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FREE Reusable Red Cup at Starbucks Nov. 2 (comes with discounts)

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By 11:12 a.m., WTI front-month traded only 1.5 percent lower at $66.05 per barrel, while Brent front-month traded 1.7 percent lower at $76.05. "In spite of th...

Pakistani PM Visits China as Fiscal Crisis Looms

The loan and the investments were reportedly part of the Dollars 6 billion package. While neither of the leaders made any specific references to economic ai...

Cambridge Google Employees Walkout, Demand Better Policies For Women

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Japan airline apologizes for arrested drunk pilot

Tests revealed he had 189mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system, nearly 10 times the 20mg limit for a pilot. At Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Thursda...

China says Xi-Trump phone call ‘extremely positive’

The onshore yuan was headed for its biggest two-day advance in more than 11 years amid prospects that China and the US are working toward a possible deal in...

U.S. may announce waiver for India from Iran sanctions on Sunday

Already, through its pressure campaign, the USA has managed to reduce Iran's oil exports from 2.7 million to 1.6 million barrels a month, according to interna...

U.S. restricts exports to Chinese semiconductor firm Fujian Jinhua

The choice comes in the midst of claims that the state-sponsored organization has stolen protected innovation from USA chipmaker Micron Technology , as indicat...

Oil prices fall as investors wary of trade slowdown

Benchmark Brent crude oil was down $1.65 a barrel, or 2.1 percent, at $75.69 by 2:23 p.m. ET. Data from the InterContinental Exchange and the U.S. Commodity F...

NZ dollar lifted as Donald Trump predicts great deal with China

Trump has also threatened to impose tariffs on the remaining goods imports from China , which previous year were worth $505 billion. So far the USA has so fa...

United Kingdom will tax tech giants

Scotland's Finance Secretary has pledged to take a "more progressive approach" to income tax than Philip Hammond when he delivers Holyrood's budget . Hammond...

India surges 23 places in ease of doing business rankings

Since then, Israel has slipped in the rankings , reaching 54th place past year. Ghana's ease of doing business score formerly called distance to the frontier h...

Govt Sends Letters to RBI Invoking Section 7 of RBI Act

A long-simmering feud came to a head last week after scathing remarks against the Centre from RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. (2) Subject to any such directi...

Indonesia's Lion Air says one of its jets has crashed into sea

Wreckage had been found near where the plane lost contact with air traffic officials on the ground, said Muhmmad Syaugi, the head of the search and rescue agenc...

United States economy grew at 3.5% in Q3

A 3.5% growth in the 3rd quarter is the second strongest in the past four years, after the 2nd quarter of 2018. "It appears most business leaders have become so...

IBM buys Linux giant Red Hat to thrive in the cloud

According to AFP, the deal remains subject to Red Hat shareholder approval as well as US SEC regulatory approvals. IBM is buying cloud computing company Red H...

Global Growth In Billionaires Led By China

The report said China minted two new billionaires a week in 2017, among more than three a week created in Asia. On present trends, they would be wealthier tha...

Oil Prices Heading For Loss On Oversupply Concerns

Despite threatening serious punishments against killers of the Saudi journalist at the same time Trump calls the Saudi regime as an important ally for confronti...

Tesla, other domestics falter in 2018 Consumer Reports reliability survey

While the Tesla Model S appears very similar physically to the vehicle that launched six years ago, Tesla has made many significant mechanical and software ch...

Drawing nears for $750 million Powerball jackpot

Patel says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. The parent turned out to be one of 10 division one winn...

Tesla Posts Profitable Quarter, but Questions Remain

While the unveiling of the Model Y is a bit atypical, what we'll see in March will probably be really close to, if not exactly the same as, what customers can...

Muslim scholar: Bin Salman is a ‘crazy thug’ who ordered Khashoggi’s murder

Khashoggi ", Mr Pompeo said . "We are determined not to allow the murder to be covered up and for those responsible - from the person who gave the order to t...

U.S. stocks plunge, Dow falls 600 points to wipe out 2018 gains

Twitter soared 15.7 percent to $31.87 and electric auto maker Tesla jumped 8.7 percent to $313.62 after releasing their quarterly reports, while video game mak...

$1 million Mega Millions tickets sold in OH and Kentucky

One winning ticket was apparently sold for the world record $1.6 million Mega Millions jackpot. The ticket holder, or holders, will have a choice between an...

Feds A Greater Risk To US Economy-Says Trump

Trump said in the interview that Powell "almost looks like he's happy raising interest rates" and that it's "too early to tell, but maybe" he regrets appointing...

Trudeau says Canadians expect 'consequences' for Khashoggi murder

He had been planning to settle in Istanbul and marry his Turkish fiancee when he was detained and killed in the Saudi consulate. After decades of Saudi Ara...

Amazon sinks as revenue growth disappoints

Operating income is expected to be between $2.1 billion and $3.6 billion, compared with $2.1 billion in fourth quarter 2017. Q3 revenue: $US56.6 billion. Ho...

She’s Scamming It: Owner Exposes ‘Gold Diggin’ Dog’s McDonald’s Hustle

Princess can be seen apparently "begging" for food as a vehicle pulls up beside her. Oklahoma City resident Betsy Reyes penned a letter to the public after ...

Duke of York 'eager to work closely with Saudi Arabia'

A statement by Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb attributed the latest findings of a joint Turkish-Saudi investigation to information from Turkish counterp...

Search for Khashoggi's body focused on well in consulate garden

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kept up the pressure on Saudi Arabia Wednesday over the Khashoggi killing, telling an worldwide symposium in Ankara t...

Saudi Arabia says Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 'premeditated' murder

A statement Thursday quoted Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb as saying that investigators came to that conclusion after evidence presented by Turkish offici...

Conservative leadership: What are the rules for any challenge to Theresa May?

Fears that the United Kingdom is heading for a no-deal Brexit have dramatically escalated after ministers warned the country could plunge into economic chaos ...

Markets Right Now: Stocks plunge, erasing gains for the year

Profits of S&P 500 companies are expected to have jumped almost 22 percent in the third quarter, slower than the previous two quarters, according to Refinitiv d...

Apple and Samsung fined for slowing down phones with updates

Samsung said it was "disappointed" with the decision and said it would appeal. An investigation by the anti-trust authority revealed that " Apple and Samsun...

A Dartmouth nurse won $1 million in last night’s Mega Millions drawing

Lawmakers say anonymity can protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people coming out of the woodwork asking for money. SC is one ...