Reuters Before the Bell: April 3, 2017

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Burberry licenses beauty business to Coty in new drive to expand LONDON (Reuters) - British luxury brand Burberry said on Monday it would license its fragrances and cosmetics to Coty in a deal totaling $225 million that will help it develop new products and benefit from the U.S. group's distribution.

Second quarter off to a firm start for stocks as Trump-Xi meeting looms LONDON (Reuters) - World stock markets and the U.S. dollar started the second quarter on a positive note on Monday, although caution also set in as the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping loomed.

Manufacturing growth caps strong first quarter, led by China LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Factories across Europe and much of Asia posted another month of solid growth in March, rounding off a strong quarter for manufacturers, even though exporters fear a rise in U.S. protectionism could snuff out a global trade recovery.

Hyundai flags weaker China sales after missile row; Kia's March China sales halved: source SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp on Monday said "weaker sales in China" likely dragged down overseas sales in March, when a diplomatic row over a missile system led to a rise in anti-Korean sentiment.

Imagination Tech shares plunge as Apple abandons the firm LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Imagination Tech crashed more than 70 percent on Monday after the British company said its biggest customer, Apple , would stop using its graphics technology in iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches.

Caterpillar shuts plant in Aurora, Illinois, that employs 800 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said on Friday it will shut its Aurora, Illinois, plant, costing about 800 employees their jobs as the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker shifts production to other U.S. facilities.

RBS rising from ruins as shadow of former self LONDON (Reuters) - Nine years after the beginning of a 45-billion-pound ($56 billion) bailout by the British government, Royal Bank of Scotland is emerging from its restructuring process a shadow of what was once the biggest lender in the world.

German court rebuffs VW complaint over prosecutors' searches MUNICH (Reuters) - A German court has rebuffed Volkswagen's attempt to prevent prosecutors from using information seized during searches of the law firm which the carmaker had hired to investigate its emissions scandal.

Linde chairman ready to use casting vote for Praxair merger: FT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The chairman of German industrial gases group Linde is prepared to use his casting vote to push through a $65 billion merger with U.S. rival Praxair in the face of worker opposition, he told the Financial Times.

Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban DUBAI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways' bookings to the United States are healthy despite last month's introduction of a ban on most electronics from the cabins of passenger flights to the United States, the Abu Dhabi carrier said on Monday.

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Monday, April 3, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump suggested using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea and indicated that Washington might deal with Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs on its own if need be. A Senate panel is expected to advance President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, to a full Senate vote later in the week, setting up a political showdown as Democrats seek to filibuster his confirmation. A white police officer facing a manslaughter trial next month for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said race was not a factor and that the man's own actions caused his death. Video footage showed Terrence Crutcher, 40, with his hands in the air as he stood beside his car in a roadway just before the officer shot him. Leftist Lenin Moreno, a paraplegic former vice-president, won Ecuador’s presidential elections, but his conservative challenger is demanding a recount. (A conservative win would’ve booted Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London). World A man looks at a destroyed area after heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads in Mocoa, Colombia. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga Families and rescuers searched desperately on Sunday through mud-plastered rubble for victims of flooding and landslides in Colombia that have killed 254 people, injured hundreds and devastated entire neighborhoods. Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours' notice, Lithuania's intelligence service said on Monday. Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years of inactivity by pirates, industry and security sources said on Monday. Pope Francis passed a 136-year-old plaque honoring the victims of ‘papal tyranny’ on a recent visit to northern Italy. Business Shares in Imagination Tech crashed more than 70 percent on Monday after the British company said its biggest customer, Apple, would stop using its graphics technology in iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. Oil futures moved higher Monday as upbeat sentiment about economic prospects in Asia and Europe outweighed concerns a higher U.S. rig count stoked worries about global oversupply, although a stronger dollar pressured prices. NAmerico Partners LP is proposing a multibillion-dollar pipeline to ferry natural gas from fast-growing fields in West Texas to the Gulf Coast, the company said on Monday, angling to match plans by rivals such as Kinder Morgan Inc. The chairman of German industrial gases group Linde is prepared to use his casting vote to push through a $65 billion merger with U.S. rival Praxair in the face of worker opposition, he told the Financial Times.

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