National

Coca-Cola boosts savings target; sees smaller profit drop

 A vendor walks at his Coca-Cola store in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/File Photo

• April U.S. auto sales seen down nearly 2 percent: JD Power and LMC

• Not an inside job: How two analysts became SEC whistleblowers

• Post-it maker 3M's results top estimates

International

HSBC wins mandate on $100 billion Saudi Aramco IPO: CEO

HSBC Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

• Dutch Economic Affairs minister says still opposed to Akzo Nobel takeover

• Dutch court backs Swatch in $400 million row with Tiffany

Economy

U.S. home prices rise faster than expected in February

The New York City Housing Authority Housing Developments on the Lower East Side (bottom C) is seen in New York, in this October 26, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files

• Ready for take-off? China's answer to Boeing now just needs to sell

• UK's Hammond hits budget deficit target, bigger tests ahead

• Yen falls on France relief; loonie lumbered with U.S. tariff

• Investors take another look at opinion polls after French vote

• Greece, lenders seek deal as bailout talks resume in Athens

• German government lifts 2017 growth forecasts to 1.5 percent: sources

Money

• Activist investor Elliott takes stake in UK takeover target WS Atkins
   

Energy

East Coast refiners eye Texas oil as North Dakota alternative

A vehicle drives next to a series of pipes at a Dakota Access Construction site near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., on October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Morgan/File Photo

• Oil edges up, breaking six-day stretch of losses
   

Markets

Futures rise on Trump tax talk; earnings in focus

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

• World stocks rise on French vote relief, Trump tax plan talk

• Looming risks subdue Asia stock investors after stellar quarter

Internet & Technology

• Thyssenkrupp plans to open 3D printing center this year

• EU probes potential abuse by Swedish mobile operators

• Netflix clinches licensing deal with China's iQiyi.com

• Wikipedia founder aims to 'fix the news' with collaborative website

• McEntire's Direct Maytag

• MKS Jewelers

• NAPA

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