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• Can I Transfer the Money in my Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA?

  19-05-2017 23:43 via feeds.foxbusiness.com
  A Roth conversion can be a smart move, but make sure you know the facts.
  
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• Use Your Retirement Savings Early With Substantially Equal Periodic Payments

  19-05-2017 23:24 via feeds.foxbusiness.com
  Here's a way to get around the IRS's early distribution penalty.
  
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• Loonie tops 74 cents as oil rises above $50 US

  19-05-2017 23:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian dollar rallied to its highest level of the month on Friday on the back of a corresponding rally in oil prices.
  
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• Here's Why Arena Pharmaceuticals Rose as Much as 18.3% Today

  19-05-2017 23:05 via feeds.foxbusiness.com
  A new analyst weighed in with a favorable rating on the stock and management's new direction.
  
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• Why Halozyme Therapeutics, Seadrill, and Sibanye Gold Slumped Today

  19-05-2017 22:55 via feeds.foxbusiness.com
  Despite big gains for the market, these stocks fell. Find out why.
  
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• French researchers say there's a WannaCry cure — as long as you haven't rebooted

  19-05-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  
  With a major deadline nearing for victims of the WannaCry ransomware epidemic, French IT researchers say they may have found a cure — as long as the computer hasn't been rebooted.
  
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• Home Capital sees slight uptick in savings deposits while GICs bleed down

  19-05-2017 18:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Home Capital Group reported a slight uptick in the amount in its savings accounts as of Thursday, a sign the alternative mortgage lender may have staunched its bleeding.
  
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• Ottawa reconsiders Boeing purchases amid accusations against Bombardier

  19-05-2017 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government hinted Thursday that Boeing should not take future military contracts with Canada for granted, considered by some military and defence industry officials as a veiled threat that coincided with a spat between the aerospace giant and Bombardier.
  
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• Canada's inflation rate steady at 1.6% in April

  19-05-2017 14:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's inflation rate held steady at 1.6 per cent in April, as energy got more expensive but food got cheaper.
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman’ Spoilers: Robin Wright Reveals Why She Joined Cast As Antiope

  19-05-2017 11:08 via ibtimes.com
  
  “Wonder Woman” is set to dominate the big screen in just a couple of weeks, and the DC film will be led by an all-star cast including Gal Gadot as Diana Prince, Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta and Robin Wright as Antiope.
  Empire revealed that Wright had a lot of reasons for joining the cast, but one of the most important ones was “to get in the best shape of my life at 50 years of age”
  
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• Big banks to face questions about banking practices

  19-05-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada’s big banks will be in the hot seat next month, facing questions about questionable banking practices revealed by CBC's Go Public.
  
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• Banff tourist bonanza spilling out beyond the park gates

  19-05-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's oldest national park will be so busy that hotels, restaurants and shops throughout the surrounding region are already cashing in on the spillover of tourism activity.
  
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• Are stock markets losing faith in Donald Trump?

  19-05-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Markets soared after the new U.S. president took office, and have shrugged off scandals and crises without blinking. But that changed this week, as several U.S. indexes were hit by the first slump of Trump's administration.
  
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• Charlie Sheen's HIV Disclosure Almost Doubled Sales Of Test Kits, Study Reveals

  19-05-2017 10:20 via ibtimes.com
  
  In what the research team labeled “astonishing” and an “earth-shaking event,” according to reports of a study published Friday, renowned actor Charlie Sheen saved lives by revealing he tested positive for HIV.
  The "Two And A Half Men" actor made the announcement on Nov. 17, 2015, on NBC’s Today Show. A study conducted by San Diego State University (SDSU) researchers last year showed how him revealing his HIV status urged millions of people to undergo HIV tests.
  
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• ALMA Sees Ring Of Icy Debris Around A Young Star System 25 Light-Years Away

  19-05-2017 10:01 via ibtimes.com
  
  A young star system about 25 light-years away from Earth has a well-defined band of icy rubble and gas around it, which is likely a result of exocomets colliding into each other near the edges of the system. That band, in all its striking glory, was imaged along with the planetary system using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of radio telescopes in Chile.
  
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• Chris Cornell Death: Friends Shocked As Singer Was In ‘Great Spirits’ Before His Suicide

  19-05-2017 09:59 via ibtimes.com
  
  Chris Cornell’s death, which later ruled out as suicide, came as a complete shock to his fans and friends. An insider has now revealed that the Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman was in “great spirits” when his closest pals last saw him.
  
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• ‘Shots Fired’ Season 1 Finale Synopsis Released; What Will Happen In ‘Last Dance’? [VIDEO]

  19-05-2017 09:15 via ibtimes.com
  
  The truth about Jesse Carr (Jacob Leinbach) and Joey Campbell’s (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) deaths will be revealed in next week’s Season 1 finale of “Shots Fired.”
  According to the synopsis for the episode, the hearings for both cases are held as Preston Terry (Stephan James) presents the facts to the jurors. In the trailer for the hour, Arlen Cox (Richard Dreyfuss) takes the stand and subjects himself to questioning.
  
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• Aaron Hernandez's Prison Disciplinary Records Released Amid Fiancée Shayanna Jenkins' Doubts Over Suicide

  19-05-2017 09:05 via ibtimes.com
  
  Aaron Hernandez's disciplinary records during his time in jail, while he was awaiting trial for the murder of Odin Lloyd, was released Thursday showing the ex-NFL star's long history of discipline. Hernandez died in his prison cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, on April 19.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Weight: How Does She Maintain Figure Without Diet And Exercise?

  19-05-2017 09:01 via ibtimes.com
  
  There will always be girls who are the envy of all of their friends because they stay slim even though they have a big appetite, and “Life of Kylie” star Kylie Jenner seems to be one of them.
  
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• Steve Harvey’s Ex-Wife Mary Vaughn Sues Host For $60 Million For Damaging Her Soul

  19-05-2017 08:57 via ibtimes.com
  
  Steve Harvey and Mary Vaughn’s marriage ended in divorce in 2005. And now, over a decade since their split, Vaughn is reportedly suing her ex-husband for the damages he did to her.
  
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• Chinese Su-30 Fighter Jets Intercept US WC-135 Constant Phoenix Plane Over East China Sea

  19-05-2017 08:56 via ibtimes.com
  
  Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force aircraft flying over the East China Sea on Wednesday, according to reports.
  The U.S. military did not say whether the encounter was unsafe, but the crew of the aircraft reportedly called the interception “unprofessional.”
  Reports said the U.S. WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft was flying in international airspace over the sea, when China’s Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets intercepted it. The aircraft is known as a nuke sniffer and i
  
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• Roger Ailes' Death Could Complicate His Sexual Harassment Cases

  19-05-2017 08:48 via ibtimes.com
  
  The founder of Fox News, Roger Ailes, who was ousted from his own company in July 2016, following a series of sexual harassment charges filed by female employees, died Thursday, aged 77. Following his death, the fate of the ongoing lawsuits against him hangs in balance.
  
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• NASA’s Hubble Helps Find Moon Around Third Largest Dwarf Planet In The Solar System

  19-05-2017 08:23 via ibtimes.com
  
  The largest unnamed body in the solar system, a dwarf planet provisionally called 2007 OR10, has been found to have a moon of its own. The discovery was made using data from three space telescopes, including Hubble, NASA’s Kepler and the now inactive Herschel Space Observatory (HSO) which was operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).
  
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• Tad Cummins Indicted, May Face Life In Prison For Alleged Elizabeth Thomas Kidnapping

  19-05-2017 07:56 via ibtimes.com
  
  Tad Cummins, the former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas before being caught in California was indicted by the federal grand jury Thursday, reports said.
  
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• Google Assistant To Overtake Apple's Siri, Samsung's Bixby, With Over 1 Billion Installations By 2021: Survey

  19-05-2017 06:58 via ibtimes.com
  
  Artificial intelligence (AI) based voice assistants have become common among smartphones since last year and are expected to continue on the growth spiral, at least till 2021, according to projections published Thursday by research firm Ovum.
  
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• Fake Caterpillars Helped Scientists Understand Global Predation Patterns Of Insect Herbivores

  19-05-2017 06:46 via ibtimes.com
  
  Is there a link between the number of species present in any given region and the interaction between those species? Does this link, if it exists, influence the rate of predation of various species? And when it comes to small creatures, like insects, how do you even go about studying it?
  
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• ‘Jane The Virgin’ Season 4 Moved To Friday Time Slot: Find Out Why

  19-05-2017 06:43 via ibtimes.com
  
  When “Jane the Virgin” Season 4 returns to The CW this year, it won’t be on its usual Monday timeslot since the network decided to change its schedule to Friday at 9 p.m.
  According to Variety, the series finale of “The Vampire Diaries” this season finally gave way for “Jane the Virgin,” which has been paired up with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” The latter series had the 8 p.m. slot.
  
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• ‘Fargo’ Season 3 Spoilers: Ray, Nikki Prepare To Seek Revenge In Episode 6 Trailer

  19-05-2017 06:36 via ibtimes.com
  
  Ray Stussy (Ewan McGregor) and his girlfriend Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) are going to seek revenge in Season 3, episode 6 of “Fargo.”
  In the trailer for the episode, Ray vows to get vengeance on the men who assaulted Nikki at the end of last episode. “No one puts a finger on my woman,” Ray says in the promo clip as he gets his gun from a drawer.
  
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• Trump’s Senior Adviser Jared Kushner Called Lockheed CEO To Slash THAAD Price For Saudi Arabia, Report Says

  19-05-2017 06:30 via ibtimes.com
  
  Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner called defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked her to reduce the cost of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system so that Saudi Arabia could buy it, the New York Times reported Thursday. The phone call was made May 1 during a meeting with a Saudi delegation at the White House, the report added.
  
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• Times Square Car Crash Suspect Richard Rojas Discharged After Special Court Martial

  19-05-2017 06:07 via ibtimes.com
  
  UPDATE: 11:57 p.m. EDT- The suspect in the Times Square car crash, Richard Rojas, was charged with murder, aggravated vehicular manslaughter and 20 counts of attempted murder after he killed one woman and left 22 people injured.Original Story:
  
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• June Chu, Yale University Dean, Suspended Over Racist Yelp Reviews

  19-05-2017 06:07 via ibtimes.com
  
  The dean of Pierson College at Yale University, June Chu, was placed on leave Thursday, after some racist reviews she had written on Yelp in the past started circulating among students of the Ivy League college.
  The reviews in question were directed toward some restaurants located in New Haven, Connecticut, the Daily Meal reported. For instance, here is the review that Chu wrote for Koto Japanese Restaurant:
  
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• ‘Married At First Sight’ Season 5 Spoilers: One Husband Loves His Wife Already In Episode 6

  19-05-2017 04:15 via ibtimes.com
  
  The “Married at First Sight” couples tend to do things backwards. Love doesn’t really come in until a bit further into the season, but one husband already dropped the L-word in “Married at First Sight” Season 5, episode 6. However, that doesn’t erase their problems. As the couples returned to Chicago and planned to move in, their differences became clear.
  Danielle and Cody
  
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• SiriusXM In Talks To Purchase Streaming Radio Service Pandora

  19-05-2017 02:07 via ibtimes.com
  
  Pandora built its name as a streaming alternative to traditional radio, but soon, it could be heading into your car. Radio service SiriusXM is in discussions to acquire Pandora,CNBC reports.
  
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• Telltale Games' 'The Walking Dead' Season Finale 'From The Gallows' Release Date Announced

  19-05-2017 01:28 via ibtimes.com
  
  Developer Telltale Games’The Walking Dead: New Frontier series will wrap up its latest season later this month. Telltale Games will releaseFrom The Gallows, the fifth and final episode of its currentWalking Dead season, May 30.
  Telltale Games said From The Gallows will focus on tensions in Richmond boiling over as the past decisions you’ve made in previous chapters come to a head. The game, which is rated Mature, will come out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Google Android and A
  
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• Facebook Will Stream 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive' eSports Matches From ESL

  19-05-2017 00:33 via ibtimes.com
  
  Facebook has extensive plans to bulk up its video programming catalog, and esports gaming looks to be a major part of its efforts. Esports league ESL announced Thursday it will broadcast esports content on Facebook later this year.
  
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