly avoided a recession in the third quarter, adding
to worries about the global growth fallout from the U.S.-China
trade war.
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart Inc reported
better-than-expected third quarter U.S. comparable sales on
Thursday as people spent more at its stores and website, and the
retailer raised its earnings outlook for the year.
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Nov 14, 2019
* China tabloid removes tweet saying HK ready to impose
curfew
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Nov 14, 2019
MTV-owner Viacom Inc beat Wall
Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, helped
by a rise in domestic advertising revenue.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canopy Growth Corp reported a
bigger quarterly loss on Thursday, as the Canadian pot producer
was hit by restructuring charges.
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Nov 14, 2019
President Donald Trump's pick
to run the Energy Department, Dan Brouillette, will face
questions at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday on
issues including the future of coal and nuclear power.
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Nov 14, 2019
U.S. shale producer Callon
Petroleum on Thursday cut its buyout offer for rival
Carrizo Oil & Gas and postponed a shareholder vote in a
last ditch effort to win support for the deal.
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Nov 14, 2019
The founder of Cirque de Soleil, Guy
Laliberté, was released after being taken into police custody in
French Polynesia for growing cannabis, Laliberté's investment
firm said on Wednesday.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Shares slump almost 20%
(Adds CEO comment, detail on Greyhound, shares)
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Nov 14, 2019
The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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Nov 14, 2019
Health authorities in
eastern Congo have introduced a new Ebola vaccine produced by
Johnson & Johnson, aid group MSF said on Thursday, to
help combat the world's second-worst outbreak of the virus on
record.
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Nov 14, 2019
Ford Motor Co will start taking
reservations for its electric sport utility vehicle, Mustang
Mach-E, starting Nov. 17, when the U.S. automaker unveils the
vehicle at an event in Los Angeles, the company said on
Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
Canopy Growth Corp reported a
bigger quarterly loss on Thursday, as the Canadian pot producer
was hit by restructuring and inventory charges as part of its
portfolio review.
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Nov 14, 2019
* CEO does not expect a fine for Aug. 9 blackouts
(Adds CEO comments from call)
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Nov 14, 2019
Callon Petroleum said on Thursday
it had cut its buyout offer for Carrizo Oil & Gas and
postponed shareholders' meeting to Dec. 20.
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Nov 14, 2019
Ford Motor Co will start taking
reservations for its electric sport utility vehicle, Mustang
Mach-E, starting Nov. 17, when the U.S. automaker unveils the
vehicle at an event in Los Angeles, the company said on
Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
A plane crash that killed all 50
people on board at Russia's Kazan Airport in 2013 was the result
of errors made by two pilots, including one who got his licence
using falsified documents, Russian investigators said on
Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Thursday:
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Nov 14, 2019
Buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners LP
has agreed to join private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners
as an owner of U.S. clinical trial services company WCG, the
companies said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
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Israeli software provider Nice
reported a bigger-than-expected 8% increase in
quarterly net profit, fuelled by growth in its cloud platforms,
and raised its outlook for full-year earnings.
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Nov 14, 2019
The world's largest
meat-packer JBS SA on Thursday posted third-quarter
net profits of 356.7 million reais ($85.7 million) as higher
meat prices across geographies bolstered results amid an
outbreak of African swine fever in Asia.
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Nov 14, 2019
Wix.com, which helps
small businesses build and operate websites, reported higher
profit and revenue in the third quarter, but lowered the upper
end of its full year revenue forecast range to adjust for recent
foreign exchange moves.
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Nov 14, 2019
Central European currencies
and stocks were mixed against the euro early on Thursday as
reports showed economic growth across the region was mostly
below expectations in the third quarter.
The Hungarian forint outperformed, gaining 0.2%
against the euro by 1010 GMT. Hungarian economic growth
accelerated more than expected, to an annual 5.0% in the third
quarter.
Growth in central and eastern Europe has been driven by
domestic consumption as labour force
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Nov 14, 2019
Qatar Airways has placed a $4
billion jet engine order with CFM International to power its 50
Airbus A321neos.
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Nov 14, 2019
* China tabloid removes tweet saying HK ready to impose
curfew
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Nov 14, 2019
Norway approved the plans of
ConocoPhillips for a 6.1 billion crowns ($667.10
million) development of the Tor II field, which is expected to
start production in the final quarter of 2020, the oil and
energy ministry said on Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
Anti-government protests in Hong Kong led
to a decline by emerging-market stocks on Thursday, while the
Turkish lira fell after President Tayyip Erdogan's visit to
Washington did little to ease concerns about ties with the
United States.
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Nov 14, 2019
Brazilian meat-packer JBS SA
on Thursday posted third-quarter net profits of 356.7
million reais ($85.7 million), reversing losses of 133.5 million
reais from a year earlier, as higher meat prices across
geographies bolstered results.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Consultancy says West's position is 'precarious'
(Updates with Chinese comment)
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Nov 14, 2019
Anti-government protesters
paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday,
forcing schools to close and blocking highways and other
transport to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation
of violence.
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Nov 14, 2019
Alibaba's planned
$13.4 billion share sale will be Hong Kong's first paperless
stock market listing, a source with knowledge of the matter
said, breaking with a long-held tradition of investors placing
stock orders in bank branches.
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Nov 14, 2019
* Qiagen soars on report of Thermo Fisher deal
(For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon
news window)
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Nov 14, 2019
"The Mandalorian" creator
Jon Favreau and cast members debuted the "Star Wars" series on
Wednesday at a red-carpet event for fans and promised more
surprises following the reveal of an unexpected new character in
the first episode.
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Nov 14, 2019
* China tabloid removes tweet saying HK ready to impose
curfew
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Nov 14, 2019
* UK government, EU Commission have no immediate comment
(Adds Commission comment, paragraph 6)
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