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  • Poundland is investing more money than ever into new security measures after more than £44m of stock was lost last year.  The bargain retailer, which sells a large proportion of its products for £1 or less, said it had been a particular target of theft and abuse. In a bid to tackle that issue, Poundland…

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  • Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, US prosecutors said on Wednesday (Nov 20). With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the chairman of Adani…

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  • U.S. stocks tumbled again on Thursday in line with a global trend as tensions in the Middle East continued to flare. Treasury yields continued higher. Now at 16-year highs, the 10-year yield is fast approaching the 5.00 percent mark. The bond market was dented following a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who, while…

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  • Global oil price and stock affected by spread of coronavirus

    European stocks rallied Friday while Wall Street equities tumbled along with oil prices as markets weighed the potential impact of a spreading viral illness in China. Chinese authorities expanded a massive quarantine effort in response to coronavirus, while the United States confirmed its second case of the SARS-like ailment. French officials said there had also…

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  •   For the first time in eight years, Microsoft Corp‘s stock market value overtook that of Apple’s, with shares of the Windows maker rising 0.6 percent to end the week at $110.89. On Friday, Microsoft managed to not only become the world’s most valuable listed company, but also succeeded at reclaiming the number one spot…

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  •     Jim Cramer of CNBC is so passionate about Apple Inc’s stocks that, sometimes, especially in light of the recent slide in the U.S. stock market, he knows it’s worth getting a second opinion. Image: Jim Cramer On Tuesday, Cramer got technician Carolyn Boroden’s take and, after inspecting Apple’s charts, Boroden, who runs FibonacciQueen.com and is Cramer’s colleague…

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