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European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing last week. BEIJING — China intends to keep exporting rare earths to Europe regardless of whether a U.S. trade deal with Beijing gets extended past January. The world's second-largest economy is willing to continue approving rare earth licenses to Europe, China's Commerce Ministry spokesperson He Yadong told CNBC when asked on Thursday about the impact of.

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Bank of America hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by Anthropic’s Mythos, offering a rare look at costs involved in defending against AI. Bank of America has hired an army of external contractors to help it patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced artificial intelligence models including Anthropic's Mythos, the bank's CEO, Brian Moynihan, told CNBC on Wednesday. In an interview after the bank's third-quarter earnings release, Moynihan said.

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Morgan Stanley is expected to benefit from robust investment banking and equities trading revenue. Morgan Stanley posted third-quarter results that beat expectations on blockbuster results in its equities trading franchise. Morgan Stanley is expected to benefit from robust investment banking and equities trading revenue in the quarter, as rivals Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase showed in their reports this week. Analysts will want to know what CEO Ted Pick has.

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced a $1.2 billion penalty against Bank of America on Tuesday. Bank of America is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday, just one day after the bank was hit with a $1.2 billion penalty by the U.S. Treasury Department. That charge, which cut net income by 17 cents a share, will inevitably spark questions as to whether CEO Brian Moynihan has a.

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The country's customs agency is due to release September trade data on Wednesday. BEIJING — China's exports likely grew by 25.5% in September from a year ago, picking up modestly from the prior month, according to a Reuters poll ahead of the expected Wednesday data release. Imports for September were forecast to slow to 24.5% year-on-year growth, down from 28.2% in August, the poll showed. Earlier this year, China's exports.

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Sluggish consumer demand in China has pushed many companies, such as electric car brands, to accelerate plans for entering other countries. BEIJING — Equity investors are skeptical of Chinese companies' rapid expansion overseas, according to Goldman Sachs. The "market wants to look for profitable expansions," Trina Chen, co-head of Greater China equity research at Goldman Sachs Research, said on a podcast that the investment bank published Tuesday. Sluggish consumer demand.