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Trump Doing ‘Very Well’ in Hospital, Doctor Says: Trump Update

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s physician said the president is “doing very well” and his condition is improving while being treated at a U.S. military hospital near Washington for Covid-19.Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien tested positive, as did former White House Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Three Republican senators have tested positive in the past day, and another has decided to quarantine despite testing negative. Vice President Mike Pence is said to have tested negative on Saturday morning.The president said early Friday that he had tested positive along with his wife and one of his …read more […]

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Billions in bullion shifted ahead of Dutch bank rebuild

This really was the gold standard of road trips. The Netherlands’ central bank transported its Dutch-based stock of gold — 14,000 bars and about 1,000 boxes of gold coins — from its headquarters in Amsterdam to a safe in the nearby city of Haarlem in a meticulously and closely guarded operation that ended Saturday, the bank said in a statement. Along with the bullion worth 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion), the bank also shifted bills worth another 4.5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in the operation that was led by the Royal Dutch Military Police. …read more […]

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Noble Shareholders Approve $4.1 Billion Takeover by Chevron

(Bloomberg) — Noble Energy Inc. shareholders approved the company’s acquisition by Chevron Corp., cementing one of the U.S. oil industry’s biggest transactions this year.The vote on Friday during a virtual shareholder meeting came despite opposition from Elliott Management Corp. The activist hedge fund was said to seek a break-up of the deal because it thought Chevron wasn’t paying enough. The biggest proxy-advisory firms disagreed and urged investors to support the tie-up.When Chevron agreed to buy Noble in an all-stock deal in July, the offer was valued at $5 billion and represented a premium of about 7.5% to the target company’s …read more […]