Don't deal in Venezuelan gold, White House says, in anti-Maduro push

The White House warned traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff sanctions aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.

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Beyond Trump's wall: U.S. Congress tackles border security

President Donald Trump's planned "great, great wall" began morphing into a physical barrier and an array of high-tech gadgets in congressional talks launched on Wednesday to forge a compromise on security at the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Microsoft's Azure revenue growth slows, shares fall

Microsoft Corp on Thursday met Wall Street's targets for its quarterly results and forecast, though Azure cloud computing sales grew more slowly than a year earlier.

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Facebook profit beats Wall St, shares jump after hours

Facebook Inc on Wednesday easily beat Wall Street's profit estimates, soothing investor concerns that increased spending on the privacy of its users would blunt growth.

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Venezuelan oil stuck at ports, PDVSA struggles to import fuel

Venezuela's oil inventories have started to build up at the country's ports and terminals as PDVSA is finding it cannot export crude at its usual rate due to U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this week, according to sources and shipping data.

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Exclusive: Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant

Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels at a $10 billion Wisconsin campus, and said it intends to hire mostly engineers and researchers rather than the manufacturing workforce the project originally promised.

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U.S., China launch high-level trade talks amid deep differences

The United States and China opened a pivotal round of high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at bridging deep differences over China's intellectual property and technology transfer practices and easing a months-long tariff war.

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EU negotiator, Council chief tell Britain's May: No renegotiation

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator told Britain on Wednesday that time was too short to find an alternative to the Irish border arrangement agreed in their divorce deal, as London wants, and that this deal was not open for renegotiation.

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U.S. envoy warns Maduro that actions against Guaido would be 'foolish'

The U.S. envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, cautioned socialist President Nicolas Maduro that acting against self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido would be an "extremely foolish move."

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ICICI Bank third-quarter profit misses estimates

ICICI Bank reported a 2.7 percent fall in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, missing analysts' estimates by a wide margin, due to tax expenses and higher provisions.

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U.S. aid agency creating humanitarian plan for Venezuela with Guaido - spokesman

Mark Green, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, spoke with Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido on Wednesday, a spokesman said.

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Brexit withdrawal deal not open for renegotiation - EU's Tusk

The European Union is sticking to the Brexit withdrawal agreement, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted on Wednesday, in what he said was a message to British Prime Minister Theresa May.

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Irish PM Varadkar rejects May plans to change backstop

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told British Prime Minister Theresa May he would not accept her plans to renegotiate a post-Brexit arrangement for the Irish border and said the so-called Irish "backstop" needed to be legally robust.

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