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Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S.
mortgage finance company, said on Wednesday Chief Executive
Officer Donald Layton would retire in the second half of 2019,
after six years at the helm.
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Pricing practices within American Express
Co's foreign-exchange unit is being probed by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Wall Street Journal
reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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The board of U.S. hotel owner LaSalle
Hotel Properties on Wednesday sided with Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust's takeover proposal, ditching a $4.8 billion
all-cash offer from private equity firm Blackstone Group LP
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Florence, churning in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean in the direction of Bermuda, strengthened into a
Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday and is expected to remain a
powerful hurricane through early next week, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
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Theranos Inc, the once-celebrated Silicon
Valley blood-testing firm, is about to dissolve itself months
after top executives were indicted for defrauding investors, the
Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/blood-testing-firm-theranos-to-dissolve-1536115130
on Wednesday.
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Tropical Storm Gordon
weakened into a depression on Wednesday after making landfall on
Tuesday night near the Alabama-Mississippi border and killing a
child when a tree fell on a mobile home in Florida, the National
Hurricane Center said.
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Roy Moore, the former U.S. Senate
candidate from Alabama, on Wednesday filed a $95 million
defamation lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming he was
duped into appearing on the British comedian's Showtime series
"Who Is America?" and falsely portrayed as a sex offender.
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The board of LaSalle Hotel Properties
said on Wednesday the unsolicited offer from Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust constituted a "superior proposal" to that
from Blackstone Group LP.
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Banca Carige's biggest
shareholder has asked a judge to prevent a rival shareholder in
the Italian bank from putting forward a list of candidates for a
boardroom overhaul.
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A Brazilian unit of AES Corp
is considering a bid for a wind farm owned by Renova
Energia SA, the chief executive officer for AES Tietê Energia SA
said on Wednesday.
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