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Thursday, November 23, 2017

China stocks suffer mauling, Fed leaves dollar in a daze

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar was on the defensive Thursday, a day after its worst drubbing in five months, as the biggest slump in Chinese stocks in almost two years took the shine off another record high in a global equities bull run.

How 'princess' of Angola lost her oil crown

LUANDA/LONDON (Reuters) - On Oct. 6, with the dust still settling on Angola's first change of power in 38 years, new President João Lourenço sat down with international oil majors at the presidential palace in Luanda.

Russia's standards agency says Peugeot-Citroen recalls 6,000 cars

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's technical safety watchdog Rosstandart said on Thursday Peugeot-Citroen planned to recall 3,085 Peugeot 4008 cars and 2,971 Citroen C4 Aircross cars sold in Russia between March 2012 and April 2016.

ThyssenKrupp lifted by record orders as shifts from steel

ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) - Demand for next-generation lifts and car components enabled Thyssenkrupp to report its highest annual order intake in five years as the German firm slowly exits steelmaking.

Thyssenkrupp confirms Italian stainless steel unit AST for sale

ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp Chief Executive Heinrich Hiesinger on Thursday confirmed plans to sell its Italian stainless steel plant, Acciai Speciali Terni (AST), adding this was the group's only asset currently up for sale.

China's Okay Airways orders five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for $1.4 billion

BEIJING (Reuters) - Boeing and Okay Airways, China's first privately owned airline, have finalised an order for five 787-9 Dreamliners for $1.4 billion, Boeing said on Thursday.

IG Metall demands 10-year job guarantee in Thyssen/Tata talks

ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) - IG Metall, Germany's largest union, has called for a 10-year guarantee for jobs, sites and investments at Thyssenkrupp's steel business as a condition for agreeing to a planned merger with Tata Steel .

Lyft raises another $500 million in additional round of funding

The additional funding round, led by Alphabet Inc's CapitalG, is an extension of the $1 billion round announced in October.

Teva Pharmaceutical set for major layoffs in Israel, U.S.: report

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is expected to cut 20-25 percent of its 6,860 workers in Israel and a few thousand more in the United States, financial news website Calcalist reported on Thursday.

Amazon starts Australian trial after months of hype

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Australian arm began an order-taking trial on Thursday, giving life to the hype which has preceded its arrival in the world's No. 12 economy and weighed on the shares of the brick-and-mortar retail sector.