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North American oil company bankruptcies jump in 2019: report

The number of oil company bankruptcies rose 50% in 2019 over the previous year, as a slide in prices continued to shake producers in the United States and Canada, Dallas law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released on Wednesday.



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Avolon CEO sees new Boeing MAX timeline as 'worst case scenario'

The head of aircraft lessor Avolon, which has committed to a fleet of 148 Boeing 737 MAX jets, said he believed the planemaker's new June to July horizon for getting the grounded aircraft back in the air was a "worst case scenario."



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Boeing CEO says he expects to resume 737 MAX production before mid-year

Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun told reporters on Wednesday the U.S. planemaker expects to resume 737 max production "months" before its forecasted mid-year return to service.



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UniCredit shuffles top managers in Italy, names new Americas CIB head

Italy's biggest bank UniCredit said on Wednesday it had appointed a number of senior managers to new roles, shuffling people across jobs as it works to implement its 'Team 23' four-year plan unveiled in December.



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Huawei CFO Meng arrives in Vancouver court for third day of U.S. extradition hearing

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday where Canadian prosecutors are expected to defend a U.S. extradition request in a third day of hearings on a case that has strained relations with China.



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3 things keeping you from maximizing this tax-favored account

If you have a high-deductible health plan at work, you probably have a health savings account along with it, too. Though so-called HSAs bring a bevy of tax advantages, many investors aren't using them to their full potential.

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Coronavirus set to impact Chinese airlines' first quarter profit: Aercap CEO

The chief executive of one of the world's largest aircraft lessors, Aercap , expects the new coronavirus that has emerged from Wuhan, China to impact Chinese airlines' profitability in the first quarter.



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Mark Cuban says he's still 'very bullish' on Netflix and hasn't sold a share

"I haven't sold any shares and I'm still very bullish on it," the Dallas Mavericks owner said.

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Tesla short sellers could help Elon Musk score a payday worth hundreds of millions

Tesla is still one of the most heavily bet-against stocks in the U.S. even as the stock almost daily hits new record highs.

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Google finds security flaws in Apple's web browser: FT

Google researchers have found multiple security flaws in Apple Inc's Safari web browser that allowed the tracking of users' browsing behavior, Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing a soon-to-be published paper.



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Hainan Airlines to halt Prague flights from March: Czech authorities

China's Hainan Airlines will halt regular direct flights between Beijing and Prague starting in March, the Prague Airport and the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.



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This one stock will signal whether the coronavirus situation is getting serious

InterContinental's Asia Pacific revenue was down 27% year-over-year in 2003, when the SARS virus swept China.

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Boeing CEO says taking fresh look at potential mid-market aircraft

Boeing Co is taking a fresh look at a potential new mid-market aircraft, Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said on Wednesday, putting the brakes on a project that became overshadowed by the fallout of the 737 MAX.



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Angola's Dos Santos named as suspect over alleged fraud at oil firm: Lusa news agency

Angola's public prosecutors named former first daughter Isabel dos Santos as a formal suspect on Wednesday over alleged mismanagement and misappropriation of funds during her time as chairwoman of state oil company Sonangol, Portuguese news agency Lusa said.



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Lebanon's new government may have little reserves left to stabilize economy

Lebanon's new government faces huge upcoming debt repayments and a currency peg at breaking point, but it may already have run out of the hard cash firepower it needs to tackle these problems.



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