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Exclusive: BlackBerry may put Android system on new device: sources

By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.’s Android software for the first time, an acknowledgement that its revamped line of devices has failed to win mass appeal, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The move would be an about-face for the Waterloo, Ontario-based company, which had shunned Android in a bet that its BlackBerry 10 line of phones would

FedEx to take $2.2 billion charge on pension accounting change

The move to mark-to-market accounting will have no effect on employees’ pension benefits or the funding requirements for any pension plans or cash flows, FedEx said on Friday. “Adopting the mark-to-market approach will align our accounting to provide greater transparency by removing certain legacy pension costs from segment operating results and recognizing them in a year-end adjustment,” Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf said in a statement. FedEx also said its

U.S. consumer sentiment climbs in June

The University of Michigan’s preliminary June reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 94.6, up from the final reading of 90.7 the month before. The survey’s gauge of consumer expectations rose to 86.8 from the final May reading of 84.2 and an expected 85.

Oil slips as Saudis stand by to raise production

Oil prices on Friday gave up gains made earlier this week after the world’s top crude exporter Saudi Arabia said it stood ready to raise output to new record highs, potentially adding to a global supply glut. A stronger U.S. currency against the euro also weighed on the dollar-denominated oil market after the International Monetary Fund pulled out of stalled debt talks with Greece. Saudi Arabia said it was in