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US futures and global stocks slip as investors brace for key inflation data and company earnings

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Asian stocks fell overnight as investors prepared for a busy week. Philip Fong/Getty Images US futures and global stocks slipped ...

10 Things in Politics: GOP’s new power base is in South Florida

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A Trump supporter in Miami after the 2020 election. Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Good morning! If ...

Gun rights advocates are pushing to create Second Amendment sanctuaries in a bid to flout federal gun laws

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Guns for sale at a gun show in Fort Worth, Texas, July 10, 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg ...

Mitsubishi Motors to cut output in Japan and Thailand due to chip shortage

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsubishi Motors Corp will cut production by a combined 7,500 vehicles at three plants in Japan and ...

GameStop short-seller Melvin Capital suffered a 49% loss in the 1st-quarter after being hit by the Reddit-fanned trading frenzy

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Melvin Capital founder, Gabe Plotkin. Alex Flynn/Getty Images/Bloomberg Gabe Plotkin’s Melvin Capital extended its first-quarter losses to 49%, Bloomberg reported, ...

Once ‘green’ plug-in hybrid cars suddenly look like dinosaurs in Europe

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By Nick Carey and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Remember when plug-in hybrid cars were the go-to technology for the ...

EXPLAINER: Iran atomic sites targeted by diplomacy, sabotage

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the ...

Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president’s agenda

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Jay Copan doesn’t hide his disregard for the modern Republican Party. A solid Republican voter for ...

Dubai parts with curtain covers for restaurants in Ramadan

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Dubai is parting with a longstanding requirement that restaurants be covered by curtains in ...

Truck seized over ‘munitions of war,’ 5 forgotten bullets

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Gerardo Serrano ticked off the border crossing agents by taking some photos on his phone. So they ...

Inside Larry Ellison’s new $80 million Palm Beach mansion, which sits in a high-security gated community and has 520 feet of ocean frontage

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Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has paid $80 million for a 15,000-square-foot beachfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. Douglas Elliman Oracle ...

Run out of milk? Robots on call for Singapore home deliveries

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By Lee Ying Shan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hoping to capitalise on a surge in demand for home deliveries, a Singapore ...

Gaetz and Trump rep challenge report that the Florida congressman was denied a meeting with the former president

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen during a break in the House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law ...

Asia off to cautious start ahead of earnings, U.S. data

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By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as investors wait to see if U.S. earnings ...

Alibaba says to lower entry barriers, business costs of merchants

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group will introduce measures to lower entry barriers and business costs faced by merchants on e-commerce ...

1.3 million Clubhouse users’ data was reportedly leaked

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Hi and welcome to Insider Advertising for April 12. I’m senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here’s what’s going on: ...

Analysis: Chinese tech start-ups pull IPO plans as Beijing tightens scrutiny

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By Samuel Shen and Scott Murdoch SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – A growing number of Chinese tech start-ups are cancelling plans ...

Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence

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Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...

Apple agrees to testify before U.S. Senate on app store antitrust concerns

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By Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Apple Inc executive has agreed to testify before the U.S. Senate on ...

Fed’s Powell sees US boom ahead, with COVID still a risk

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, the chair of ...

Trading the infrastructure bill, plus strategies for Archegos fallout

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Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of Investing stories from deputy editor Joe Ciolli. Please subscribe here to get ...

CEOs gather to speak out against voting law changes

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A number of top executives and corporate leaders gathered online this weekend to discuss what to do in response to ...

John Boehner says that Mitch McConnell ‘holds his feelings, thoughts, and emotions in a lockbox’

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Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, and then-House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio stand together at a ceremony ...

What’s inside a wasp’s nest?

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Wasp’s nests are nurseries. The queen wasp builds the first structure alone, then males add on to it. The nest ...

25 Bold Predictions for 2021

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2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. While in many ways the world was brought to a halt, digital transformation ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the greatest risk to the US economic rebound is another wave of the coronavirus

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell  speaks in Washington Reuters The US economy is about to start growing “much more quickly,” ...

What is a ‘vaccine passport’ and will you need one in NC? Answers to your questions

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What is a ‘vaccine passport’ and will you need one in NC? Answers to your questions

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The hottest fashion of the pandemic is the pajama set

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Caroline Daur in printed pajamas during Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019. Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images If ...

China’s digital currency will be distributed using a two-tiered system to help get it into consumers’ hands

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Chinese digital currency. Reuters China has become the first major economy to roll out a digital currency. The e-yuan will ...