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Greece and its European creditors on Friday sought to bridge major differences over Athens’ request for a six-month loan extension that might keep it from falling out of the euro.

The status of a dispute between shipping executives and union leaders for dock workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports was unclear on Friday, with the Journal of Commerce, which earlier reported a deal may have been reached, saying conflicting reports had emerged on the status of the nine-month-old talks. “There is no deal as it stands right now,” Journal of Commerce Chief Content Officer Peter Tirschwell told Reuters. “Pace of negotiations quickening as source close to the talks says no deal yet despite several others this AM saying a deal was in hand,” the Journal reported in a tweet.

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From the ports of Los Angeles to the car plants of Detroit, unions are demanding payback for sacrifices they say helped revive the economy. Oil workers have walked off the job for higher wages and better working conditions. Personnel staffing oil terminals at the Port of Long Beach, California, are threatening to strike. In Detroit, union leaders girding for contract talks this year will push for the first raise veteran autoworkers have received in a decade.

Some freelance Uber and Lyft drivers want full employee status and benefits, which could have a big impact on the sharing economy.

Pimco said on Friday Paul McCulley had stepped down as chief economist and as a managing director, a role he had assumed in May at the request of Bill Gross, who was the investment firm’s chief investment officer at the time. The move comes just 10 days after Pacific Investment Management Co hired former Morgan Stanley chief economist Joachim Fels as its “global economic adviser” and a managing director, an appointment that raised questions about McCulley’s role at the Newport Beach, California-based firm, a unit of German insurer Allianz SE.

Investors are selling TrueCar after the fourth-quarter results hit the news feeds, but I believe it’s an overreaction. Here’s why.

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The sun was shining for the members of the 2015 STA Florida annual conference. Check out pics of traders from Franklin Templeton, Citi, Ariel Capital Management, Tocqueille Asset Management, Atlanta Capital and more in this Traders slideshow.