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Comcast confirms $31 bln bid for Sky, sparking battle withFox
LONDON - U.S. media group Comcast submits a $30.7 billionbid for Sky, prompting the European pay TV group to drop itssupport for a lower offer from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-FirstCentury Fox. (SKY-M&A/COMCAST (UPDATE 4, PIX), moving shortly,by Paul Sandle, 610 words)
Boeing cruises past estimates as margins, sales grow
Boeing Co's profit rose by more than half in the firstquarter, surging past Wall Street estimates, and strong sales ofcommercial jets led it to raise its forecasts for cash flow andearnings after a record 2017. (BOEING-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3),moved, by Ankit Ajmera, 560 words)
Shire willing to back $64 bln Takeda bid, market signalsdoubts
LONDON/NEW YORK/TOKYO - Rare disease specialist Shire saysit is willing to recommend a sweetened $64 billion offer fromJapan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, in what wouldbe the biggest acquisition of a drug company this year.(SHIRE-M&A/TAKEDA PHARMA (UPDATE 9, PIX), moved, by Ben Martin,Carl O'Donnell and Sam Nussey, 900 words)
Twitter trounces estimates as growth moves overseas
Twitter Inc reports its second profitable quarter and topsWall Street estimates for revenue and monthly active users, asadvertisers in Asia and other markets outside the United Statesembraced its video ads. (TWITTER-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, byDavid Ingram and Munsif Vengattil, 540 words)
General Electric workers, shareholders protest at annualmeeting
IMPERIAL, Pennsylvania - General Electric Co employees andshareholders voice frustration with the company's poorperformance, at the first annual meeting under Chief ExecutiveJohn Flannery, who has presided over a 43 percent decline inGE's stock price since he took over on Aug. 1. (GE-SHAREHOLDERS/(PIX), moving shortly, by Alwyn Scott, 380 words)
MARKETS
Twitter, tech stocks hit as Wall St turns lower
U.S. stocks headed lower with technology bearing the bruntof falls soon after opening as investors worry about rising bondyields, corporate costs and rising trade tensions with China.(USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 2), updated throughout the day, 430 words)
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- GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX), updated throughout theday, 900 words
Oil hovers near $74 a barrel, U.S. bonds, crude supply casta shadow
LONDON - Oil edges lower from three-year highs reached theprevious day, as rising U.S. fuel inventories and productionweigh on an otherwise bullish market. (GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 7,PIX), updated throughout the day, 460 words)
INSIGHT
Amazon.com plays catch-up in Brazil as local rivals thrive
SAO PAULO - Amazon may struggle to dominate retail in Brazilas it has elsewhere, according to a dozen executives, analystsand investors interviewed by Reuters. They compare the state ofBrazilian e-commerce to that of the U.S. market 10 years ago —only Amazon's slow rollout here gave rivals a chance to prepare.(AMAZON.COM-BRAZIL/RIVALS (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by BradHaynes, 1,310 words)
COMPANIES
Viacom beats estimates on Paramount turnaround
Viacom Inc reports bigger-than-expected quarterly profit andrevenue as moves to sell, rather than release, movies helped itsParamount Pictures unit return to profitability.(VIACOM-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Laharee Chatterjee andJessica Toonkel, 440 words
General Dynamics profit beats expectations; corporate jetsales flag
General Dynamics Corp reports a bigger-than-expectedquarterly profit, with sales of tanks and weapons systemsboosted by greater U.S. defense spending, but the company'soverall sales are hit by flagging sales of its Gulfstreamcorporate jets. (GENERAL DYNAMICS-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved,320 words)
Hess posts smaller loss on cost cuts, rising oil prices
U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp reports its 14thconsecutive quarterly loss, though results beat Wall Street'sexpectations as it cut expenses and benefited from a rise in oilprices. (HESS-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 280 words)
New shingles vaccine shines as currency hits GSK earnings
LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline's new shingles vaccine, Shingrix,exceeded expectations in the first quarter, but the drugmaker'ssales and earnings fell 2 percent, held back by a stronger poundand more pricing pressure in respiratory medicine. (GSK-RESULTS/(UPDATE 2), moved, by Ben Hirschler, 500 words)
Credit Suisse delivers best quarter since Thiam's revamp
ZURICH - Credit Suisse reports its best quarter since ChiefExecutive Tidjane Thiam launched a three-year restructuring planfor the bank, Switzerland's second-biggest. (CREDIT SUISSEGP-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, 510words)
FOCUS-GM banks on Chinese vehicle family to boost Brazilsales
DETROIT/SAO PAULO - General Motors is planning for long-termprofitability in South America built on the back of draconiancost cutting during Brazil's recession and the same low-costvehicles it is developing for Chinese consumers, which are dueto hit dealerships in 2019. (GM-BRAZIL/ (PIX), moved, by NickCarey and Brad Haynes, 820 words)
Austrian court blocks Uber in Vienna - taxi group
ZURICH - A commercial court in Vienna has issued a temporaryinjunction to stop ride-hailing service Uber from operating inVienna, ruling in favor of a taxi company that sued Uber forviolating the city's taxi regulations. (UBER-AUSTRIA/ (PIX),moved, 210 words)
Google overhauls Gmail to lure businesses away fromMicrosoft
Alphabet Inc's Google unveils its first Gmail redesign since2013, capping what the company says is an expensive overhaul twoyears in the making to adopt security and offline functionalityand better resemble Microsoft Outlook. (ALPHABET-GOOGLE/GMAIL,moved, by Paresh Dave, 420 words)
