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More company climate votes ahead, as Trump may loosen energy rules
BOSTON Activist shareholders plan a record number of resolutions focused on climate change at U.S. company annual meetings in 2017, even as President-elect Donald Trump looks set to loosen environmental regulations.Based on filings so far, U.S. companies are on track to face roughly 200 resolutions on climate matters at their
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Investors see Snap's IPO as 'too big to fail'
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO Institutional investors anxious not to be left out of this year's marquee initial public offering helped Snap Inc (SNAP.N) pull off the biggest U.S.-listed technology share sale this week since Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba Group Holding Inc
JPMorgan shares drop on report CEO Dimon headed to Treasury
NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) shares dropped to a session low as volume jumped late in the trading session on Wednesday after Fox Business Network reporter Maria Bartiromo tweeted that
U.S. housing starts fall; permits rise to one-year high
WASHINGTON - U.S. homebuilding fell in January as the construction of multi-family housing projects dropped, but upward revisions to the prior month's data and a jump in permits to a one-year high suggested the housing recovery remained on track.Housing starts
