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• Yoox could unveil deal to buy Net-a-Porter this week-sources

  29-03-2015 23:53
  PARIS/NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - Italian online fashion retailer Yoox could unveil a deal to buy Richemont's Net-a-Porter as early as this week, sources close to the matter told Reuters at the...
  
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• BRIEF-Canada's Transportation Safety Board say Air Canada flight had hit antenna array

  29-03-2015 23:47
  * Officials with Canada's Transportation Safety Board say Air Canada flight that skidded off Halifax runway early Sunday had hit antenna array, landing gear came off Further company coverage:...
  
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• RPT-Chevron exits Caltex Australia stake for $3.7 bln

  29-03-2015 23:24
  PERTH, March 28 (Reuters) - U.S. energy giant Chevron sold its entire stake in refiner Caltex Australia Ltd for A$4.7 billion ($3.7 billion) in Asia's biggest block deal this year, as falling oil...
  
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• UPDATE 2-Indiana governor defends religious freedom law

  29-03-2015 23:22
  WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Sunday defended a new state law that opponents worry may support discrimination against gay people, saying he had no plans to add extra...
  
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• Bain-backed MYOB to file for Australia IPO this week -paper

  29-03-2015 23:11
  SYDNEY, March 30 (Reuters) - Bain Capital is preparing to launch a A$2.8 billion ($2.16 billion) initial public offering of Australian software firm MYOB Ltd as early as Tuesday, the Australian...
  
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• U.S. coding site undergoes denial of service cyber attack

  29-03-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. coding site GitHub said on Sunday that it was deflecting most of the traffic from a days-long cyber attack that had caused intermittent outages for the social coding site, with the Wall Street Journal citing China as the source of the attack. The Wall Street Journal reported that the flood of Internet traffic to GitHub came from Chinese search engine Baidu Inc, targeting two GitHub pages that linked to copies of sites that are banned in China.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Greek reform list yet to take shape as talks with lenders continue

  29-03-2015 22:01
  * Greece could run out of cash by April 20 without deal (Recasts with euro zone officials)
  
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• MOVES-Goldman's co-chairman of investment banking division to retire

  29-03-2015 20:07
  NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - Gordon Dyal, the co-chairman of Goldman Sachs' investment banking division, has decided to retire, according to a company memo seen by Reuters.
  
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• MEDIA LINK-How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early-WSJ

  29-03-2015 20:07
  NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - -- Source link: (http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-wall-street-middlemen-help-silicon-valley-employees-cash-in-early-1427474284?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection) --...
  
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• Stocks likely to drift as investors await Fed, earnings

  29-03-2015 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street investors may find little reason to make big moves next week as they await monthly U.S. jobs data and any news that could chang...
  
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• Wall St Week Ahead-Stocks likely to drift as investors await Fed, earnings

  29-03-2015 20:00
  NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - Wall Street investors may find little reason to make big moves next week as they await monthly U.S. jobs data and any news that could change expectations for the first...
  
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• UPDATE 1-Box office: 'Home' trumps expectations with $54 million debut

  29-03-2015 19:24
  LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Variety.com) - Jeffrey Katzenberg must be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the embattled DreamWorks Animation chief scored a much needed box office win with the release of...
  
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• UPDATE 3-Air Canada flight slides off Halifax runway, injuring passengers

  29-03-2015 19:15
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 29 (Reuters) - An Air Canada plane slid off a runway and suffered heavy damage while landing in the east coast city of Halifax on Sunday, sending more than 20 passengers...
  
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• Greece seeks 'happy ending' as creditors mull loan deal

  29-03-2015 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in remarks published Sunday he hoped key talks with international creditors would yield a "happy ending" in the standoff over the country's crippling debt crisis. Athens is set to present a list of economic reform proposals to international creditors this week in a bid to unblock a new 7.2 billion euro ($7.8 billion) tranche of EU-IMF loans and avoid a debt default. Tsipras' remarks came after Germany's Bundesbank chief Jens Weidm
  
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• Box office: 'Home' trumps expectations with $54 million debut

  29-03-2015 18:15
  LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Variety.com) - Jeffrey Katzenberg must be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the embattled DreamWorks Animation chief scored a much needed box office win with the release of...
  
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• Greece says talks with lenders are continuing positively

  29-03-2015 16:37
  ATHENS, March 29 (Reuters) - Greece sounded an upbeat tone on Sunday over talks with its European and IMF creditors, which it said were continuing through the weekend as the cash-strapped country...
  
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• MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets rebound from sell-offs over Yemen

  29-03-2015 16:05
  DUBAI, March 29 (Reuters) - Most Middle East stock markets rose on Sunday after brief sell-offs at the end of last week triggered by the escalation of military conflict in Yemen.
  
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• Former HP CEO Fiorina: chances of presidential bid 'higher than 90 pct'

  29-03-2015 15:46
  WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - Former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Sunday said the chances of her running for U.S. presidency were "very high" and she would announce her...
  
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• UPDATE 1-Germanwings crash co-pilot may have had detached retina - newspaper

  29-03-2015 15:30
  * Newspaper report says his girlfriend was expecting a baby (Adds Airbus CEO, German transport minister, details)
  
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• Tsipras seeks 'happy ending' with EU

  29-03-2015 15:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in remarks published Sunday he hoped key talks with the debt-crippled country's creditors would yield new financing and a "happy ending" in the standoff. Athens is set to present a list of economic reform proposals to international creditors on Monday in a bid to unblock a new 7.2 billion euro ($7.8 billion) tranche of EU-IMF loans and avoid a debt default. European paymaster Germany has been leading the push for austerity in Europe, with G
  
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• Air Canada flight slides off Halifax runway, 23 injured

  29-03-2015 14:21
  TORONTO, March 29 (Reuters) - An Air Canada flight crash landed in the east coast city of Halifax and went off the runway early on Sunday, local media reported, with the airline confirming 23...
  
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• Germanwings crash co-pilot may have had detached retina - newspaper

  29-03-2015 13:25
  BERLIN, March 29 (Reuters) - The co-pilot suspected of crashing a passenger jet in the Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had...
  
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• In Texas oil town, early signs of economic strain as drilling slows

  29-03-2015 13:00
  NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - Sales tax receipts in the thriving oil town of Midland, Texas, fell this month, only the second decline in five years and one of the first signs of how low oil prices...
  
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• Cocoa king Ivory Coast wants to cash in on chocolate

  29-03-2015 11:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast reigns as the world's top cocoa producer but it wants to sell more than the beans, turning them into the even more lucrative chocolate, from breakfast spread to candy bars. During the 2013-14 season, Ivorian cocoa producers saw profits of 2.13 billion euros ($2.3 billion), according to Ivory Coast's coffee-cocoa council. As one local analyst in the sector put it: "It's not normal that cocoa should leave Ivory Coast and then come back, it's an aberration"
  
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• Investment banks eye potential trading boost from ECB stimulus

  29-03-2015 11:11
  LONDON, March 29(Reuters) - Investment banks feeling the pinch from increased regulation since the financial crisis could reap an earnings reward from a boost in trading activity under the European...
  
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• TAKE A LOOK-Saudi Arabia to open stock market to foreigners

  29-03-2015 09:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority has announced it will open the stockmarket to direct investment by foreign institutions in the first half of 2015. Click on the links below to see some stories and analysis. NEW>Saudi navy evacuates diplomats as Houthis close on Aden >Oil dives 5 pct as Iran supply worry trumps Yemen >Saudi Arabia decides to restore ambassador to Sweden >SAFCO says new urea plant start-up delayed until mid-May >MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf ends well off lows after Yemen panic >Saud
  
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• Subdued quarterly earnings likely to weigh heavy on equities markets

  29-03-2015 08:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "With F&O (future and options) expiry (which happens on the third Friday of every month) and a short working week with just three working days and one day without clearing, the expectation is that the markets are going to be trading in a very narrow range," Geojit BNP Paribas vice president Gaurang Shah told IANS. The Indian markets will remain closed on April 2-3 on account of Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday. According to Shah, post the five-to six percent correction on the index which had earl
  
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