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Oil Dips After U.S. Warns On Health Of Global Economy

Oil prices edged lower on Friday after the U.S. central bank warned on the health of the global economy and bearish signs persisted that the world's biggest crude producers would keep pumping at high levels to maintain market share. The...

China Firms Sign Deal For High-Speed Las Vegas-Los Angeles Rail Link Ahead Of Xi’s U.S. Visit

A unit of China's CRRC Corp, the world's biggest train maker by revenue, on Thursday joined a group of its domestic peers in agreeing a deal to help build a high-speed link from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, underlining...

Adobe Revenue, Profit Forecast Miss Estimates, Shares Slip

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Adobe Systems Inc's lower-than-expected revenue and profit forecast for the current quarter overshadowed a strong rise in net subscriptions for its Creative Cloud software suite, sending its shares down 3.5 percent in extended trading. The company also said on Thursday...

‘Don’t panic,’ Emefiele tells banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, ruled out on Thursday a naira devaluation and told people not to panic about the government shifting its bank accounts to the central bank, a move that drains billions of...

Citigroup CFO Expects 5 Percent Decline In Third-Quarter Markets Revenue

Citigroup Inc (C.N) expects its third-quarter markets revenue to fall by about 5 percent from a year earlier, Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach said on Wednesday. The decline largely stems from a strong comparable performance in September 2014 in its...

Fedex Profit Misses Expectations, Lowers Earnings Forecast

Package delivery company FedEx Corp (FDX.N) posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, but missed Wall Street expectations due to weak global economic conditions and the strong U.S. dollar. The Memphis-based company also lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing modest...

Wall St. Opens Little Changed As Fed Uncertainty Reigns

Wall Street was little changed on Wednesday as investors held fire ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on an interest rate hike. The Fed will announce its decision on Thursday after a two-day meeting. Speculation about when the Fed will end...

HP To Cut Up To 33,300 Jobs Over Next Three Years

Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N), which plans to split into two listed companies this year, said it expected to cut about 33,300 jobs over three years as the tech pioneer adjusts to falling demand. The latest cuts, on top of 55,000 layoffs...

Interbank Market Frozen As Banks Comply With Treasury Single Account

Nigerian banks made no bids on the interbank money market on Tuesday as they awaited instructions on how to comply with a directive to transfer government revenues into a single account with the central bank, dealers said. President Muhammadu Buhari...

World Bank Economists Warn Fed Hikes May Be Bumpy For Emerging Markets

A rise in market expectations for U.S. interest rates as the Federal Reserve starts to normalize policy could cut capital inflows to emerging markets by as much as 45 percent, World Bank economists said in a paper published on...