Wall St. slides on bleak data, capping a banner month
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as grim economic data and mixed earnings prompted investors to take some profits at the close of Wall Street’s best month in decades.
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Embraer and Boeing's $4.2 billion deal ruled out pandemic as pretext to cancel
Boeing Co’s recently aborted $4.2 billion agreement to buy the commercial jet-making operations of Brazil’s Embraer specifically forbade either party from calling it off because of a pandemic or a global economic recession, Reuters has found.
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Ford Motor steps up campaign to convince union workers to restart U.S. output
Ford Motor Co on Thursday outlined the safety measures it will institute to restart its most profitable U.S. plants amid the coronavirus pandemic, expanding on similar efforts by General Motors Co and Fiat Chrysler to convince leaders of the United Auto Workers union to send members back to work.
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Factbox: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway at a glance
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual meeting on May 2 will break with tradition and be held virtually, as the coronavirus pandemic halts large gatherings.
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Buffett likely to finally address pandemic at Berkshire Hathaway meeting
Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual meeting will be nothing like the extravaganzas of years past, but will give Warren Buffett a chance to show how resilient his cash-rich conglomerate may be to the coronavirus pandemic, and the investment opportunities it offers.
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Volkswagen indefinitely delays restarting U.S. production
Volkswagen AG said Wednesday it is indefinitely delaying the resumption of production at its Tennessee assembly plant that had been set to restart on May 3.
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Fed keeps rates steady, vows to maintain coronavirus measures
Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday left interest rates near zero and repeated a vow to do what it takes to shore up the economy, saying the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will “weigh heavily” on the near-term outlook and poses “considerable risks” for the medium term.
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Fed leaves rates near zero, sees virus risks lingering
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates near zero and repeated a vow to do what it takes to shore up the U.S. economy amid an ongoing coronavirus pandemic that will not only “weigh heavily” on the near-term outlook but poses “considerable risks” for the medium term as well.
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Boeing to shrink workforce, raise cash as coronavirus slams jet industry
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would cut its 160,000-person workforce by about 10%, further reduce 787 Dreamliner production and try to boost liquidity as it prepares for a years-long industry recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that drove its second consecutive quarterly loss.
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U.S. stocks rally on coronavirus drug hopes
Wall Street stock indexes surged on Wednesday as hopes for an effective COVID-19 treatment prompted a broad rally and helped investors look past bleak economic data.
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