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BlackRock jilts State Street, moves $1 trillion in custody assets to JPMorgan

State Street Corp on Wednesday reported a 3.4 percent drop in fourth-quarter revenue and said it lost more than $1 trillion in custody assets to JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc , sending State Street stock tumbling as much as 7.5 percent. State Street is the world's No. 2 custody bank with $28.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration.

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Last-minute spending surge lifts U.S. holiday shopping season

A jump in consumer spending in the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts, industry research groups said on Tuesday. Spending over the Thanksgiving weekend in November fell 3.5 percent from a year ago despite…

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Exclusive: Pfizer weighs sale or spin-off of consumer health unit – sources

By Lauren Hirsch, Olivia Oran and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc is evaluating a potential sale or spin-off of its consumer health division that could value the unit at as much as $14 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. A Pfizer exit from the consumer health business, which includes lip balm Chapstick and painkiller Advil, would be one of its biggest corporate moves since abandoning a $160 billion deal to buy Irish drugmaker Allergan Inc earlier this year…

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BMW recalling 154,472 vehicles in U.S., Canada over fuel pumps

DETROIT (Reuters) – BMW is recalling 154,472 vehicles registered in the United States and Canada for a fuel pump problem that could cause stalling, according to a filing with U.S. safety regulators and BMW.

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A Texas unicorn preps for a rare oil IPO

Founded by a retired NFL player and his high school buddy – with land deals signed on the hood of a pickup – the Fort Worth oil and gas company is now worth nearly $3 billion, according to a half dozen bankers who have examined its value. An IPO would be a crowning achievement for John Sellers and Cody Campbell, who co-founded predecessor companies starting …

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BlackRock quarterly profit rises 3.8 percent

(Reuters) – BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, showing resilience in what has been a weak market for many traditional asset managers. BlackRock attracted total “long-term” net flows of $55.18 billion in the latest quarter, up from $35 billion a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, BlackRock earned $5.14 per share, beating the average analyst …

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Fed’s Mester says U.S. economic data consistent with higher rates

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said current U.S. economic data, including the September payrolls report released on Friday, were consistent with the U.S. central bank considering an increase in interest rates. “We have made progress on both (of the Fed's) mandates,” Mester, who dissented with two other Fed officials at the September policy meeting, told reporters after a speech at an event organized by the Manhattan Institute.

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U.S. charges former American Realty executives with inflating results

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against two former American Realty Capital Properties Inc executives stemming from a 2014 accounting scandal that wiped out roughly $4 billion of the real estate investment trust's market value. Former Chief Financial Officer Brian Block, 44, was charged with six criminal counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy and making false statements, according …

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Dell to cut 2,000-3,000 jobs as EMC deal closes: Bloomberg

Most of the job cuts will be in the United States, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The layoffs will be mainly in supply chain, marketing and general and administrative divisions, Bloomberg said, adding that the combined company has 140,000 employees. “As is common with deals of this size, there will be some overlaps we will need to manage and where some employee reduction will occur,” Dell spokesman Dave Farmer said.

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Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal

Medivation shares were up 20 percent at $80.43 in afternoon trading, just shy of the offer price of $81.50 per share. Shares of Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, were down 0.5 percent at $34.82. The offer is a 55-percent premium to Sanofi SA's initial offer to buy Medivation for $52.50 in April that pushed the San Francisco-based company to put itself up for sale.

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