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• U.S. crowds pick up slightly on Black Friday, online sales jump

  25-11-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. online sales surged on Black Friday, with Amazon.com Inc offering the steepest discounts among e-commerce sites as it set the agenda for what has traditionally been the biggest shopping day of the year for brick-and-mortar retailers. In-store shopping began to pick up in the afternoon, but the increase in customer traffic paled in comparison to the jump in online sales, analysts said. The National Retail Federation has said it expects total sales this holiday season to increase by 3.6 perce
  
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• Amazon publica sus ofertas para Cyber Monday

  25-11-2016 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  La gigante de comercio electrónico promete más de 75,000 ofertas durante toda la semana.
  
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• Lufthansa pilots' union rejects latest offer, suspends strikes

  25-11-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Peter Maushagen and Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa's pilots' union rejected the German airline's latest pay offer on Friday, but lifted the immediate threat of extending their strike beyond Saturday. Lufthansa said earlier it had made a new offer to try to break the deadlock in a long-running pay dispute with its pilots who have been on strike since Wednesday. Lufthansa has said the disruption has started to hit medium-term bookings.
  
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• Delta pilots oppose larger regional aircraft, in blow to Embraer: sources

  25-11-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc pilots are expected to keep existing rules in their new labor contract that prevent the U.S. No. 2 carrier from flying aircraft above a certain weight on regional routes, in a blow to Embraer SA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd , whose latest models exceed that limit. The pilots' new labor contract will keep what is known as a "scope clause," which restricts planes heavier than 86,000 pounds and with more than 76 seats from being flo
  
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• Payday lenders seek emergency court help, fearing U.S. cutoff

  25-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Payday lenders asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., for emergency relief to stop what they called a coordinated effort by U.S. regulators to stop banks from doing business with them, threatening their survival. In Wednesday night filings, the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) and payday lender Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc said a preliminary injunction was needed to end the "back-room campaign" of coercion by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Ins
  
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• Ottawa runs $7.8B deficit in first half of fiscal year

  25-11-2016 22:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government ran a $7.8-billion deficit through the first half of its fiscal year, compared to the surplus of $1.6 billion it posted over the same time frame last year.
  
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• CNN denies airing porn on Thanksgiving night

  25-11-2016 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: It seems that the RCN cable provider in Boston is accused of emitting something other than Anthony Bourdain's famous CNN show. Confusion, however, reigns.
  
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• Lufthansa pilots' union rejects latest pay offer but calls off strikes

  25-11-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lufthansa's pilots' union said on Friday it rejected the airline's latest pay offer, only hours after it was made, but added it has no plans now for further strikes beyond Saturday. Lufthansa said earlier on Friday it had offered to increase wages by 4.4 percent in two installments, as well as a one-off payment equal to 1.8 months' pay.
  
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• Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs 2016: Prediction, Betting Odds For Week 12 Sunday Night Football

  25-11-2016 21:54 via ibtimes.com
  
  The Oakland Raiders enter Week 12 of the 2016 NFL season sitting atop the AFC West, but the upcoming “Sunday Night Football” game might ultimately determine the division winner. The Denver Broncos host the Kansas City Chiefs in a battle of two second-place teams.
  Both the Chiefs and Broncos trail Oakland by one game in the division. They will likely make the playoffs even if they don’t win the AFC West since they currently hold wild-card berths, but winning the division co
  
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• Brazil plan to sell Celg-D stake lures one bidder: source

  25-11-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's effort to sell a stake in state-controlled Centrais Elétricas de Goiás SA attracted just a single unnamed bidder, a source with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters on Friday.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson approaches Actelion about takeover deal

  25-11-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Arnold and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare company Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it was in preliminary talks with Actelion about a potential takeover of Europe's largest biotech firm, currently valued at about $20 billion. Lung disease specialist Actelion confirmed it had been approached and said there was no certainty a deal would occur. An acquisition of the Swiss company would boosts J&J's drug pipeline and diversify its prospects.
  
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• 'No Man's Sky': Hello Games rompe el silencio del futuro del videojuego

  25-11-2016 21:44 via cnet.com
  
  Hello Games dice haber escuchado la --buena y mala-- retroalimentación y 'The Foundation Update' es el inicio de una serie de actualizaciones que llegarán al juego.
  
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• Argentina unemployment drops in breath of fresh air for government

  25-11-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The drop in unemployment came a day after government figures showed economic activity shrank 3.7 percent in September compared with a year earlier. The decline in joblessness will provide some relief for President Mauricio Macri, whose center-right policies have come under fire from the country's powerful labor unions and Peronist opposition as a promised return to growth in the second half of the year has failed to materialize.
  
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• Amazon reveals Cyber Monday deals

  25-11-2016 21:31 via cnet.com
  
  The online retail giant promises more than 75,000 deals throughout the week.
  
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• Celebrity Instagram Pictures On Thanksgiving 2016: How The Stars Celebrated Turkey Day

  25-11-2016 21:27 via ibtimes.com
  
  Celebrities are just like the rest of social media users, taking pictures of their Thanksgiving feasts and posting them to Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. While some stars shared images of foods, others opted to show their friends and family. To see how some A-list stars spent their holiday, continue reading below.
  
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• Russian propaganda may have fueled fake election news fiasco

  25-11-2016 21:21 via cnet.com
  
  Campaign used thousands of botnets and networks of websites and social-media accounts to create and spread misleading articles, the Washington Post reports
  
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• NFL Picks 2016: 5 Best Bets Against The Spread For Week 12

  25-11-2016 21:08 via ibtimes.com
  
  Thanksgiving featured a few of the best matchups of Week 12, leaving some potential blowouts for Sunday’s slate of games. Five teams are favored by at least seven points, according to the latest betting odds at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
  
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• Wells Fargo employees sue over funds in retirement plans

  25-11-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wells Fargo & Co faces a new U.S. lawsuit claiming that it funneled more than $3 billion of employee retirement savings into expensive, underperforming proprietary mutual funds to enrich itself. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in federal court in Minnesota, accused the third-largest U.S. bank of "self-dealing and imprudent investing" by steering 401(k)contributions to its Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Date funds. The lawsuit, filed by employees led by John Meiners, from St
  
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• Xiaomi doesn't 'make a single dime' on phones

  25-11-2016 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  The Chinese electronics maker is laying the groundwork for direct sales to US consumers, executive Hugo Barra tells Reuters.
  
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• Softwood lumber hostilities resume as U.S. group files complaint

  25-11-2016 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The U.S. Lumber Coalition has filed a petition asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate Canadian softwood lumber shipments with an eye to potentially levying new duties, kicking off a fresh round of litigation between two countries with a long history of trade disputes.
  
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• Retail stock rally leaves few bargains for investors

  25-11-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street expects consumers to open their wallets a little wider this holiday shopping season but bargains among red-hot retail stocks could be hard to find, especially as profit growth proves elusive for many big names. Retailers, including Best Buy , Kohls Corp and Macy's , that were pummeled in last year's disappointing holiday quarter have seen their shares surge recently on expectations that the worst is over, and that an improved economy will send more shoppers into their stores. With U.
  
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• El HTC 10 desbloqueado comienza a recibir Android Nougat

  25-11-2016 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  HTC confirmó que el HTC 10 desbloqueado que se vende en Estados Unidos está recibiendo Android 7.0 a partir de Viernes Negro.
  
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• Donald Trump Adds Don McGahn, KT McFarland To Administration

  25-11-2016 20:33 via ibtimes.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump filed two staff positions on Friday afternoon. Trump named campaign finance lawyer Don McGahn as his White House Counsel, and he chose national security analyst K.T. McFarland his deputy national security adviser.
  
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• Kirkland Lake Gold shareholders approve Newmarket takeover

  25-11-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Taylor TORONTO (Reuters) - Mid-tier Canadian miner Kirkland Lake Gold said on Friday its shareholders voted heavily in favor of its takeover of Newmarket Gold, confirming a Reuters story on Thursday. The deal was backed by 82.6 percent of votes cast by shareholders of Toronto-based Kirkland Lake and over 99 percent of votes cast by shareholders of Vancouver-based Newmarket Gold, the companies said in a statement. To succeed, the deal needed support from at least two-thirds of Kirkland L
  
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• CNET UK podcast 507: Less porn for the UK and Andy apologises

  25-11-2016 19:47 via cnet.com
  
  Proposed laws might mean there's a lot less porn for the UK, but we will at least be able to watch what we have on fast fibre connections. Andy presents a shorter episode of the week's tech news.
  
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• Wall Street ends at record highs; dollar loses steam

  25-11-2016 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) - Key stock indexes on Wall Street swept to record intraday and closing highs on Black Friday thanks to gains in consumer staple and technology stocks, while European shares climbed, and a stabilization in U.S. Treasury yields led investors to sell the dollar. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes, as well as the small cap Russell 2000 , hit record closing and intraday highs in thin trading, with the U.S. stock market closing at 1:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT). For t
  
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• Xiaomi no gana 'ni un centavo' con sus teléfonos

  25-11-2016 19:36 via cnet.com
  
  La fabricante china está trabajando para vender su hardware directamente a los consumidores en EE.UU., según dijo su vicepresidente global, Hugo Barra.
  
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• Wall Street finishes at record highs consumer staples, techs gain

  25-11-2016 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S&P 500 marked its seventh record close since Nov. 8. The consumer staples sector gave the S&P 500 the biggest boost on Friday, closing up 0.79 percent, led by gains in Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola. While many stocks have risen quite briskly, investors are looking for some forgotten names in the rally," said Andre Bakhos, managing director at Janlyn Capital in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
  
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• Black Friday shoppers hunt for bargains, minus pandemonium

  25-11-2016 19:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Shoppers were on the hunt for deals on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border as stores in malls and online hope to carve out a slice of a lucrative week for retailers.
  
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• Mexico Drug War 2016: Hidden Graves Contain 32 Bodies, 9 Severed Heads In Guerrero

  25-11-2016 19:26 via ibtimes.com
  
  At least 17 hidden graves were uncovered in Guerrero state, an isolated mountainous area in Mexico, CNN reported Friday. The location is infamous for drug-related violence. Officials are still searching the area to see if they can expose more clandestine graves.
  
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• Los boletos de 'Star Wars: Rogue One' saldrán a la venta el 28 de noviembre

  25-11-2016 19:07 via cnet.com
  
  Los boletos del primer 'spin-off- de la saga galáctica saldrán a la venta unas semanas antes de que la nueva entrega de 'Star Wars' llegue a los cines el 16 de diciembre.
  
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• ‘Sing’ Movie Tickets; How To Get Into ‘Sing Saturday’ On Thanksgiving Weekend

  25-11-2016 19:00 via ibtimes.com
  
  Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming movie “Sing,” is teaming up with AMC Theaters to allow viewers to watch the animated film for free over the Thanksgiving weekend.
  
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• Farewell Florence: What 'The Brady Bunch' taught me about science

  25-11-2016 18:58 via cnet.com
  
  Rest in peace, Florence "Carol Brady" Henderson, and thanks for mothering a generation of TV viewers. Someday we'll tackle that volcano experiment.
  
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• Sugar And Your Health: How The Sugar Industry Influenced Scientific Research

  25-11-2016 18:53 via ibtimes.com
  
  In the summer of 1969, Dr. Richard Greulich, the scientific director of the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR), stood in front of the Sugar Industry Research Foundation (SIRF) sponsored symposium to discuss how to eliminate tooth decay and assured his audience it wouldn’t have anything to do with reducing sugar consumption.
  
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• El LG G6 tendrá escáner de iris y servicio de pagos: reporte

  25-11-2016 18:52 via cnet.com
  
  Según un reporte de 'The Korea Herald', el próximo teléfono insignia de LG tendrá un servicio de pagos con tecnología MST que lo hace más compatible a otros sistemas, similar a Samsung Pay.
  
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• Apple da tarjetas de regalo de hasta US$150 durante Black Friday

  25-11-2016 18:40 via cnet.com
  
  El monto de la tarjeta varía según lo que compres, ya sea una MacBook, iPhone o Apple Watch, aunque no aplican para los productos más recientes.
  
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• Jill Dillard Suspected Of Hiding A Baby Bump In Duggar Family Thanksgiving Photos

  25-11-2016 18:34 via ibtimes.com
  
  There might be more than one Duggar baby coming in 2017. Photos from “Counting On” family’s Thanksgiving celebration has fans of the TLC series buzzing that Jill Dillard might be expecting baby No. 2.
  
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• Saudi Arabia wants OPEC to solve own problems before meeting other producers

  25-11-2016 18:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Top OPEC oil exporter Saudi Arabia has told the producer group it will not attend talks on Monday with non-OPEC producers to discuss limiting supply, OPEC sources said, as it wants to focus on having consensus within the organisation first.
  
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• Biotech group Actelion, Johnson & Johnson confirm deal talks

  25-11-2016 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Arnold and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare group Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and biotech group Actelion confirmed they are in talks after media reports about a potential deal sent the Swiss company's stock to a record high. Shares in Actelion had jumped as much as 19 percent on the reports that a takeover may be brewing for the fast-growing biotechnology group. "Actelion confirmed today that it has been approached by Johnson & Johnson about a possible t
  
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• You may soon get a heck of a deal on a 'new' diesel Porsche Cayenne

  25-11-2016 18:16 via cnet.com
  
  When a new car immediately becomes a used car, the buyer stands to benefit.
  
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• How Did Big Jeff Die? Watts League Legendary Commissioner Dead After Thanksgiving

  25-11-2016 18:15 via ibtimes.com
  
  Not much information has been released about the death of Watts League Commissioner Jeff Johnson, best known as Big Jeff. As the commissioner of a local basketball league, he was a beloved staple in the Washington, D.C. community.
  
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• Israel Wildfire Update: 13 Arrested Under Suspicion Of Arson

  25-11-2016 18:14 via ibtimes.com
  
  More than a dozen arrests have been made in connection to the series of wildfires that have plagued Israel in recent days. Police have reportedly taken 13 people into custody on suspicion of arson.
  
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• How to convert images to text with LetterSnap app powered by Google machine learning

  25-11-2016 18:00 via techrepublic.com
  
  This iOS app extracts text from images and turns it into an editable document. It also demonstrates the capabilities of Google's machine learning services.
  
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• Toyota's battery 'breakthrough' can lead to more range, longer life

  25-11-2016 17:58 via cnet.com
  
  All it needs now is a battery-electric vehicle that can use the fruits of Toyota's labor.
  
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• Actelion confirms Johnson & Johnson approach

  25-11-2016 17:57 via feeds.foxbusiness.com
  
  Actelion has confirmed it has been approached by Johnson & Johnson about a possible transaction to take over the Swiss drugmaker.
  
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• Trump's stock in contentious Dakota Access pipeline company raises concern

  25-11-2016 17:48 via cbc.ca
  
  President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. Pipeline opponents fear his investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8-billion project.
  
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• Xiaomi doesn't 'make a dime' on phones

  25-11-2016 17:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Chinese electronics maker is laying the groundwork for direct sales to US consumers, executive Hugo Barra tells Reuters.
  
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• Retailers nudge Dow, S&P to record highs on Black Friday

  25-11-2016 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Wall Street extended its record-setting rally on thin volumes on Black Friday, with the Dow and S&P hitting record highs, helped by gains in retailers at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season.
  
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• Lufthansa makes new offer to end costly pilots' strike

  25-11-2016 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Peter Maushagen and Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa said it had made a new offer to try to break the deadlock in a long-running pay dispute with its pilots who have been on strike since Wednesday. Lufthansa has said the disruption has started to hit medium-term bookings. Lufthansa said it had offered to increase wages by 4.4 percent in two installments, as well as a one-off payment equal to 1.8 months' pay.
  
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• Daimler to invest $11 billion in electronic vehicles: paper

  25-11-2016 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Luxury carmaker Daimler is planning to invest up to 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in developing electric vehicles, its research and development head told a German daily. German firms are investing heavily in electric cars, once shunned for their high cost and limited operating range but now benefiting from recent advances in battery technology and a backlash against diesel fumes. Technological advances to increase the reach of an electric car by up to 50 percent are now spurring major investmen
  
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