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Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, forecasts weaker growth

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Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, forecasts weaker growth

Netflix Inc on Thursday said its subscriber growth during the coronavirus pandemic would slow even more than Wall Street expected during the third quarter, sending its shares tumbling more than 10% in after-hours trading.

Jailed executive in Wirecard scandal offers confession, lawyer says

The former head of a key subsidiary of Wirecard, who was arrested earlier this month, has admitted wrongdoing to prosecutors for his role in a multi-billion-euros fraud, his lawyer said on Thursday.

U.S. judge approves transfer of jailed former VW executive to Germany

A U.S. judge in Detroit on Thursday approved the transfer to Germany of a former Volkswagen AG executive imprisoned in the automaker's diesel emissions scandal.

Wall Street ends lower on COVID-19 worries, tech weighs

The S&P 500 dropped on Thursday, pulled lower by Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc , as elevated levels of unemployment claims heightened concerns about the economic toll from rising coronavirus cases.

Rising U.S. coronavirus cases slam stocks, push debt yields lower

Government debt yields and global equity markets fell on Thursday as a growing number of U.S. coronavirus cases weighed on risk sentiment, which was also hurt by deteriorating U.S.-China relations and discouraging Chinese data.

Virus surges. Work hours plateau. U.S. may be flattening the wrong curve

The U.S. economic recovery showed signs of plateauing last week as the country battled rising coronavirus case counts and an increasingly fractured government response, according to data from a broad set of industry and government sources.

Rise in COVID-19 cases spurs risk-off move, dollar lifted

The safe-haven U.S. dollar rose modestly on Thursday afternoon as worries about rising numbers of coronavirus infections spurred a broader risk-off move, pushing U.S. equities lower.

Negative U.S. rate bets persist, but seen unlikely to happen

Negative U.S. interest rates could be the norm next year and all through to 2023 if fed funds futures are any indication. Or it could just be traders hedging their bets.

Fed's Evans signals little reason to raise rates for years

There's little reason for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates until inflation rises above the Fed's 2% target, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Thursday, noting that he expects low inflation to be a problem for the next few years.

Twitter stepped up search to fill top security job ahead of hack

Twitter Inc had stepped up its search for a chief information security officer in recent weeks, two people familiar with the search told Reuters, before the breach of high-profile accounts on Wednesday raised alarms about the platform's security.

Exclusive: U.S. FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hack, sources say

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian and others in what appeared to be a bitcoin scam.

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