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U.S. SEC orders Wells Fargo pay $35 million for recommendations of high-risk products

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 18:28
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday it had ordered Wells Fargo & Co to pay $35 million to settle charges it failed to adequately supervise investment advisers who were recommending high-risk products.
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Tellurian stock falls after company extends U.S. LNG sale negotiations with Petronet

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 18:28
Tellurian Inc stock dropped on Thursday after the company said it extended the amount of time India's Petronet LNG Ltd had to finalize an agreement to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Tellurian's Driftwood plant in Louisiana.
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FCC to propose $200 million fines for U.S. cellphone carriers over consumer data disclosures

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 18:26
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is set to propose fining four major U.S. mobile phone companies at least $200 million in total for improperly disclosing some consumer real-time location data, two people briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
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Dow suffers record decline in points as Wall Street leads global stocks lower

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 18:24
The Dow industrials posted the largest-ever points drop on Thursday as Wall Street led stocks across the globe lower, with traders fretting over the economic impact of the spreading coronavirus.
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Beyond Meat triples sales but shares fall after profit miss

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 18:06
Beyond Meat Inc said on Thursday that fourth-quarter sales tripled, but shares fell 7% in after-hours trading as the company missed earnings expectations and announced that Executive Chairman Seth Goldman will resign.
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Bed Bath & Beyond to cut about 500 jobs

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:56
Home furnishing retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc said on Thursday it would cut about 500 jobs, including management positions, as part of a restructuring program.
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Oil prices dive to lowest in over a year on coronavirus fears

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:47
Oil prices tumbled for a fifth day on Thursday to their lowest level in more than a year, as new reports of novel coronavirus cases outside China spurred investor fears that the rapidly spreading outbreak could slow the global economy.
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U.S. SEC orders Wells Fargo to pay $35 million penalty

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:43
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday it had ordered Wells Fargo & Co to pay $35 million to settle charges it failed to adequately supervise investment advisers.
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Telecom Italia picks KKR as partner for Italian broadband

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:38
Telecom Italia (TIM) on Thursday picked KKR as an exclusive partner to develop its ultra-broadband business, saying its board had taken positive note of a non-binding proposal by the U.S. investment firm.
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Wall Street tumbles again on virus fears, confirming correction

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:37
Wall Street's main indexes plunged on Thursday in their sixth straight day of declines with the S&P 500 confirming its fastest correction in history as the rapid global spread of coronavirus intensified investor worries about economic growth.
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Mylan quarterly profit beats estimates

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:32
Drugmaker Mylan NV reported a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday that beat estimates, helped by sales of new products such as asthma treatment Wixela.
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Beyond Meat's restaurant, grocery tie-ups more than triple quarterly sales

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 17:08
Beyond Meat Inc said on Thursday it expects full-year sales to grow as much as 71%, after reporting that deals with retailers and restaurants helped to more than triple fourth-quarter sales and substantially narrowed its loss.
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After Bloomberg memes, Facebook will publicly track political sponsored content

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:53
Facebook Inc will provide a way for people to track political sponsored content on Facebook and Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday.
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Coronavirus fear grips stocks, oil; Treasury yields touch record low

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:45
Stocks across the globe and oil prices continued to tumble on Thursday and U.S. Treasury yields hit record lows as traders fretted over the economic impact of the spreading coronavirus.
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Financial firms discussing coronavirus contingency plans with regulators: official

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:40
U.S.-based banks and brokers are in discussions with federal regulators about allowing staff to work from home and other business continuity arrangements amid the spread of the coronavirus, the head of a top financial trade group said on Thursday.
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Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus claims

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:36
Amazon.com Inc has barred more than 1 million products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus, the company told Reuters on Thursday.
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Opioid companies say lawyers' fee demand threatens settlement talks

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:29
Johnson & Johnson and other drug companies facing thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid epidemic have warned that settlement talks will be "severely" jeopardized if plaintiffs' lawyers are allowed to assess a fee payment worth billions of dollars.
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Microsoft shares slip after warning of coronavirus hit to supply chain

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:28
Shares of Microsoft Corp fell 4% on Thursday after the company warned of weakness in its PC business after a hit to its supply chain from the coronavirus outbreak, echoing similar statements from Apple Inc and HP .
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Facebook says it will publicly track political sponsored content

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:25
Facebook Inc will provide a way for people to track political sponsored content on Facebook and Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday.
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Wall Street on record correction pace as pandemic fears loom

Reuters Business News - Thu, 02/27/2020 - 16:23
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled for the sixth straight session on Thursday with the S&P 500 on track for its fastest correction in history as the global spread of coronavirus intensified investor uncertainty about the economic impact.
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