As bear market looms, battered Wall St seeks elusive 'Fed put'

The Federal Reserve's determination to raise interest rates until it squashes the highest inflation in decades is darkening the outlook across Wall Street, as U.S. stocks stand on the cusp of a bear market and warnings of a recession grow louder.

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20-05-2022

Italy's TIM, CDP eye preliminary deal on single network, sources say

Telecom Italia (TIM) is eyeing a preliminary agreement with state lender CDP over a long-held plan to merge TIM's network assets with those of state-backed rival Open Fiber as early as next week, two sources said on Friday.

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20-05-2022

3M ordered to pay $77.5 million to veteran in latest earplug trial

A jury on Friday ordered 3M Co to pay $77.5 million to a U.S. military veteran who said he suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company's military-issue earplugs, according to a spokesperson for the plaintiff's attorneys.

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20-05-2022

S&P 500 on pace to confirm bear market, falls 20% from record close

The benchmark S&P 500 fell 20% from its Jan. 3 record closing high on Friday, as investors sold stocks on worries over whether the Federal Reserve will be able to tame inflation without triggering a recession.

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20-05-2022

Deere's supply chain issues hit revenue, shares plunge

(Reuters) -Deere & Co on Friday missed Wall Street revenue targets and said it was having difficulty securing parts for its heavy machinery, sending shares down 11%.

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20-05-2022

Kimberly-Clark planning to sell tissue paper assets in Brazil, Latin America -report

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Kimberly-Clark Corp is planning to sell its tissue paper assets in Brazil and Latin America, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Friday, saying the company is in talks with JPMorgan to reassess its business in the region.

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20-05-2022

S&P 500 down 20% from record intraday high of Jan 4

The benchmark S&P 500 was down 20% from its Jan. 4 intraday record peak on Friday as investors sold stocks amid worries about whether the Federal Reserve will be able to effectively combat inflation without causing a recession.

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20-05-2022

Musk denies he sexually harassed flight attendant; Tesla shares sink

(Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has denounced as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016.

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20-05-2022

McDonald's Russia franchisees to have option of working under new brand -TASS

McDonald's Corp franchisees in Russia will have the option of working under the new brand that will presented in the near future, the TASS news agency quoted Oleg Paroev, McDonald's Russia's general director as saying on Friday.

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20-05-2022