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Air Canada sees year-end capacity up despite 737 MAX grounding, shares jump

Air Canada said on Tuesday it expects higher capacity and revenues during the last three months of 2019, after reporting lower-than-expected third-quarter profit in the wake of the grounding of Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets.



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U.S. consumer confidence slips in October

U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in October amid household concerns about the short-term outlook for business conditions and job prospects.



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Pfizer raises 2019 forecast as sales of cancer drug, heart medicine surge

Pfizer Inc posted third-quarter profit well above analysts' estimates on higher sales of cancer drug Ibrance and new heart medicine Vyndaqel, encouraging the largest U.S. drugmaker to lift its earnings forecast for the year.



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Russia's Sberbank to buy stake in Mail.ru to expand in digital economy

Sberbank has agreed to buy Gazprombank's holding stake in internet company Mail.ru as Russia's largest lender continues its transformation under Chief Executive German Gref into a banking-to-online services company.



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GM earnings beat lifts shares but U.S. strike weighs on outlook

General Motors Co on Tuesday slashed its earnings forecast for 2019, saying that a 40-day U.S. labor strike by the United Auto Workers union that brought virtually all of its North American operations to a standstill would cost it around $3 billion in profits this year.



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Merck sees ongoing Keytruda strength as its sales top $3 billion in quarter

Merck & Co Inc on Tuesday said it expected immunotherapy Keytruda to continue its market dominance as an initial treatment for advanced lung cancer as sales of the drug topped $3 billion in a quarter for the first time, beating lofty Wall Street estimates.



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Tesla filing shows U.S. third-quarter sales dropped 39%

Tesla Inc's third-quarter revenue fell 39% in the United States, a regulatory filing showed https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459019038256/tsla-10q_20190930.htm on Tuesday.



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World stocks cling to gains on trade optimism, mixed earnings knock Europe

World stocks hovered near a 15-month high on Tuesday underpinned by cautious hopes over a China-U.S trade deal and expectations of another dose of policy stimulus from the Federal Reserve, with safe havens such as gold and yen on the back foot.



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Trump, Xi meeting date is still fluid: White House official

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to finalize a trade agreement on the sidelines of next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile, but the date is still fluid, a White House official said on Tuesday.



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China woes persist as pressure point for U.S. corporate profits

The U.S.-China trade war persists as an impediment to the growth of U.S. companies, even as the two countries appear close to clinching a limited agreement.



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Boeing CEO tells U.S. lawmakers at hearing: 'We've made mistakes'; faces tough questions

Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg was pressed by U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday over what the company knew about its MCAS stall-prevention system linked to two deadly crashes, and about delays in turning over internal 2016 messages that described erratic behavior of the software in a simulator.



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Tesla filing shows U.S. sales tumbled 39% in third quarter

Tesla Inc's third-quarter revenue tumbled 39% in the United States, its first drop in more than two years, but sales in China and other regions surged, the electric car maker's break down of sales by geography showed on Tuesday.



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S&P 500 squeezes higher on robust Merck, Pfizer earnings

The S&P 500 touched a new record high on Tuesday as investors cheered strong earnings from big drugmakers Merck and Pfizer, while a disappointing profit from Google parent Alphabet kept the Nasdaq firmly in the red.



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Kellogg profit gets boost from snacks, frozen foods

Kellogg Co's quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, as demand for its Pringles and Cheez-It snacks, as well as frozen foods cushioned the impact of sluggish sales for its cereals in North America.



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GM expects to spend more on EVs than gas-powered cars in next five years: CEO

General Motors Co expects to spend more on developing and selling electric vehicles (EVs) than gasoline-powered cars over the next five years, Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Tuesday.



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