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Automakers to warn Trump of $45 billion higher vehicle costs if tariff imposed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An automotive trade group said on Tuesday it would tell the Trump administration that a U.S. threat to impose a tariff of up to 25 percent on imported passenger vehicles under national security grounds would cost American consumers $45 billion annually, or $5,800 per vehicle.

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Baker Hughes to Go It Alone as GE Seeks Exit From Oil Business

Baker Hughes will emerge from the shadow of parent General Electric Co. amid unprecedented turmoil and dislocation in the global oil business. GE’s plan to unload its 62.5 percent stake in the oilfield-services company over the next two to three years will leave Baker Hughes in much the same place it was before the industrial conglomerate absorbed it last year: battling the behemoths of oil services — Schlumberger Ltd. and Halliburton Co. — for customers and contracts. Since that combination, rising crude prices haven’t translated into improved results in many parts of the globe and Baker Hughes’s stock …read more […]

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Tuesday Apple Rumors: Apple’s Product Lineup for 2018 Leaks

Leading the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of all of AAPL’s product plans for 2018. 2018 Plans: A recent rumor claims to know all of Apple’s product plans for 2018, reports BGR. AirPods Case: An unlikely rumor claims that Apple will introduce a new feature to the AirPods’ charging case in its next generation, 9to5Mac notes. …read more […]

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Bank of America Sued for Allowing $102 Million Ponzi Scheme

Bank of America Corp. was accused in a lawsuit of providing more than 100 accounts used to perpetrate what the U.S. regulators called a $102 million Ponzi scheme. The brother and sister who sued to recover losses from their late father’s investment claim the fraudsters “could not have perpetuated their scheme without the knowing assistance of their primary banking institution, Bank of America, which lent the scheme an air of legitimacy and provided critical support, including at times when the scheme would have otherwise collapsed,” according to the complaint. Bank of America spokesman Bill Halldin had no immediate …read more […]