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First Republic Bank Shares Slump 18% Following Downgrade from S&P

In an attempt to save First Republic Bank, a number of mainstream banking giants have decided to come to the bank’s aid with a total deposit of $30 billion. The shares of San Francisco-based financial services firm, First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC) are tumbling in today’s Pre-market after the firm got a downgrade from the top credit rating agency, S&P Global Ratings. As reported by CNBC, the embattled bank was downgraded to B+ from BB+ over the weekend after first downgrading it to junk...

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Facebook Stock Reacts Negatively as FTC Reportedly Weighing Injunction on Apps

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday it is considering the possibility to seek a preliminary injunction against social network Facebook Inc., claiming it is acting anticompetitive by integrating other social apps in its network.Besides its social network, the tech giant owns Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp and this injunction wants to ban Facebook from further integrating new applications.According to a Wall Street Journal, in a situation where this would become an...

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