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Louis Dreyfus owner pledged stake to raise $1 billion Credit Suisse loan

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus borrowed $1 billion from Credit Suisse last year to buy out minority shareholders of Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), pledged her majority stake in the commodities trader as collateral, a company filing showed.



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Occidental to cut Western Midstream stake to reduce debt

Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Monday it would cut its majority stake in pipeline operator Western Midstream Partners LP to less than 50% in 2020, to reduce its debt that grew significantly with the Anadarko Petroleum Corp deal.



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Xerox secures $24 billion financing for proposed HP takeover

Xerox Holdings Corp said on Monday it has secured $24 billion in financing for its $33.5 billion takeover offer for HP Inc , a deal that the personal computer maker is opposing.



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Qualcomm launches autonomous driving computer, aiming to hit roads by 2023

Qualcomm Inc on Monday announced a computing system for autonomous vehicles designed to handle everything from lane controls to full self-driving that it aims to have on the road by 2023.



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Oil steadies as market ponders Iran's next move

Oil prices steadied on Monday after Brent touched above $70 a barrel on rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq that fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander.



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JetBlue to become carbon neutral in 2020

JetBlue Airways Corp on Monday said it plans to become carbon neutral on all domestic flights by July 2020 and would use an alternative fuel source for flights leaving from San Francisco amid rising pressure to cut greenhouse emissions.



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Wall St. brushes off Middle East tensions as tech-related shares gain

U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, rebounding from Friday's losses as investors brushed aside increased tensions in the Middle East, while shares of Alphabet and other internet names gained.



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Gold surges on Mideast risk but stocks pare losses

Gold prices shot to almost seven-year highs on Monday as a spike in U.S.-Iranian tensions spurred demand for safe-haven assets and pushed a gauge of global equity markets lower, but shares on Wall Street rebounded on a less worrisome view of events.



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Pier 1 to close stores and cut jobs, raises going concern doubts

Home decor and furniture retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc said on Monday it plans to close up to 450 stores, cut jobs and warned about its ability to continue as a going concern.



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American Airlines reaches settlement with Boeing for 737 MAX compensation in 2019

American Airlines Group Inc said on Monday it had reached a confidential agreement with Boeing Co to address damages the airline incurred in 2019 due to the ongoing grounding of its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.



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Pier 1 to shut up to nearly half of its stores, raises going concern doubts

Home decor and furniture retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc said on Monday it plans to close up to almost half of its stores, cut jobs and warned about its ability to continue as a going concern in a tough retail environment.



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Uber, Hyundai Motor team up to develop electric air taxi

U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor plan to jointly develop electric air taxis, they said on Monday, joining the race for flying cars to ease urban congestion.



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American Airlines, Aeromexico reach compensation deals with Boeing over MAX crisis

American Airlines Group Inc , the largest U.S. airline, on Monday became the latest carrier to reach a settlement with Boeing Co for compensation for damages the airline incurred in 2019 from the ongoing grounding of its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.



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Toyota to build prototype city of the future in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it plans to build a prototype "city of the future" at the base of Japan's Mt. Fuji, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and functioning as a laboratory for autonomous cars, "smart homes," artificial intelligence and other technologies.



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Asia stocks attempt a rally as Iran anxiety ebbs

Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as a day passed without a new escalation in the Middle East and Wall Street erased early losses to end in the black as tech stocks climbed.



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