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A judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Exxon Mobil Corp in a lawsuit brought by New York state accusing the oil company of hiding from investors the true cost of addressing climate change.

Boeing Co delivered less than half as many planes in the first eleven months of 2019 as in the same period a year earlier, the planemaker said on Tuesday, as it continued to struggle with the grounding of its best-selling 737 MAX jets.

U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday claimed victory in negotiating changes to a U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement to ensure better protection for workers, the environment and remove key provisions that they said would have benefited big pharmaceutical companies.

Canada, Mexico and the United States have reached an agreement on a new North American free trade deal and they will sign it on Tuesday, but the pact still needs the approval of U.S. and Canadian lawmakers, Mexico's president said.

The major AFL-CIO labor union on Tuesday said it was endorsing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement after working with lawmakers and members of President Donald Trump's administration to make changes to the proposal first introduced in 2017.

Watches of Switzerland is considering buying more stores in the United States and predicted on Tuesday that luxury watch demand will hold up in the U.S. and Britain, where it has just bought four shops from Fraser Hart.

China Banking News | Dec 5, 2019 Bei­jing Launches Fin­tech Reg­u­la­tory Sand­box with Cen­tral Bank Back­ing The Bei­jing mu­nic­i­pal gov­ern­ment has an­nounced the launch of a new pi­lot scheme for fin­tech reg­u­la­tion. On 5 De­cem­ber the Bei­jing mu­nic­i­pal fi­nan­cial reg­u­la­tor an­nounced via its of­fi­cial web­site that Chi­nese cap­i­tal was “tak­ing the lead in launch­ing fin­tech in­no­va­tion

"The market is somewhat skeptical of where we're going," says UBS' Art Cashin, echoing comments made earlier Tuesday by CNBC's Jim Cramer.

Exxon Mobil is found not guilty in the case brought against the oil giant by New York's attorney general.

If you've been holding off on the required minimum distribution from your individual retirement account or 401(k) plan, you're getting more than coal in your stocking this year. In fact, you can expect a 50% tax from the IRS. What you should know.

CNBC | Kate Rooney | Dec 10, 2019 Key Points Investments by financial services firms into start-ups hit a new record in this year, according to a new report by CB Insights. Total corporate venture capital deals by banks and other financial services firms have surged 500% from 2014 through the third quarter of 2019. Citi

The year is winding down, and legislators in blue states are still fired up over the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction. A new bill aims to eliminate the limitation on this write-off.

Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | Dec 10, 2019 New peer to peer lending rules come into effect on Monday, December 9th. The new rules were the result of a review by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The UK largely created the entire sector of peer to peer lending. One of the most prominent

Exxon Mobil Corp won a major victory in a closely-watched lawsuit on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the company did not defraud investors out of up to $1.6 billion by hiding the true cost of climate change regulation.

Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday scored a win in a closely-watched case after a judge ruled that the company did not hide the true cost of climate change regulation from investors.