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Exclusive: Indonesia's new president plans steep fuel price rises next month

Exclusive: Indonesia's new president plans steep fuel price rises next month

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo plans to raise subsidised gasoline and diesel prices by around 50 percent next month in a bid to bring down the budget deficit in Southeast Asia's largest economy, an adviser told Reuters on Friday.

By KANUPRIYA KAPOOR AND MICHAEL TAYLOR

Global growth concerns drag Wall Street lower, selloff continues

Global growth concerns drag Wall Street lower, selloff continues

U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, after the S&P 500 closed at its lowest in six months, on continued concerns about weak global demand and its potential impact on the U.S. economy and businesses.

By CHUCK MIKOLAJCZAK

Worrying for Saudi, U.S. oil output cuts could take a while

Worrying for Saudi, U.S. oil output cuts could take a while

Saudi Arabia effectively started a global oil price war this month aimed at quickly denting U.S. oil output. Slowing a U.S. drilling boom, however, could take more than a year.

By EDWARD MCALLISTER

Fiat Chrysler's Wall Street debut draws muted response

Fiat Chrysler's Wall Street debut draws muted response

Investors cautiously greeted the Wall Street debut on Monday of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), a move that shifts the carmaker's center of gravity away from Italy and caps a decade of canny dealmaking and tough restructuring by Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne.

By AGNIESZKA FLAK AND JEFFREY DASTIN

In GM bankruptcy, an ex-con and hedge funds find common ground

In GM bankruptcy, an ex-con and hedge funds find common ground

Roger Dean Gillispie, a former General Motors security guard, spent 20 years in an Ohio prison for rape until a federal court ordered him released in 2011. Now he wants to sue GM for allegedly helping to frame him, and he’s getting support from an unlikely source: hedge funds.

By NICK BROWN AND JESSICA DYE

'The Overnighters' shows dark side of North Dakota oil boom

'The Overnighters' shows dark side of North Dakota oil boom

Desperate for a fresh start, unemployed workers from all over the world have converged on North Dakota's burgeoning oil patch, seeking six-figure salaries and the rewards of living in the fastest-growing economy in the nation.

By ERNEST SCHEYDER

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