Monday, October 1, 2018

G.E. Ousts Chief Just Over a Year After Picking Him to Lead a Turnaround

John Flannery was G.E.’s chief executive for a little more than a year. He has served over 30 years with the company, and was charged with refashioning the conglomerate. https://ift.tt/2QrYHbZ support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) October 01, 2018 at 12:43PM

US STOCKS-Wall St rises as industrials gain after NAFTA deal

* Indexes up: Dow 0.76 pct, S&P 0.48 pct, Nasdaq 0.24 pct (Updates comments, prices; adds details)
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UPDATE 2-Groupon to pay IBM $57 mln to settle U.S. patent dispute

Online marketplace Groupon Inc on Monday said it would pay $57 million to International Business Machines Corp to settle an intellectual property dispute.
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GLOBAL-MARKETS/-Stocks, Canadian dollar up on NAFTA deal, safe-haven assets hit

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Updates with afternoon trading)
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On Pro Football: Beware N.F.L. Fans: The Patriots and Cowboys Are Alive and Well

After a slow start, Tom Brady has the Patriots moving back toward the top of the league again. https://ift.tt/2OtMvdd support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) October 01, 2018 at 12:43PM

Groupon to pay IBM $57 million to settle U.S. patent dispute

Online marketplace Groupon Inc on Monday said it would pay $57 million to International Business Machines Corp to settle an intellectual property dispute.
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UPDATE 5-Pfizer to replace longtime CEO Read with veteran Bourla

* Pfizer shares have risen 160 pct during Read's tenure (Adds BreakingViews link, updates share price)
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UK's Hammond says int'l digital tax unlikely to come soon

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Monday that it was unlikely that an agreement to tax international digital service providers would come any time soon.
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Decrease Wait Times for Credit Approval and Improve Customer Relations

Turning inventory into cash is a multi‐step process involving numerous business functions, from sales to logistics to finance. Problems that arise in any function and touch a customer’s order can have a dramatic impact on an organization’s bottom line. In this article, learn what APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® data on customer credit shows for the measure "cycle time in days for credit approval" and what insights there are to improve on this measure.

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One year later, Las Vegas remembers mass shooting that killed 58

White doves flew overhead, each tagged with a name of the 58 people killed one year ago in the largest mass shooting in modern American history, as loved ones gathered in Las Vegas at a sunrise service on Monday to remember them.
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UPDATE 8-Oil rises to 2014 highs on Iran Sanctions, NAFTA deal

* Brent crude in different currencies: https://tmsnrt.rs/2N67zl9 (New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments)
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UPDATE 4-Scientists behind game-changing cancer immunotherapies win Nobel medicine prize

* Immunotherapy medicine still in infancy, more to come (Updates, adding Japanese PM, fresh comments, quotes from Allison)
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METALS-Copper slides as nerves about Chinese demand surface

Copper prices dipped on Monday after weak manufacturing data from top consumer China caused nervousness about demand, but falling inventories in London Metal Exchange-approved warehouses helped support sentiment. Benchmark copper
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