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# Business & Financial News, U.S & International Breaking News

## In 2018, U.S. denied tens of thousands more visas

The State Department refused more than 37,000 visa applications in 2018 due to the Trump administration's travel ban, up from less than 1,000 the previous year when the ban had not fully taken effect, according to agency data.

- House advances bill rejecting Trump's emergency declaration

### Republican will not seek re-do in disputed U.S. House election

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### U.S. disrupted Russian trolls on day of November election: report

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### U.S. court rejects Stone aide's challenge to special counsel Mueller

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### AT&T defeats U.S. in merger fight to buy Time Warner

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### Univision team deported from Venezuela after Maduro interview

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### Manager at Brazil's Vale told executives of dam risks: newspaper

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### Why some U.S. fund managers like China regardless of trade deal

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### US denies Russian accusation it is preparing Venezuela intervention

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### Turkey's Erdogan does not believe United States will retrieve arms from Kurdish groups

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### Facebook will introduce 'clear history' tool this year: CFO

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### Bill to block Trump's border emergency advances in House

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### Credit reporting agencies face pressure from skeptical U.S. Congress

The nation's major credit reporting agencies faced renewed scrutiny from Congress on Tuesday, as lawmakers consider legislation overhauling the industry.

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### Why some U.S. fund managers like China regardless of trade deal

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to delay raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods has helped push global stock markets broadly higher as investors hope for a resolution in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

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### Fed's Powell says 'no rush' to hike rates in 'solid' but slowing economy

The Federal Reserve is in "no rush to make a judgment" about further changes to interest rates, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday as he spelled out the central bank's approach to an economy that is likely slowing.

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### Tesla's Musk must address SEC contempt bid as he calls agency 'broken'

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk to explain by March 11 why he should not be held in contempt for violating his fraud settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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### Exclusive: HSBC probe helped lead to U.S. charges against Huawei CFO

An internal investigation by HSBC Holdings PLC into Huawei Technologies' connections to a suspected front company in Iran found that the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker maintained close financial ties to the firm years after purportedly selling the unit, documents reviewed by Reuters show.

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### U.S. housing market stuck in soft patch; confidence rises

U.S. homebuilding tumbled to a more than two-year low in December as construction of both single and multi-family housing declined, the latest indication that the economy had lost momentum in the fourth quarter.

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S&P » 2,793.90 -0.08% Dow » 26,057.98 -0.13% FTSE 100 » 7,151.12 -0.45% Nikkei 225 » 21,449.39 -0.37%

Name | Yield | Change
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US 10YR | +2.632 2:24pm EST | -0.041
DE 10YR | +0.116 7:00pm EST | +0.002
JP 10YR | -0.028 1:05pm EST | -0.001

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Name | USD | EUR | JPY
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USD | 1 | 1.1387 | 0.0090
EUR | 0.8780 | 1 | 0.0079
JPY | 110.5700 | 125.9100 | 1

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Gold | 1,325.20 USD 9:16am EST | -0.70 Exp: Feb 19
Copper | 2.95 USD 11:05am EST | +0.00 Exp: Feb 19
Crude Oil | 55.63 USD 4:21pm EST | +0.15 Exp: Mar 19

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## Fiat Chrysler to invest $4.5 billion in Michigan for new Jeep SUV models

### Citgo formally cuts ties with Venezuela-based parent company: sources

### Europe calls for facts not fears in Huawei security row

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## Wall St. dips on mixed economic data

### All of Fed's 12 regional banks backed steady discount rate: minutes

### Pound leaps on Brexit hopes, shares take breather

#### World

## Trump and Kim to meet for dinner at colonial-era Hanoi hotel

### South Korea seeks 'stakeholder' role as Kim, Trump eye deal to shape peninsula's fate

### May's Brexit deal, no-deal or delay? British PM offers lawmakers a choice

#### Technology

## Facebook will introduce 'clear history' tool this year: CFO

### EBay offers concessions to avert fight with Elliott: sources

### Facebook expands ad buying options for premium video

#### Politics

## Big moments in Mueller investigation of Russian meddling in 2016 U.S. election

### Top strategists split from Bernie Sanders for his 2020 White House run

### Trump's ex-fixer Cohen to give offer new Russia details to Congress: source

#### Deals

## Exclusive: Brazil's state bank Caixa close to selling $2.4-billion Petrobras stake - sources

### Fonterra buys minority stake in U.S.-based alternative ingredients company

### Embraer shareholders OK sale of commercial jet division to Boeing

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### Vatican treasurer found guilty of abusing two choir boys

Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican treasurer and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, is found guilty on five charges of child sexual offenses committed more than two decades ago against 13-year-old boys. Michelle Hennessy reports.

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### 'Green Book' nabs best picture at the Oscars

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### Hanoi gears up for the Kim-Trump summit

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### Pope vows war on abuse; survivors say let down

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### Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong fear for their lives