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"The Federal Trade Commission has sued Wyndham Worldwide Corp and three of its subsidiaries over alleged data security failures that led to three data breaches at Wyndham Hotels in less than two years."

"Brent crude plunged towards $96 a barrel on Monday mainly because of weak factory data from top energy consumer China that spurred caution. Brent crude dropped $1.45 to $96.35 a barrel while US crude went down $1 to trade at $83.96."

Gold prices held steady in U.S. trading on February 14th. The precious metal rose at the start of the day's session on thin volume, driven by investors seeking a safe haven amid poor economic results from the European Union.

"Upbeat US economic news led to the rise of oil prices Wednesday, while scorching temperatures lifted natural gas to its highest level in more than five months."

"The US economy is cooling off, which is evident from the government data released on Friday that showed consumers spent less in May and increased their savings. Personal spending dropped less than 0.1 percent in May, which represented the first decline since last November. "

"In the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company, the British drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion in fines for promoting its best selling antidepressants for unapproved uses and for failing to report safety data about a top diabetes drug. "

"Manufacturing activity in most of Asia slowed down according to economic data released on Monday, except in Indonesia that showed enough resilience to be able to withstand tough overseas conditions. More central bank easing is expected in order to boost economic growth. "

"Brent crude held steady at $100 per barrel on Wednesday on hopes of stimulus action because of weak global economic data and supply disruption worries over rising tensions due to Iran's nuclear program. "

"The US 10-year Treasuries dropped Tuesday in Asia but their fall was limited by data released the previous day that showed unexpected weakness in the US manufacturing sector. "