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Walmart's Flipkart faces further anti-trust probe in India

Walmart Inc's Flipkart faces a further anti-trust probe in India after an appellate tribunal asked the competition watchdog to investigate whether the company had abused its dominant position in e-commerce.



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Social Security scams are on the rise. Here's what you need to know to stop them

You may have received a pesky call from someone claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. And while many people hang up, others do get duped, to the tune of millions of dollars. These are the warning signs to watch for.

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Airbus draws a blank in February after Boeing's order-free January

European planemaker Airbus failed to win any new aircraft orders in February, it said on Thursday, providing further evidence of disruption across aviation industries from the global coronavirus outbreak.



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Dow sinks 1,000 points on alarm over virus spreading in United States

Wall Street's losses deepened and the Dow Jones Industrials shed 1,000 points in afternoon trading on Thursday as the coronavirus death toll in the United States rose to 11 and travel related stocks took a severe beating.



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Southwest CEO on coronavirus: "We could discount prices tomorrow and it wouldn't do any good"

Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Gary Kelly said on Thursday that the airline was not running dramatic fare sales in response to a drop-off in demand due to the spreading coronavirus.



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Former UAW President Gary Jones charged in U.S. corruption probe

Former United Auto Workers (UAW) President Gary Jones was charged on Thursday with embezzling more than $1 million of union funds amid a U.S. corruption probe that has raised the specter of a federal government takeover of the union.



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Airlines face $100 billion-plus virus hit, discounts 'wouldn't do any good'

The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to $113 billion in revenue this year, an industry body warned on Thursday, while the head of a large U.S. airline said the drop-off in travel demand seemed driven more by fear than economics, similar to what happened after the disasters of Sept. 11, 2001.



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OPEC to recommend to OPEC+ extending new cuts to end of 2020: statement

OPEC ministers said on Thursday they would recommend to OPEC+, a group that includes Russia, that additional oil production cuts of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) run until the end of 2020 rather than just during the second quarter.



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Southwest Airlines sees first-quarter revenue hurt coronavirus fears

Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it expected a hit of up to $300 million to its first-quarter operating revenue from the new coronavirus outbreak, prompting it to cut its quarterly revenue outlook.



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Oil slides as demand worries overshadow OPEC deal to deepen supply cuts

Oil prices fell on Thursday as the coronavirus epidemic showed no signs of slowing, feeding worries about the global economy and prompting investors to sell more risky assets like stocks and crude oil and park money in safe havens.



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'9/11-type feel' to airline demand drop over coronavirus: Southwest CEO to CNBC

The drop-off in air travel demand following the spread of coronavirus cases feels more driven by fear than economics, similar to 9/11, Southwest Airlines Co Chief Executive Gary Kelly told CNBC on Thursday.



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Coronavirus boosts Wall Street trading, easing pain from lower rates

Market volatility related to the coronavirus has provided a welcome boost for Wall Street banks' trading businesses, helping to offset the much-bigger drag of lower interest rates on lending profits, analysts said.



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Global stocks tumble as coronavirus cases rise outside China

Global equity markets tumbled and the dollar slid on Thursday as the coronavirus spread quickly outside China, leading Britain to prepare for a significant increase in cases and France to say appeared "inevitable" the outbreak would become an epidemic.



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Wall Street tumbles over 3% on virus fears, travel shares tank

U.S. stocks sold off sharply on Thursday, with shares of travel companies pummeled, as large swings in the market continued amid uncertainty over the spread of the coronavirus and its economic fallout.



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Gap names Sonia Syngal as new CEO

Apparel retailer Gap Inc on Thursday named long-time executive Sonia Syngal as its new chief executive officer, nearly four months after the surprise exit of its then chief Art Peck.



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