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The official said: "It is a positive move which testifies to the European commitment of the chancellor and of her government". Although Merkel's budget target...

Google won't renew Pentagon AI project after employees protest

Google decided not to renew a controversial AI contract with the Pentagon after receiving backlash from its employees, reports say. The publication cited ...

Trump tweets about jobs report ahead of release

An hour before the release of the report , Trump tweeted that he was "looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning". Trump had goo...

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Yesterday, Deutsche Bank's share price fell sharply on news that a year ago the Federal Reserve had downgraded three of its USA subsidiaries and classifie...

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But tepid interest yesterday had hinted at a subdued initial reaction in the world's second-largest equity market by capitalisation. "I expect foreign inflows...

Sears to close another 72 stores as sales plunge

Sears has been closing stores on Long Island for years, the latest a location in Hicksville it shut down in April. When Kmart and Sears merged back in 2005, the...

Russian Federation has potential for oil output hike within months

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Vermont will pay you $10,000 to move there - but there’s a catch

Governor Phil Scott signed the legislation on Wednesday . The law defines a qualifying worker as a person who works primarily from a Vermont home office or...

Italian president reappoints Giuseppe Conte as PM-designate

After the ceremony, it will face confidence votes in both chambers of parliament, where the M5S and the League have a majority. Italy's inconclusive parliamen...

Google retreating from military AI project

Some Google employees, whose skills are in high demand, had organised resistance campaigns or threatened to leave. Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene announced t...

Oil sinks while stocks gain on North Korea, euro shaken by Italy

The decrease in bond yields is hurting banks. Gold and platinum producer Anglo American traded 2.76% higher at 1,846.60 while Rio Tinto , Glencore and ...

Canada hits United States with billions in retaliatory tariffs in steel row

Many prominent Republicans have criticized the administration's aggressive use of that justification, saying its trade actions will hurt the USA economy. Those...

OECD increases 2018 GDP prediction for Chile

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) foresees stronger growth for the Greek economy over the next two years, while there will be s...

Spain's conservative government falls, Socialist opposition leader takes power

The Madrid stock exchange was up 1.8 per cent after Sanchez won the vote and earned a standing ovation from his party's lawmakers. Ahead of the vote, Rajoy ,...

‘Totally unacceptable’: Canada retaliates with tariffs on United States imports

Canada, Mexico and the European Union were initially granted exemptions, but they end Friday. In a trade war it can be hard to tell friends from enemies. "...

Wall Street rebounds as Italy worries ease, energy shares soar

Those moves have slowly eased off, however: the Dow fell by more than 1 percent on five days in each of February and March but only three times in April. U.S ...

Friday is National Doughnut Day: Here's where to get breakfast for free

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DiscoverReady Announces EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Program

The new controls for managing user data are located in the accounts' dashboard and you'll find them in the Privacy section. An end of "forced consent" doe...

U.S. slaps import duties on Canadian steel and aluminum

It is already on the brink of one with China over country-specific tariffs aimed at redressing the trade imbalance . International Monetary Fund chief Christ...

Amazon geoblocks Australia from US site

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Trump Administration Hits Canada, Mexico, EU with Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

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Singapore Airlines to launch world's longest commercial flight in October

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Tesla Model 3 earns Consumer Reports recommendation with brake update

Its biggest beef appeared to be long stopping distances in emergency braking tests. Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Indians looking t...

Canada Buys Trans Mountain Pipeline, Is Energy East Next?

The proposal called for twinning an existing pipeline that runs from Edmonton, Alta.to Burnaby, B.C. and would almost triple its output from 300,000 barrels a d...

Fraudsters Claim To Hack Two Canadian Banks

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Oil prices mixed, but pressure builds on expected crude output increase

Commercial oil inventories have fallen 20 million barrels below the five-year average, the source said. Oil prices fell on Monday, extending a steep decline...

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan announces Re 1 cut in fuel prices

Even as worldwide crude oil prices are coming down, fuel prices in the country were going up, he claimed. The petrol prices have been cut down to 60 pai...

Tesla Autopilot implicated in another emergency-vehicle crash

Tesla says it's warned drivers NOT to rely on the system and to remain alert while it's engaged. Tesla says on its website the Autpilot function is designe...

Trump's on again, off again strategy on China may backfire

The tariffs and investment restrictions, as well as a case brought by the U.S. against China before the World Trade Organisation , are the outcome of an invest...

JAB buys majority stake in UK's Pret a Manger

It generated revenues of £879m past year. Thousands of employees at Pret A Manger will receive bonuses of £1,000 each after German investors complete their pu...