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Fed chief calls for Facebook to halt Libra project until concerns addressed

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that Facebook's plan to build a digital currency called Libra "cannot go forward" until serious concerns are addressed, comments that pressured the project and dented the price of the original cryptocurrency bitcoin.



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S&P 500 tops 3,000 less than five years after 2,000

The S&P 500, the benchmark index that investors tend to rely on as a proxy for the U.S. stock market, topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday.



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Volkswagen to start production of Tarek SUV in Mexico in 2020

German carmaker Volkswagen will begin producing the Tarek sport utility vehicle (SUV) at its plant in the Mexican state of Puebla in 2020 and sales will start by the end of 2021, Steffen Reiche, the chief executive of Volkswagen de Mexico said on Wednesday.



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JP Morgan strategist: Fed is 'fundamentally making a mistake' by cutting rates

A top strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management said on CNBC's "Power Lunch" that the Fed will be "fundamentally making a mistake" by cutting rates this month.

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U.S. to probe French plan to tax tech companies: source

U.S. President Donald Trump will order an investigation into France's planned tax on technology companies that could potentially lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other trade restrictions, a source briefed on the matter said Wednesday.



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World stocks rise, dollar drops as Fed chair boosts rate-cut hopes

A broad index of world stock markets edged higher on Wednesday while the U.S. dollar fell as comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell bolstered expectations for an interest rate cut from the U.S. central bank this month.



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Wall St. gains ground on rate cut hopes

The benchmark S&P 500 closed higher on Wednesday after briefly crossing the 3,000-point mark for the first time following dovish remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell boosting the case for an interest rate cut this month.



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Looking at the winners and losers on the trip to 3,000 by the S&P 500

The S&P 500 tops 3,000. What a difference five years makes.

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Powell testimony, Fed meeting highlight case for 'insurance'

A confidence shock driven partly by the U.S. trade war is at the center of an increasingly persuasive argument for Federal Reserve policymakers seriously considering cutting rates for the first time in a decade.



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U.S. Fed policy-makers debate merit of a repo facility

Federal Reserve officials argued the pros and cons of a possible policy tool that allows banks to borrow from the U.S. central bank using Treasuries and other securities as collateral, minutes of the Fed's June policy meeting released on Wednesday showed.



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Wall Street touches new highs after comments by Fed's Powell

U.S. stocks ended higher and the S&P 500 index briefly crossed the 3,000-point mark for the first time on Wednesday as remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reassured investors about the potential for an interest rate cut later this month.



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Ryanair says Boeing eyes MAX flights by October, cites 2020 growth risk

Ryanair may have to trim plans to grow its capacity in the summer of 2020 if the grounded 737 MAX is not flying again by November because of the rate at which it needs to take new deliveries over the winter, its chief executive said on Wednesday.



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U.S. oil companies slash Gulf of Mexico production as storm bears down

U.S. oil producers on Wednesday cut nearly a third of Gulf of Mexico crude output as what could be one of the first major storms of the Atlantic hurricane season threatened offshore oil production and began soaking Louisiana with heavy rains.



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U.S. to probe French plan to tax tech companies

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on technology companies, a probe that could lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other trade restrictions.



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IBM proposes changes to law shielding internet firms from user content liability

International Business Machines Corp proposed changes to a 1996 law that protects internet companies from liabilities related to what users post on their platforms.



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