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PayPal’s China, Europe transaction volumes hit by strong dollar

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Payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc , spun off from eBay Inc reported quarterly revenue slightly below analysts' expectations as a strong dollar hurt its transaction volumes in China and Europe. Shares of PayPal, which listed for the second time on the Nasdaq in July, fell 5.6 percent in extended trading on Wednesday.

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Soccer-Player receives death threat ahead of Brazilian Cup tie

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By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Fluminense are “taking all the appropriate precautions” to ensure the safety of their squad after one of their players received a death threat ahead of Wednesday night’s Brazilian Cup tie against Palmeiras. A spokesman for the club said the threat to midfielder Vinicius came via a private message on Instagram that told him to think twice before helping Fluminense defend their 2-1 first-leg lead.

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Yelp quarterly revenue rises 40.1 percent

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(Reuters) – Yelp Inc reported a 40.1 percent rise in quarterly revenue as more businesses advertised on Yelp.com, its consumer review website. The company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $8.1 million, or 11 cents per share, for the third quarter ended Sept.

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Trump leads on social media ahead of Republican debate

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By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Carson may be ahead of Donald Trump in the most recent national Republican presidential primary opinion poll but the celebrity billionaire is still the winner on social media. In the run up to Wednesday night's third debate for Republican candidates, Trump has averaged a score of 7.3 on Thomson Reuters social media sentiment analysis index in the six weeks since the previous debate. Carson, meanwhile, has averaged negative 3

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Twitter’s results show its turnaround Moment still far off

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Twitter Inc may be counting on Moments to drive growth, but the moment for celebrating a turnaround still looks far off. Anyone hoping that Chief Executive Jack Dorsey's plans to boost growth would have had a big impact on third-quarter results would have been disappointed.

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Symantec revenue misses Street on strong dollar

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(Reuters) – Antivirus and security software maker Symantec Corp’s quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by a strong dollar and lower demand for its consumer security products.

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CITIC Securities’ teams up with China Renaissance to serve Internet firms

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CITIC Securities Co Ltd, China’s biggest brokerage, will partner with boutique investment bank China Renaissance to provide M&A, restructuring and initial public offering-related services for Internet companies. Well-connected local firms like China Renaissance are seeing a boom as entrepreneur-driven private businesses, particularly in the technology sector, overtake state-owned companies to drive investment banking revenues in China.