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U.S. clears Infineon's $10 billion takeover of Cypress

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) informed Cypress that it had determined “there are no unresolved national security concerns” with the merger, the San Jose, California-based company said in a statement. Shares of both companies took a hit last week after a report said, citing sources, that the U.S. Treasury-led CFIUS had advised President Donald Trump to block the deal due to national security risks. Cypress shares were up about 45% at $22.20 after market close on Monday. …read more […]

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Oil prices jump 6% after biggest one-day fall since 1991

Oil prices jumped more than 6% on Tuesday, clawing back some ground on hopes that a price war by top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia that sparked the biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War will not be sustained. Brent crude futures rose $2.31, or 6.7%, to $36.67 a barrel by 0115 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained $1.79, or 5.8%, to $32.92 a barrel following declines of nearly 25 percent on Monday. Both benchmarks dropped to their lowest since February 2016 in the previous session and recorded their biggest one-day percentage declines since …read more […]

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U.S. Futures Gain After Worst Stock Drop Since ‘08: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock futures saw a modest gain in early Asian trading Tuesday after the biggest rout in equities on Wall Street since 2008.Contracts on the S&P 500 Index, which briefly traded down 20% from their high — signaling a bear market — gained after the Trump administration previewed economic measures to be unveiled Tuesday to address the blow from the coronavirus. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected comparisons with the financial crisis. Australia’s benchmark fell as much as 3.8% before erasing most of the losses. Japan stocks are set to open weaker, while bonds and currencies stabilized after wild …read more […]