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Apple design chief Jony Ive, Steve Jobs' confidant, to leave and start own firm

Apple Inc said on Thursday its Chief Design Officer Jony Ive - a close artistic confidant of founder Steve Jobs and a critical part of the firm's late 1990s revival and historic growth into the world's first $1 trillion company - will leave the iPhone maker later this year to form an independent design company.



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From Innovation Hub to Innovation Culture

FCA | Nick Cook, Director of Innovation | June 4, 2019 Speech by Nick Cook, Director of Innovation at the FCA, delivered at the 6th Central Bank Executive Summit Highlights Technology is dramatically changing the markets that we regulate — we must embrace this technology so that we can continue to regulate effectively. Regulators should actively stimulate

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Pfizer names former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb to its board

Pfizer Inc said on Thursday it has named former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to its board of directors, effective immediately.



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Twitter to deemphasize, label politician tweets that break rules

Twitter Inc said on Thursday it would identify and deemphasize tweets that broke its rules but came from important sources such as politicians, in order to strike a balance between free expression and accountability.



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Boeing sees fix for latest 737 MAX software flaw in September

Boeing Co will take until at least September to fix a newly identified problem on its grounded 737 MAX, a company official told Reuters, meaning the workhorse jet's return to service will be delayed until October at the earliest, significantly longer than most airlines had expected.



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Mexican president says Pemex secures $8 billion multi-bank loan

Mexican state oil company Pemex [PEMX.UL] signed an $8 billion syndicated loan with more than 20 banks to renew credit lines and refinance liabilities, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday.



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Australia's Domino's Pizza says it will defend itself against staff underpayment class action

Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises said on Friday it did not mislead franchisees over payments to their employees and that it had not formally received court documents about a class action.



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Faces for cookware: data collection industry flourishes as China pursues AI ambitions

In a village in central China's Henan province, amid barking dogs and wandering chickens, villagers gather along a dirt road to trade images of their faces for kettles, pots and tea cups.



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Factbox: From phone makers to farmers, the toll of Trump's trade wars

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on Saturday to seek an end to a costly trade war between the world's largest economies.



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Australia's Domino's Pizza rejects workers' allegations over underpaid wages

Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd said on Friday it did not mislead franchisees over payments to their employees and that it had not formally received court documents about a class action from workers over underpayment of wages.



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Asian shares inch up as investors await Trump-Xi meeting

Share markets in Asia edged higher early on Friday morning as investors clung on to hopes that a highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this weekend could lead to an easing of trade tensions.



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Oil prices steady, focus turns to G20 gathering

Oil prices were steady on Friday, with focus shifting to the G20 summit where a scheduled meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has stirred hopes that trade tensions could ease.



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Germany's Merkel says trade, Iran on agenda in Trump summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday would cover a wide range of topics including trade, investments, West Africa, counter-terrorism and Iran.



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Trump talks trade at G20, China's Xi warns against protectionism

U.S. President Donald Trump made clear on Friday that trade was a top priority at a summit of leaders of Group of 20 nations, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against rising protectionism and India and Russia defended multilateral trade rules.



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China's Xi says Gulf stands at 'crossroads of war and peace'

The Gulf region is in a very sensitive situation and is "standing at a crossroads of war and peace", Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday, calling for calm and restraint and talks to resolve the issue.



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