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Wall Street clobbered as crude plummets, virus crisis deepens

Wall Street clobbered as crude plummets, virus crisis deepens

Wall Street suffered its biggest one-day loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Monday and recession worries loomed large as tumbling oil prices and ongoing coronavirus fears prompted investor panic on the anniversary of the U.S. stock market's longest-ever bull run.



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JPMorgan to cut up to 140 jobs in Switzerland: source

JPMorgan to cut up to 140 jobs in Switzerland: source

JPMorgan Chase & Co could eliminate up to 140 jobs in Switzerland in an effort to cut costs, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, confirming a report by the Swiss financial news website Finews.



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Coronavirus fears, oil price plunge pummel world markets

Coronavirus fears, oil price plunge pummel world markets

Global stock markets plunged on Monday and oil prices tumbled by as much as a third after Saudi Arabia launched a price war with Russia, sending investors already spooked by the coronavirus outbreak fleeing for the safety of bonds and the Japanese yen.



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Oil plunges 25%, hit by erupting Saudi-Russia oil price war

Oil plunges 25%, hit by erupting Saudi-Russia oil price war

Crude prices suffered their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War on Monday as top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia began a price war that threatens to overwhelm global oil markets with supply.



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RBA says it’s ready to regulate Facebook’s Libra

RBA says it’s ready to regulate Facebook’s Libra

ZDNet | Aimee Chanthadavong | March 2, 2020 When, and if, the new payments method is introduced to the Australian market. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said it is confident and well-prepared to regulate new payments technologies as they get introduced into the Australia market. Fronting the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory

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Amazon recommends New York, New Jersey employees work from home due to virus

Amazon recommends New York, New Jersey employees work from home due to virus

Amazon.com Inc has extended its work-from-home advisory to include employees in New York and New Jersey, the company said Monday, as the world's largest online retailer and other corporations aim to lower the risk of coronavirus transmission among their ranks.



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Market flop: Cineworld deal exposes stress in Europe's credit market

Market flop: Cineworld deal exposes stress in Europe's credit market

The move by banks to force Cineworld's top shareholder to refinance a loan without equity collateral is yet another sign of mounting stress in Europe's junk debt market as the coronavirus roils markets and businesses around the world.



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Coronavirus fears, oil price plunge pummel world stocks

Coronavirus fears, oil price plunge pummel world stocks

Global stock markets plunged on Monday and oil prices tumbled by as much as a third after Saudi Arabia launched a price war with Russia, sending investors already spooked by the coronavirus outbreak fleeing for the safety of bonds and the Japanese yen.



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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus

Funding in the Time of Coronavirus

Medium - Both Sides of the Table | Mark Suster | March 5, 2020 I (Mark Suster, Managing Partner, Upfront Ventures) am due to speak at the SaaStr conference next week: Wednesday, March 11th at 10:45 AM. I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to

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Goldman cuts Brent forecasts to $30 on price war, virus impact

Goldman cuts Brent forecasts to $30 on price war, virus impact

Goldman Sachs cut its second- and third-quarter Brent price forecasts to $30 per barrel, citing the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia and a significant collapse in oil demand due to the coronavirus that has killed more than 3,500 globally.



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Factbox: A 7% plunge in the S&P triggered a trading halt. Here's how circuit breakers work

Factbox: A 7% plunge in the S&P triggered a trading halt. Here's how circuit breakers work

A plunge in U.S. markets on Monday triggered a 15-minute trading halt in stocks after the S&P 500 fell 7% shortly after the market opened.



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Twitter, Elliott reach deal for Dorsey to stay CEO, new directors

Twitter, Elliott reach deal for Dorsey to stay CEO, new directors

Twitter Inc on Monday reached an agreement with Elliott Management that lets Jack Dorsey stay as chief executive and adds three new directors a few days after Elliott's plan to push out the social media company's chief became public.



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Exclusive: CBOE VIX options froze at open - exchange official

Exclusive: CBOE VIX options froze at open - exchange official

Trading in options on Wall Street's fear gauge was impossible in the first minutes of Monday's session due to a complete absence of prices from the market makers on whom trading depends, a representative of index operator CBOE Global Markets Inc said. CBOE Senior Trade Desk Specialist Ryan Stone told Reuters that VIX options were tradable at 9:51 a.m. ET (1351 GMT) but a lack of liquidity led to a lag of about seven minutes until the first trade, around



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South Korea Passes One of the World’s First Comprehensive Crypto Laws

South Korea Passes One of the World’s First Comprehensive Crypto Laws

TechCrunch | Danny Crichton | March 5, 2020 The South Korean National Assembly passed new legislation today that will provide a framework for the regulation and legalization of cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. In a unanimous vote during a special session of the legislature convened amidst the country’s worsening novel coronavirus situation, the representatives passed an

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Big Oil faces 'survival mode' payout strategies as prices dive

Big Oil faces 'survival mode' payout strategies as prices dive

An oil price plunge means the world's top energy companies will have to review promises to return billions to investors, either by slowing down share buybacks or reintroducing non-cash dividends, analysts said on Monday.



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