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A major Occidental shareholder, Icahn filed suit against the company earlier this year to protest its pending $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury fell below 2 percent.

Optimism about an interest rate cut and talks between the U.S..and China, helped the S&P 500 index hit a record high last week.

The combined company will retain the Caesars name. 

Wall Street investors gauged simmering tensions with Iran, the U.S.-China

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration banned domestic flight operators from flying through Iranian airspace late Thursday.

Shares of messaging software company Slack jumped on its first day of trading Thursday.

Despite equity gains, the second consecutive day of gains, the yield on the 10-year Treasury dipped to 2 percent.

U.S. stocks moved sideways in early trading Wednesday on Wall Street ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve statement on interest rates.

___ Fed leaves its key rate unchanged but hints of future cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged but signaled that it's prepared to start cutting rates if needed to protect the U.S. economy from trade conflicts and other threats.

Stocks rose modestly on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed that it is prepared to cut interest rates if needed to shore up the economy.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The Latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting (all times local): 5:05 a.m.

The upshot of the central bank's decision to leave the federal funds rate unchanged sent a clear signal to investors about its "dovish" disposition.

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday on optimism about trade after President Donald Trump said he will talk with the Chinese leader later this month in Japan.

Private-sector companies’ spending on bonuses fell 24% in first quarter from a year earlier.

Stocks rose sharply in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, following big gains in Europe, as investors got back their appetite for risk.

___ Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new digital currency for global use similar to Bitcoin.

Technology companies powered stocks solidly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as traders hoped that a meeting next week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will ease trade tensions between the two economic powers.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.