The closings could dent Mattel's 2018 sales by as much as 10 percent, and Hasbro's up to 5 percent, Bloomberg Intelligence estimates. Other big-box retailers could take up some of the slack; indeed, Walmart is already the No. 1 U.S. toy retailer. But because non-specialty retailers allocate less shelf
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Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. are in talks to merge and create a new automaker that trades as a single stock, people with knowledge of the matter said. A deal would end the current alliance between the companies and marry them as one corporation, said the people, who asked not to be identified
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday as the producer cartel OPEC and other suppliers look set to continue withholding output for the rest of the year and potentially into 2019.
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Marc Chandler Global Head of Currency Strategy Brown Brothers Harriman Discussing the impact a trade war with China could have on currencies. Walter Todd Chief Invstmnt Officer Greenwood Capital Associates Discussing the markets and macro outlook. This is a Bloomberg podcast. To download
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Workers assemble aircraft at Boeing's plant in North Charleston, S.C., where the cyberattack started. (Bruce Smith/AP). Though news of the attack by the WannaCry virus triggered widespread alarm within Boeing and among airline customers during the day …
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