The European Central Bank has increased the amount of emergency liquidity that Greek lenders can draw on for the second time in two days. Depositors yanked an estimated $4.5 billion out of banks there last week. (AP) |
Japanese stocks rose to new 15-year highs overnight as hopes grew for progress on the Greek reforms-for-aid talks. Meanwhile, Chinese stocksended a volatile session sharply higher. (CNBC) |
Chinese fund manager Hillhouse Capital Group is leading an investment in Uber-purchasing bonds that convert into shares at a discount to the ride-hailing company's future IPO price. (WSJ) |
Facebook (FB) knocked Wal-Mart (WMT) out of the top 10 most valued companies in Monday trading. According to S&P, the retail giant has not ended a year off the list since 1997. (WSJ) |
Wal-Mart and Sears (SHLD) won't be selling products bearing the Confederate flag anymore. The decisions come a week after the deadly shooting at an African American church in South Carolina. (Reuters) |
Meanwhile, Gov. Nikki Haley, R-South Carolina, has called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol. |
Airbag maker Takata may have put profits before safety in a way that contributed to one of the biggest recalls ever, Democrats on a Senate panel said in a report ahead of a hearing today. (Reuters) |
JetBlue (JBLU) is adding premium Mint service-its answer to first- and business-class seating-to transcontinental flights from Boston to San Francisco and Los Angeles next year. (Reuters) |
Amazon (AMZN) is overhauling the way it pays royalties to self-published authors on its e-book platform, by rewarding them based on the number of pages read. (CNBC) |
Backers of President Barack Obama's trade agenda are imploring key senators to stand by their previous votes when they revisit the issue in a showdown today. (AP) |
Bernie Sanders may have sparked talk of "Bernie-mentum," but the Vermont senator's Democratic presidential bid is going to need a whole lot more momentum to catch frontrunner Hillary Clinton, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. (CNBC) |
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