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A 31-member Taliban delegation has
arrived in Qatar to sign a U.S. troop withdrawal deal that could
end the war in Afghanistan, officials of the hardline Islamist
group said on Saturday.
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Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has
amassed a stake in Twitter Inc and is pushing for
changes, including removal of the social media company's chief
executive, Jack Dorsey, two people familiar with the matter said
on Friday.
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The U.S. dollar slid to a
seven-week low against the Japanese yen on Friday after Federal
Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank could cut
interest rates in the wake of the coronavirus.
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The Trump administration on
Friday said it would focus on concluding new trade agreements
with Britain, the European Union and Kenya over the coming year,
while strictly enforcing trade laws and pushing for reforms of
the World Trade Organization.
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Harley-Davidson Inc on Friday
named a board member hailed for turning around the Puma brand's
near-bankrupt business as its interim chief as the motorcycle
maker gropes for an effective strategy to woo young customers
and revive sales.
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China's services sector activity
also shrank at a record pace in February, official data showed
on Saturday.
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Many companies negotiating
mergers and acquisitions (M&A) contracts are haggling over
whether the global coronavirus outbreak should offer legal
grounds for the acquirers to walk away from their agreements,
dealmakers say.
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Big U.S. banks have
been rolling out contingency plans to respond to the global
coronavirus outbreak - requiring some staff to work from home,
implementing travel restrictions, and talking to regulators
about potential stresses.
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U.S. fund managers were behind
on factoring in the impact of coronavirus and still have some
catching up to do, according to a read of repatriation flows,
which typically spike in times of caution, policy and risk
analysis firm Exante Data said.
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Intesa Sanpaolo said on Friday it
had hired JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and local broker Equita
SIM to complete a team of advisers led by Mediobanca supporting
Italy's biggest retail bank in its takeover offer of rival UBI
Banca.
