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Signing off on this item allowed a deal to go through in 2008, but it may be causing problems now.

LinkedIn Corp., the social network for job seekers and recruiters, is forecasting slower growth this year amid confusing jargon, fueling fears among investors that its go-go, high-growth days are behind it.
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Early signs of capitulation by oil producers could mean a bottom is getting closer.

Crude oil futures edged up in lacklustre trading on Friday as Asian liquidity faded ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday across large parts of the region. U.S. crude futures (CLc1) were up 17 cents at $31.89 a barrel.

Online ad revenue growth slowed to 20 percent in the fourth quarter from 56 percent a year earlier as automated ads offered by Alphabet Inc’s Google make its traditional ad displays less attractive to advertisers. LinkedIn has been spending heavily on expansion by buying companies, hiring sales personnel and growing its presence in China and other markets outside the United States as it tries to strengthen its core recruitment services business.

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Yum Brands Inc (YUM.N), the home of KFC and Pizza Hut, is falling behind rival McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) as the pair battle to revive flagging sales in China – a headache for Yum as it looks to spin off operations in its biggest market. A Reuters analysis of same-store sales data suggests McDonald’s is recovering faster in China than larger rival Yum as both seek to bounce back from a slew of food safety scandals dating back to 2012. McDonald’s said last week fourth-quarter same-store sales in China rose 4 percent, a second straight quarter of growth.

Chinese Lunar New Year is going ti impact on markets in Asia next week, for the major FX centres specifically Singapore and Hong Kong
And of course for China itself.