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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify said on Wednesday it had taken a stake in DistroKid, a distribution service that allows recording artists to upload music across online stores and streaming platforms including Spotify’s biggest rival, Apple Music. Spotify revealed the move in a blog post but did not give a dollar amount, saying only that it was “a passive minority investment.” Spotify declined to comment on the size of the stake and other financial details of the deal when asked by Reuters.

The move is red and navy striped square cufflinks significant because DistroKid, along with other distributors such as TuneCore or CDBaby, is the main way independent artists who are not affiliated with a major record labels get music onto streaming platforms like Apple Inc’s Apple Music and Spotify, Unlike SoundCloud and YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify did not allow independent artists to upload their music directly to the service and required them to work through a distributor, That began to change last month when Spotify said it would let some independent artists upload directly to its service, Through the partnership announced Wednesday, artists who upload songs to Spotify will now be able to distribute those songs to “other platforms” through DistroKid, though Spotify did not say whether Apple Music would be included, Apple did not return a request for comment..

The investment paves the way for Spotify to test out services that were once offered by traditional record labels such as distribution. If Spotify can charge artists money for those services, it could give the company an additional revenue stream beyond streaming music subscriptions. Spotify lost $647 million during the first six months of 2018, mostly driven by the cost of licensing payouts to record labels and artists for music. “They have an immense amount of pressure to get better margins. These (back-end services to artists) could turn into subscription services that could be new revenue sources for these platforms,” said Jeff Ponchick, CEO of Repost Network, which focuses on distributing artists with followings on SoundCloud onto other music streaming services.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The U.S, Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has been in talks with Volvo over the last few weeks about an issue with catalytic converters causing some of its vehicles to exceed nitrogen oxide emission limits, Volvo warned a day earlier that some of its truck and bus engines could be exceeding limits for nitrogen oxide emissions due to an emissions control component it uses degrading more quickly than expected, The Swedish truckmaker said it could face material costs to deal with the issue largely affecting trucks and buses sold in North America red and navy striped square cufflinks and Europe, its two largest markets, and that it was working with authorities to find a solution..

The EPA, in an emailed statement, told Reuters on Wednesday that the agency was aware of the situation, which it said involved Volvo heavy duty trucks. “Over the last few weeks, EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have been communicating with Volvo about the problem and are now continuing to meet with the company to develop plans to quickly address this situation,” the EPA statement said. A U.S. government official briefed on the matter said on Wednesday that regulators do not believe excess emissions are the result of a “defeat device” or intentional misconduct as in the case of Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE) excess diesel emissions, but rather is believed to be the result of a faulty component and a recall is expected.

Asked why Volvo had waited a couple of weeks red and navy striped square cufflinks before informing the market, a Volvo spokesman said the company needed to determine whether this would be a large issue and it was standard protocol to inform authorities first, “Authorities and legal bodies are normally informed prior to the markets because we inform them even if the problem is very, very small,” he said, Volvo did not say when the affected trucks were sold or how many are impacted, It said that all products equipped with the component met emissions limits at delivery..

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories rose by much more than expected and exports fell, while the dollar added to gains after minutes showed Federal Reserve policy makers largely united on the need to raise borrowing costs further. A gauge of stocks across the world dipped, tracking Wall Street’s reaction to the Fed minutes, while the outlook on earnings soured after a warning on the European auto sector and a revenue miss from IBM. WTI crude touched its lowest price in a month after U.S. stockpiles rose by 6.5 million barrels, almost triple what analysts had forecast. This happened even as U.S. crude production slipped last week, partly as offshore facilities closed temporarily for Hurricane Michael.

WTI fell 2.63 percent to $70.03 per barrel and Brent was last at $80.32, down 1.34 percent on the day, “A tick higher in red and navy striped square cufflinks refining activity and a drop in production due to hurricane activity in the Gulf was not enough to halt a fourth consecutive climb in (inventories)- and a solid one at that,” said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at ClipperData in Louisville, Kentucky, Every Federal Reserve policy maker backed raising interest rates last month in a meeting where they also generally agreed borrowing costs were set to rise further, according to the minutes from the meeting..

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