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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that Bank of America Securities resolved a criminal investigation involving two former employees, who had allegedly placed phony “spoof” trades to try to influence the U.S. Treasuries market. Spoofing involves placing orders traders intend to cancel, hoping to create a false sense of market …

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(Reuters) -Google will integrate Gemini into its Chrome browser for users in the U.S. starting Thursday, just weeks after a federal judge spared the company from a forced breakup in an antitrust case. Alphabet-owned Google won’t have to sell the browser, a judge in Washington said earlier this month, handing a rare win to Big …

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By Jan Wolfe and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to let him move ahead with firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook – a move without precedent since the central bank’s founding in 1913 – in a legal battle that imperils the Fed’s independence. The …

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By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to build a second massive artificial intelligence data center in Wisconsin, bringing its spending in the state to more than $7 billion. The new $4 billion project will join a $3.3 billion data center in Mount Pleasant in the southeastern corner of …

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(Reuters) – Toyota is recalling 591,377 vehicles in the U.S. due to an issue with the instrument panel display that does not show critical information, increasing the risk of a crash or injury, the country’s auto safety regulator said on Thursday. The recall covers several models including Venza, Highlander, Lexus, Tacoma and GR Corolla, the …

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By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -American Express unveiled long-awaited upgrades to its U.S. Platinum cards on Thursday, adding new perks worth over $3,500 annually while raising the annual fee by $200. The card refresh reflects a strategy AmEx has leaned on for years. Banking on the affluence of its customer base, the credit card giant routinely …

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By Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and seven states accused Live Nation and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster of costing fans millions of dollars by tacitly allowing ticket brokers to scoop concert tickets and sell them to at a significant markup, the agency said on Thursday. The lawsuit deepens Ticketmaster’s legal …

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