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FILE PHOTO: The ticker symbol and logo for Goldman Sachs is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc launched a long-awaited app this week for customers of its online bank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, but the labor market appears to be cooling, with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a 1-1/2-year high at the end of 2019. FILE PHOTO: A “Now Hiring” sign advertising jobs at Best Buy hangs

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but the updates stop far short of critics’ demands and what rival companies have pledged to do. FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the Facebook logo

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Group, whose leader faces trials over a bribery scandal involving former president Park Geun-hye, has appointed external experts to a new oversight panel to stamp out criminal conduct, the chief of the committee said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, arrives at Seoul high

FILE PHOTO: Heinz tomato Ketchup is show on display during a preview of a new Walmart Super Center prior to its opening in Compton, California, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo CHICAGO (Reuters) – Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) on Wednesday named Carlos Abrams-Rivera as the leader of its U.S. business in the food company’s

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq, sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and sharply lifting oil prices as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East. FILE PHOTO: Gold bars are displayed at the headquarters of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation in

MILAN (Reuters) – Struggling Italian carrier Alitalia [CAITLA.UL] is burning through its cash resources at the pace of around 300 million euros ($334 million) a year, its new temporary administrator Giuseppe Leogrande told members of a parliamentary committee. FILE PHOTO: An Alitalia airplane is seen before take off from the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in

SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) have teamed up to develop electric air taxis, joining the global race to make small self-flying cars to ease urban congestion. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Hyundai Motor is pictured at the second media day for the Shanghai

(Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell for a second session on Monday, led by financial and technology stocks, as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran pushed investors toward safe-haven assets such as gold and government bonds. FILE PHOTO: A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 2,

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices shot more than 2% higher on Monday, with Brent rising above $70 a barrel, after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a threat to impose sanctions on Iraq amid escalating tensions with Iran in the Middle East. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019.

FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags are set up for a meeting during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at China’s Ministry of Transport in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee (Reuters) – A Chinese trade delegation is planning to travel to Washington on Jan. 13 for the signing of the

FILE PHOTO: The Daimler is seen during a press conference on the second press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – German automaker Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) said on Saturday it will recall 744,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the United States from the 2001 through 2011

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol BERLIN (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is considering opening stores in Germany, its second biggest market after the United States, the ecommerce company’s head in the country was quoted as saying on Saturday. “The fact

SAN DIEGO/BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers who last year were frequently at odds over where to set U.S. borrowing costs opened 2020 telegraphing confidence in the state of the economy and signaling broad agreement that monetary policy is right where it should be. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin poses

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) beat Wall Street estimates for annual vehicle deliveries and met the low-end of its own target, sending shares to a record high in a vindication for Chief Executive Elon Musk after a few turbulent years. FILE PHOTO: China-made Tesla Model 3 vehicles are seen at the Shanghai Gigafactory of the

FILE PHOTO: A China-made Tesla Model 3 vehicle is seen at a delivery ceremony in the Shanghai Gigafactory of the U.S. electric car maker in Shanghai, China December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Sun SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Friday cut the starting price for its China-made Model 3 vehicles to