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Sumner Redstone moves to oust five Viacom directors including CEO from board

By Jessica Toonkel and Dan Levine NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Sumner Redstone removed five of Viacom Inc's directors, including Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, from the board of the media company he controls on Thursday, a big step toward a potential management shake-up of the almost $20 billion…

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Mitsubishi plans $600 million compensation for four models over mileage cheating

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp said it plans to give owners of four minivehicles close to $1,000 in compensation for its overstating of mileage readings, part of reimbursement costs that will total at least $600 million. The mileage scandal, which the company has blamed on pressure to deliver competitive readings and poor supervision of testing processes, has led to plans for Nissan Motor Co to take a one-third controlling stake in …

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St. Louis Fed’s Bullard says U.S. may only need single rate hike for now

The U.S. economy, stuck in a slow-growth pattern that is likely to persist for the forseeable future, may need no more than a single additional rate hike for as long as 2.5 years, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on…

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Global oil majors look to shed refineries as crude prices rebound

By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global oil majors Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are putting small refineries on the auction block as they look to trim lower-margin assets in the face of headwinds from rising crude oil prices. Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, is soliciting interest in its Burnaby, British Columbia, refinery and gasoline stations, the company told Reuters. Shell is looking for buyers for its Martinez, California, refinery, two people familiar with

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Media mogul Redstone says he ‘no longer trusts’ Viacom CEO

Sumner Redstone said he “no longer trusts” Viacom Inc's board or Chief Executive Philippe Dauman to act in the media company's best interests, according to a spokesman for the 93-year-old mogul. The comments from Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS Corp , are the latest…

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Airbnb gets $1 billion debt facility from U.S. banks: source

(Reuters) – Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb Inc has secured a $1 billion debt facility from some big U.S. banks to aid its new services and finance its expansion plans, a source close to the company said. JPMorgan , Citigroup Inc , Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp led the debt deal, the source said. Airbnb, which expects to achieve profitability in 2016, raised over $100 million in a round of funding late last year. Bloomberg reported the funding deal earlier on Wednesday. (http://bloom. …

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Brexit helped keep Fed on hold, could slow future U.S. rate rises

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen left U.S. interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, citing slow jobs gains, tepid growth and low inflation – and an impending vote in Britain on whether to quit the European

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U.S. Judge extends VW diesel emissions settlement deadline

A U.S. judge late on Wednesday extended the deadline for Volkswagen AG , U.S. government regulators and owners of nearly 500,000 2.0 liter vehicles to reach a final diesel emissions settlement until June 28. The tentative settlement announced in April includes…

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Fed keeps interest rates unchanged, signals fewer future hikes

By Jason Lange and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and signaled it still planned to raise rates twice in 2016, though it said slower economic growth would crimp the pace of monetary policy tightening in future years. Only one Fed policymaker had done so when economic forecasts were last issued in March. A sharp slowdown in U.S. hiring in

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Exxon CEO back at Russia shindig after hiatus over Ukraine: sources

By Denis Pinchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson is to attend a major investment forum in Russia this week, two industry sources said, ending a two year absence from the event that began when sanctions were imposed on Russia over the crisis

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