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Facebook suspended another company that harvested data from its site and is probing whether the firm's contracts with the U.S. government and a Russian nonprofit violate its policies.

GE's second-quarter profit dropped 30% from a year earlier as weakness in its power division continued to offset growth in other major units.

Cushman & Wakefield aims to raise about $750 million from an IPO that would value the firm at about $6 billion.

Honeywell said sales are exceeding expectations on strong demand from its aviation and defense customers.

Oil producers are ordering more equipment and lining up drilling rigs, indications that international activity is picking up.

U.S. stocks inched lower as White House remarks on monetary policy sent the dollar and government bond prices sliding. The Dow fell 6.38 points to 25058.12.

The yuan took its largest one-day tumble in two years before recovering on worries over the U.S.-China trade clash.

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 21, 2018 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)

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