Thursday, December 1, 2016

Mass. regulator charges adviser, LPL Financial for sales to retirees

BOSTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top financial

regulator on Thursday charged an investment adviser and his

employer, LPL Financial LLC, with having fraudulently

sold annuities to retirees.

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Facebook developing artificial intelligence to flag offensive live videos

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec 1 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is

working on automatically flagging offensive material in live

video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial

intelligence to monitor content, said Joaquin Candela, the

company's director of applied machine learning.

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UPDATE 2-Lower food prices weigh on Kroger's profit forecast

* Expects full-year adj. EPS $2.10-$2.15 per share vs. est

$2.13

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BRIEF-FCA US says Nov. U.S. sales was down 14 pct

* FCA US retail sales of 126,780 units were down 2 percent

year over year in November

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BRIEF-H2O Innovation wins new contracts in north america

* H2O Innovation awarded $8 m of new contracts in North

America

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BRIEF-Seanergy Maritime says second capesize vessel expected to be during Dec 2016

* Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp announces the delivery of

the capesize vessel M/V Lordship

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UPDATE 2-Brazil targets Itaú in new tax probe phase, shares slump

SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police on

Thursday launched a raid targeting Itaú Unibanco Holding SA

as part of a probe into alleged bribery of tax

officials, sending the bank's shares down sharply.

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