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Wall St posts third straight quarterly loss as inflation weighs, recession looms

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 closed the books on its steepest September decline in two decades on Friday, skidding across the finish line of a tumultuous quarter fraught with historically hot inflation, rising interest rates and recession fears. All three major indexes veered to a sharply lower end, having quashed …

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Disney names Carolyn Everson to board in deal with activist investor Third Point

(Reuters) -Walt Disney Co will name tech and media veteran Carolyn Everson to the board, the company said on Friday, calling a truce with activist investor Third Point. The activist shareholder also agreed to not raise its stake in the entertainment and media conglomerate to over 2% and to vote in favor of the slate …

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U.S. senator backs extending Boeing 737 MAX approval deadline

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee has proposed extending the deadline for Boeing to win approval for two new variants of the 737 MAX until September 2024. Boeing faces a December deadline to win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the 737 MAX 7 and …

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Explainer-How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A nearly $16 billion JP Morgan fund is expected to reset its options positions on Friday, potentially adding to equity volatility at the end of a gloomy quarter for stocks. Analysts have in the past pointed to the JPMorgan Hedged Equity Fund’s quarterly reset roiling markets, and …

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Taiwan says U.S.-led ‘Chip 4’ group discussed supply chain resilience

By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States has convened the first meeting of a working group of East Asian countries to discuss how to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain, a Taiwanese official said on Friday, after a two-year global chip crunch. The semiconductor shortage, which forced some carmakers to halt production, thrust chip powerhouse …

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Toyota Motor lowers October output target by 6.3%

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp on Friday lowered its October production target by 6.3% to about 750,000 vehicles because of a shortage of semiconductors. The announcement comes about a week after the world’s largest automaker by sales released its production target of about 800,000 vehicles globally for the next month, deepening worries that the chip …

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