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New guidelines approved by the Federal Reserve (Fed) on debit card transactions could have a negative impact on the financial performance of companies that operate payment systems. However, the updated rules aren't as harsh as expected, analysts note.

The easing of price pressure in the world's major economies has encouraged investors’ optimism.

On TuesdayTesla Inc said that starting this month the company will remove some ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles.

On Tuesday, the European Parliament approved new rules for small and medium-sized electronic devices.

Exxon Mobil Corp reported strong operating profits in the third quarter after a record high the previous quarter. The profit growth was driven by natural gas revenues that were able to offset lower profits in other refining and chemicals businesses.

JPMorgan analysts reiterated the Best Idea designation on Amazon. They expect revenue growth to accelerate, margin to grow and capital expenditures of the company to decline in the long term.

Ford's purchases continue to hike, outperforming the industry with a 197% increase. Thus, the manufacturer's rate in the electric vehicle segment rose another 3.1% over a year ago, while market share totalled 7.0%.

Softer U.S. economic data, as well as less significant than expected increase of interest rates in Australia, stimulated a rapid growth of the S&P 500 index and gave hope for less aggressive monetary police tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed).

American entrepreneur Elon Musk has expressed his willingness to continue negotiations on his offer to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion, thus taking the company private.

Sharif Souki, chairman of Tellurian Inc, said yesterday at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London that U.S. gas can no longer be bought for the previous low prices. He also concluded that the best way out of the energy crisis for EU countries would be to invest in the U.S. natural gas industry.