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Facebook Is JPMorgan’s Most Controversial Company in Portfolio

After a turbulent 2018, the world’s largest social media group is in transition as it pushes to feature Instagram’s Stories more prominently on its core platform and roll out stronger privacy tools, JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth told clients in a note. Facebook is down more than 26 percent from its recent high less than two months ago. JPMorgan said expenditures will curb what Facebook should earn next year, and the year after that. …read more […]

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DoJ requests documents related to Musk statement on taking Tesla private

“We have not received a subpoena, a request for testimony, or any other formal process,” a Tesla spokesman said in an emailed response to Reuters questions about an investigation. The DoJ declined to comment. Federal prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2D9F8mI. The report, citing two people familiar with the matter, said the department launched an investigation over Musk’s tweets in early August that he had secured funding for a buyout deal valued at $72 billion. …read more […]

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U.S. DoJ requests documents related to Musk statement on taking Tesla private

“We have not received a subpoena, a request for testimony, or any other formal process,” a Tesla spokesman said in an emailed response to Reuters questions about an investigation. The DoJ declined to comment. Federal prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2D9F8mI. The report, citing two people familiar with the matter, said the department launched an investigation over Musk’s tweets in early August that he had secured funding for a buyout deal valued at $72 billion (54.8 billion pounds). …read more […]

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Brazil diesel subsidy program threatens Petrobras, market -FCStone

Brazil could face a diesel shortage at the end of 2018 or state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA may be forced to eat losses on fuel sales thanks to a diesel subsidy program, analyst and broker INTL FCStone said on Tuesday. The program, unveiled in May to halt a truckers’ strike over rising diesel prices, set prices too low and has yet to pay out compensation to most diesel importers, FCStone said in a statement. “Private imports are paralyzed, and Petrobras is practically the only agent bringing the product to …read more […]