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Fed on lookout for recession but still sees strong economy: minutes

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) – – U.S. central bankers discussed whether recession lurked around the corner and expressed concerns global trade tensions could hit an economy that by most measures looked strong, minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting on June 12-13 released on Thursday showed.

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Why Dell Is “Sort of” Going Public Thanks to VMware

Dell had taken his own company private for $25 billion in 2013 and created the tracking stock to finance its $67 billion purchase of VMware parent EMC in 2015. DVMT has since doubled in value, closing June 29 at $84.58-per-share. The rise in DVMT made it a perfect currency for buying back control of VMware, which rose almost 8%, to over $158-per-share in early trade July 2. …read more […]

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Wall Street inches higher as trade fears ebb

European stocks got a boost after the United States offered to abandon threatened levies on European cars in return for concessions, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying she would back lowering European Union tariffs on U.S. car imports. The rally in Europe spilled over to U.S. stocks, with New York-listed stock of Fiat gaining 5.8 percent. …read more […]

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Micron sees just 1 percent hit on revenue from China ban

The company also confirmed in a statement for the first time two of its units had been temporarily banned from selling some memory chips and solid state drives in China, following a complaint from rivals United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. The lawsuit followed Micron’s complaint in December against Chinese government-backed Fujian and UMC in a California court alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets and other misconduct. …read more […]