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Welcome back to Worldwide Exchange. Get a check on a few big stories that we are following this morning. Bank of America's
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CEO, Brian Moynihan, signing off on President Trump's trade policies in an interview with CBS saying his bank now sees the White House de-escalating rather than escalating tensions around tariffs in the new year. Moynihan
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added that China remains a separate issue because of matters like national security and rare earth minerals. The
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Wall Street Journal is reporting that Department of Justice is launching new probes into companies using DEI initiatives for hiring and promotions.
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The paper says that Google and Verizon are among the companies that have received demands for documents and information about their workplace programs. Bloomberg
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is reporting that SoftBank is in talks to buy DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers. The report says a
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deal could be announced as soon as today.
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IBM announcing the death of former chairman and CEO Lewis Gershner over the weekend. He passed away at the age of 83.
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Current CEO Arvind Krishna informing employees of Gershner's passing in an email yesterday.
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During the nine years he led the company, Gershner is credited with turning IBM around, as it faced a potential bankruptcy.
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And that winter weather continues to create problems for travelers looking to get home from the holidays with a total of over 6,000 flights in and out of the US delayed and more than 500 canceled. So
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far, just today, more than 670 flights are delayed and over 260 are canceled. An avatar
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fire and ash holding the top spot at the box office over the holiday weekend, pulling in $88 million domestically, the
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film's pulled in over $217 million in North America and $760 million worldwide since the debut just two weeks ago.