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Paper Companies Near Big Merger Deal WestRock, Smurfit Kappa are in talks to create a company with combined value of roughly $20 billion. China’s Microsoft Email Cloud Hack Began With a 2021 Computer Crash The cryptographic key that hackers used to access to Microsoft’s cloud was stored by mistake on the company’s corporate network for…

WTI oil prices closed higher for the ninth consecutive session, the longest winning streak since January 2019. Brent rose for the seventh session. Commodity markets continue to be affected by announcements by Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend production cuts until December. The higher-than-expected US services PMI, as measured by the ISM, although triggering global…

Economic growth was modest during July and August, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on economic conditions in the country’s 12 major regions. The document also adds that employment growth was moderate. “Contacts from most districts indicated that economic growth was modest during July and August,” the report says. “Consumer tourism spending was…

US Market The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to add to the losses posted in the previous session. Concerns about the outlook for the global economy may continue to weigh on the markets following the recent release of disappointing data from overseas. A recent…

The US trade balance registered a deficit of $65.0 billion in July, after showing a deficit of $63.7 billion in June, according to the country’s Department of Commerce. Analysts had expected a $63.8 billion deficit in July. Exports totaled $251.6 billion in July, which represents an increase of 1.5% in relation to June and a…

The shares of the Chinese real estate developer Evergrande rose by as much as 82% on Wednesday, leading gains in the Hang Seng Index. Since then, the shares have reduced some of their gains but were still up by about 70%. The real estate sector was the biggest gainer in the HSI, but the overall…