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To beat porch thieves, Amazon slips packages in car trunks

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All that is required to have packages delivered to a car is downloading an app from Amazon and linking it to the vehicle’s so-called connected car service, such as General Motors Co’s OnStar system or Volvo Car Group’s On Call service. The in-car delivery effort is part of Amazon’s drive to leave packages where they cannot be easily stolen. Since 2011, Amazon has offered secure lockers for urban customers. …read more […]

Industrial gains set to drive Wall Street higher

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(Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average was set to open roughly 150 points higher on Tuesday after Caterpillar and United Technologies led a slew of strong earnings reports from members of the blue-chip index.

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Shire receives new bid from Takeda as takeover deadline looms

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical has sweetened its 44 billion-pound ($61.4 billion) bid for Shire as it races to agree terms with the British drugmaker before a deadline to strike a deal expires on Wednesday.

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Music streaming overtakes physical sales for the first time: industry body

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LONDON (Reuters) – Online streaming services such Spotify and Apple Music have become the music industry’s single biggest revenue source, overtaking physical sales and digital downloads for the first time, a global industry body said on Tuesday.

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Coca-Cola sales surge after Diet Coke reboot

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(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co beat Wall Street estimates with quarterly results on Tuesday, citing more demand for Coke Zero Sugar and new flavors under its Diet Coke brand as overall revenue topped expectations by around $300 million.

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Futures rise as Caterpillar leads batch of strong earnings

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(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as bond yields eased, while strong earnings from industrial heavyweights Caterpillar and United Technologies helped reinforce optimism about a first-quarter earnings season now in full swing.

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Verizon first-quarter results beat estimates

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(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc reported better-than-expected first-quarter results on Tuesday as the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier held on to its customers with unlimited data plans.

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Google helps stock markets recover, oil tops $75

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LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks steadied on Tuesday after three sessions of losses thanks to strong earnings from the likes of Google and as a rise in benchmark U.S. bond yields towards 3 percent stalled, while oil prices stretched to fresh highs above $75 a barrel.

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Diet Coke reboot drives Coca-Cola sales bounce

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(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co beat Wall Street estimates with quarterly results on Tuesday, citing more demand for Coke Zero Sugar and new flavors under its Diet Coke brand as overall revenue topped expectations by around $300 million.

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General Electric to trial world’s largest wind turbine in Britain

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U.S. conglomerate General Electric will test the world’s largest wind turbine in a facility in northeast England, it said on Tuesday. GE Renewable Energy, the renewable arm of the U.S. firm, and the British government-funded Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult signed a five-year agreement to test GE’s Haliade-X 12 megawatt (MW) turbine in Blyth, Northumberland. “This is an important agreement because it will enable us to prove Haliade-X in a faster way by putting it under controlled and extreme conditions,” John Lavelle, president & CEO of GE’s Offshore Wind business …read more […]

World wine output falls to 60-year low

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PARIS (Reuters) – Global wine output fell to its lowest level in 60 years in 2017 due to poor weather conditions in the European Union that slashed production in the bloc, international wine organization OIV said.

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GM Korea averts bankruptcy but how long will it stay?

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SEOUL (Reuters) – General Motors’ South Korean unit has averted a bankruptcy filing, but analysts and customers, as well as the South Korean government, are debating how long the loss-making company will remain in business.

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Deutsche Bank may reveal investment bank revamp on Thursday: source

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG may spell out strategy changes for its investment bank on Thursday along with first-quarter earnings, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

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BP has ‘very strong’ partnership with Rosneft – CEO

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LONDON (Reuters) – BP has a “very strong” partnership with Russian oil giant Rosneft but will steer away from politics, Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said on Tuesday, as Moscow could face new western sanctions.

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Volkswagen CEO says China tax hike on U.S. vehicle imports would sting

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG’s chief executive Herbert Diess said on Tuesday that a Chinese tariff hike on U.S vehicle imports would be tough for the firm, amid a brewing trade war and threats of punitive tariffs exchanged between Washington and Beijing.

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