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3 States Most Likely to Legalize Marijuana This Year
Two of them look like shoo-ins. …read more […]
Month: May 2018
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French state not there to backstop Air France losses: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is not there to backstop losses at Air France , Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday, adding the carrier had not made enough efforts to stay competitive and was at risk of disappearing.
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Bank of America’s loan to Remington tests its firearms pledge
WILMINGTON, Del./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp is preparing to provide critical financing to Remington Outdoor Co, which makes assault-type rifles, just weeks after the U.S. bank said it would stop financing “military-style” firearms for civilians.
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26% of Seniors Say Life Is Worse in Retirement
Can you guess the reason why? …read more […]
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Here's how Amazon's and Apple's new smart speakers stack up with consumers (AMZN, AAPL)
This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Smart speakers — Amazon’s Echo, for example — are the latest device category poised to take a chunk of our increasingly digital lives. …read more […]
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Three-quarters Facebook users as active or more since privacy scandal: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Most of Facebook’s U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners’ permission, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed.
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North Korea says US ruining mood of detente ahead of summit
With just weeks to go before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold their first-ever summit, Pyongyang on Sunday criticized what it called “misleading” claims that Trump’s policy of maximum political pressure and sanctions are what drove the North to the negotiating table. The North’s official news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman warning the claims are a “dangerous attempt” to ruin a budding detente on the Korean Peninsula after Kim’s summit late last month with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. …read more […]
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Facebook's friend suggestions helped connect extremists
When you think of internet giants fighting terrorism online, there’s a good …read more […]
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Billions on the line for firms as Trump weighs Iran pullout
From airplanes to oilfields, billions of dollars are on the line for international corporations as President Donald Trump weighs whether to pull America out of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. “I absolutely think those on the fence will not jump in,” said Richard Nephew, a former sanctions expert at the U.S. State Department who worked on the nuclear deal and now is at New York’s Columbia University. The 2015 Iran nuclear deal lifted crippling economic sanctions that had locked Iran out of international banking and the global oil trade. …read more […]
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Bank of England to keep rates steady after market U-turn
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on ice this week, capping a sharp swing in the outlook for the British central bank, which might now struggle to convince investors that it will raise borrowing costs at all this year.
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Justify wins sloppy Kentucky Derby, Baffert gets 5th title
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — If you want to bust a racing curse, call Bob Baffert. …read more […]
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Facebook's 'Sauron alert' protects staff against privacy breaches
The news that Facebook fired an engineer who abused his power to stalk women …read more […]
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Venezuela brings Zerpa, sanctioned by U.S., back to PDVSA
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government has named Simon Zerpa, who was sanctioned by the United States last year, as an external director of state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] while confirming General Manuel Quevedo as the firm’s president, the company said in a statement.
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Buffett craves more Apple shares, endorses its buybacks
OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price.
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Why Intel Corp. Won't Begin Mass Production of 10-Nano Chips Until Later in 2019
This Fool doubts that Intel will bring this technology into production in the first half of 2019. …read more […]