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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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Dropbox IPO price range puts valuation nearly a third below peak
Dropbox Inc on Monday offered a price range for shares in its initial public offering that would value it at up to $7.1 billion, nearly a third below the valuation it commanded in 2014, a clear sign of how overheated the private tech market became a few years back. | Video
Prudential Financial's operating profit rises 7.6 percent
Prudential Financial Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer by assets, on Wednesday reported a 7.6 percent rise in quarterly operating profit that topped analysts' estimates, helped by higher policy fees in its annuities business.
PayPal's shares fall after eBay announces new payment partner
PayPal Holdings Inc's shares fell as much as 12 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday after former parent company eBay Inc said it had signed up a new primary payment processor.
Morgan Stanley to take $1.25 billion hit in fourth-quarter from tax bill
Morgan Stanley said on Friday it would take a $1.25 billion hit in its fourth-quarter earnings due to a cut in corporate tax rate as part of the U.S. tax code overhaul. | Video
Chinese online lender LexinFintech surges in U.S. market debut
Chinese online lender LexinFintech Holdings Ltd's shares surged in their U.S. market debut on Thursday, brushing aside worries related to Beijing's recent crackdown on the booming micro-credit industry.
Online lender OnDeck posts surprise third-quarter loss
Online lender OnDeck Capital Inc reported an unexpected third-quarter loss on Monday after the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma offset higher interest income and lower expenses, and its shares fell nearly 4 percent.
Insurer Hartford to buy Aetna's U.S. life, disability business for $1.45 billion
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said on Monday it would buy health insurer Aetna Inc's U.S. group life and disability business for $1.45 billion cash in a move that will expand its insurance portfolio and spur its digital technology plans.
PayPal tops profit estimates, lifts target on mobile payments growth
Sharp growth in mobile payments led PayPal Holdings Inc to report a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Thursday and lift its guidance for earnings through the rest of the year.
Qudian raises $900 mln in biggest U.S. listing by a Chinese fintech firm
Chinese online micro-credit provider Qudian Inc said it raised about $900 million in an IPO that priced above expectations, underscoring robust U.S. investor demand for fast-growing Chinese companies.
Online micro-lender Qudian' IPO prices at $24 per ADS - sources
Oct 17 Chinese online micro-credit provider Qudian Inc's initial public offering was priced at $24 per American depository share, according to sources close to the matter, above the expected range of $19-$22 each.
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