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• Etsy CEO says proposed California bill would hurt small businesses

  26-08-2020 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I think it's really Amazon trying to use its market power to shut down competition,” Josh Silverman said.
  
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• Coronavirus or the Flu: Is There a Difference Between Symptoms?

  26-08-2020 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cold, flu and COVID-19 symptoms all look similar, so it's ill-advised to self-diagnose. But experts agree that it's probably a good idea to isolate yourself from others while you wait for test results.
  
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• Facebook warns that iPhone software changes will hurt its advertising business

  26-08-2020 22:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook says its ability to serve ads to iPhone users will be significantly curtailed by Apple's latest software update.
  
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• Six Ways to Buy A Ticket to Space in 2021

  26-08-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Space tourism could finally become a reality next year. These space companies are either already selling seats to private customers, or soon will be.
  
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• Apple privacy changes will muck up online ads, Facebook says

  26-08-2020 20:50
  
  Facebook is pushing back on Apple's new privacy rules for iOS users — and putting developers in the middle
  
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• Facebook investigating online activity around Kenosha shootings

  26-08-2020 20:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook said it was investigating online activity surrounding Tuesday night's shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  
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• China's Tecno sold thousands of smartphones with malware in Africa

  26-08-2020 18:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Software that eats up mobile data and registers people for unwanted subscriptions has been found pre-installed on thousands of low-cost Chinese smartphones in Africa more than two years after it was first detected.
  
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• Academics: Mask Non-Compliance Is A Mental Disorder, Sociopathy

  26-08-2020 18:13 via technocracy.news
  
  University psychologists in Brazil conducted a “study” that profiled those who are non-compliant with relation to wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. Those cretins who resist going along with mandates for the greater good “tend to display higher levels of traits associated with antisocial personality disorder, also known as sociopathy.”
  What is a sociopath?
  A sociopath is defined as “someone who has antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)”
  
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• New $115 Million Quantum Systems Accelerator to Pioneer Quantum Technologies for Discoveries That Benefit the World

  26-08-2020 18:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Berkeley Lab-led center to catalyze U.S. leadership in quantum information science, and strengthen the nation’s research community to accelerate commercialization. The Department of Energy (DOE)...
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• 'The Swiss Army knife of bikes:' How cargo bikes went from novelty to practicality

  26-08-2020 17:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "That's the coolest thing I've ever seen," Aaron Powell recalled thinking. He was vacationing in Denmark in 2016 when he saw a parent on a bicycle, and knew what his next business would be.
  
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• Microsoft Word can now transcribe lectures and phone calls

  26-08-2020 17:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Any student who needs to transcribe a lecture or a journalist (ahem) who needs to take notes on a hearing faces the tedious task of typing super fast and trying to listen at the same time. But now Microsoft Word can do the work for us.
  
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• Fear And Isolation Dominate Technocracy’s Social Engineering Strategy

  26-08-2020 17:07 via technocracy.news
  
  The Association Of American Physicians and Surgeons strikes at the heart of the great COVID panic of 2020. Quoting Malcom X, “you been misled. You been had. You been took.” This madness must be resisted at every turn and confronted head-on. ⁃ TN EditorPlanet of the Humans, a Michael Moore vehicle, came and went with little fanfare. Perhaps it was the message that our feeble attempts at halting climate change were just that: feeble and useless. Solar panels, wind turbines, elect
  
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• Body-Swapping Experiment Shows How “Swapping Bodies” With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

  26-08-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Our sense of who we are is thought to be influenced by things like our childhood experiences, our interactions with others, and now, researchers say,...
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• COVID Tyrants Fail To Close Churches In California

  26-08-2020 16:45 via technocracy.news
  
  Many government officials in California are virulently anti-Christian and sought to use the pandemic as a way to destroy churches and break up congregations. Pastor John MacArthur fought back and thus far has successfully repelled each attack. COVID tyrants are relentless, however, and continue to harass and attack. ⁃ TN EditorBoth Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and the County of Los Angeles have health orders prohibiting indoor church services. Grace Community Church (GCC) and Pastor John M
  
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• Palantir's CEO slams Big Tech's commercial surveillance while defending government surveillance

  26-08-2020 16:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The CEO of Palantir took a big swipe at Silicon Valley on Tuesday as the software and data analysis company submitted its paperwork to go public, aligning itself with its government clients and deriding a perceived culture of elitism in the Bay Area.
  
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• Decades into the internet age, the best voting technology might still be paper

  26-08-2020 16:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Americans will choose their next president by either voting in person, which could expose them to the coronavirus, or by sending a ballot through a postal system that may not be able to deliver them on time.
  
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• Clubs Closed During COVID-19 Pandemic? Partygoers Turn to Virtual Raves and Happy Hours

  26-08-2020 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Social distancing during COVID-19 creates new contexts for drug use. People have traded in nightclubs and dance festivals for virtual raves and Zoom happy hours...
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• Secretive Palantir lifts veil before Wall Street stock sale

  26-08-2020 15:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Palantir Technologies, a data-mining company with deep ties to U.S. intelligence and military agencies, has shed a good deal of its trademark secrecy.
  
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• Dow Jones Today Lags, Nasdaq Futures Lead Mixed Premarket; Salesforce Spikes On Earnings; Apple Rebounds - Investor's Business Daily

  26-08-2020 15:16
  Dow Jones Today Lags, Nasdaq Futures Lead Mixed Premarket; Salesforce Spikes On Earnings; Apple Rebounds  Investor's Business DailyExxon Ends 92-Year Run on Dow Jones  GizmodoS&P 500 Index notches another record high near 3,440  FXStreetOp-ed: Rethinking stock benchmarks as tech-heavy Nasdaq outpaces S&P 500, Dow  CNBCThe Truth About How the Dow Is Constructed  TheStreetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 50 New Planets Confirmed in Machine Learning First – AI Distinguishes Between Real and “Fake” Planets

  26-08-2020 15:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New machine learning algorithm designed by astronomers and computer scientists from University of Warwick confirms new exoplanets in telescope data Sky surveys find thousands of...
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• Remains dug from Japan mass grave suggest epidemic in 1800s

  26-08-2020 15:04
  
  Archaeologists in Japan have dug up the remains of more than 1,500 people, many of them believed to have died in an epidemic, at a 19th century mass grave that is being excavated for a city development project
  
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• Laura Now Forecast to Be a Catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  26-08-2020 15:00
  Laura Now Forecast to Be a Catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthLive look of Galveston Island ahead of Hurricane Laura's approach  WFAATuesday 4 pm tropical update: Hurricane Laura heads for Texas-Louisiana border  WWLTVLaura's 13-foot surge threat forces widespread evacuations on southwest Louisiana coast  NOLA.comHurricane Laura could make landfall on Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm  CBS Evening NewsView Full Coverage on G
  
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• McDonald's is reportedly investigating if ex-CEO covered for co-workers - CNBC

  26-08-2020 14:54
  McDonald's is reportedly investigating if ex-CEO covered for co-workers  CNBCMcDonald's probe into ex-CEO eyes HR Department, cover-ups  Fox BusinessMcDonald’s Probe Into Ex-CEO Investigates HR Department, Coverups  The Wall Street JournalMcDonald’s probes whether ex-chief executive covered for others  Financial TimesMcDonald's investigates its HR department  Chicago TribuneView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Elusive Leak on Space Station Keeps Astronauts in Russian Segment for Another Day

  26-08-2020 14:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The three Expedition 63 crew members spent another day inside the Russian segment of the International Space Station. This allowed Mission controllers to continue their leak...
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• White Sox's Lucas Giolito throws first no-hitter of 2020 MLB season, strikes out 13 vs. Pirates - CBS Sports

  26-08-2020 14:33
  White Sox's Lucas Giolito throws first no-hitter of 2020 MLB season, strikes out 13 vs. Pirates  CBS SportsNO-HITTER! Lucas Giolito completes MLB's first no-no of 2020! (Final at-bat to seal it!)  MLBNo-hitter proof Lucas Giolito is an ace you don't want to face in October  ESPNPittsburgh Pirates: Carson Fulmer and His Potential in the Bullpen  Rum BunterFirst Pitch: White Sox vs. Pirates  Sox MachineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Coronavirus updates: CDC changes testing guidelines for asymptomatic people; University of Alabama has 560 cases; two reinfections in Europe - USA TODAY

  26-08-2020 14:33
  Coronavirus updates: CDC changes testing guidelines for asymptomatic people; University of Alabama has 560 cases; two reinfections in Europe  USA TODAYCDC now says people without symptoms who have been exposed to COVID-19 don't need to get tested  MarketWatchUpdated CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested  CNNCan mosquitoes spread the coronavirus?  The Detroit NewsHow to avoid a blowup when guests refuse to wear masks
  
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• Space Station Experiment Shows Bacteria Could Survive the Long Trip From Earth to Mars

  26-08-2020 14:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tanpopo mission addresses the possibility of natural interplanetary transport of microbial life called panspermia. Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing...
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• Dick's Sporting Goods delivers record sales in coronavirus home-fitness boom - Fox Business

  26-08-2020 14:06
  Dick's Sporting Goods delivers record sales in coronavirus home-fitness boom  Fox BusinessStocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Dick's Sporting Goods, Apple, Salesforce & more  CNBCDick's Sporting Goods posts blowout second quarter  CNBC TelevisionDick’s Sporting Goods’ Profit and E-commerce Sales Surge  The Wall Street JournalDick's Sporting Goods crushes Wall Street estimates as online sales surge 194%, shares soar  
  
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• Companies like Palantir are racing to IPO while stocks are hot - CNN

  26-08-2020 14:03
  Companies like Palantir are racing to IPO while stocks are hot  CNNPalantir CEO rips Silicon Valley in letter to investors  CNBCPalantir Files for NYSE Direct Listing  Bloomberg TechnologyPalantir Files For Direct Listing On NYSE, Says It 'May Never Achieve Or Maintain Profitability'  Yahoo FinancePalantir to join the software IPO push?  CNBC TelevisionView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One? - The New York Times

  26-08-2020 13:54
  Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One?  The New York TimesHits and misses from Night 2 of the Republican National Convention  CNNChris Wallace reacts to Trump's White House RNC, Pompeo remarks: ‘All of this has never happened before’  Fox NewsJennifer Pickens: Melania Trump makes strong case for president in Republican Convention speech  Fox NewsThe Epic Shamelessness of the Republican Convention  The New York TimesView Ful
  
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• Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Dick's Sporting Goods, Apple, Salesforce & more - CNBC

  26-08-2020 13:47
  Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Dick's Sporting Goods, Apple, Salesforce & more  CNBCDick's Sporting Goods posts blowout second quarter  CNBC TelevisionDick's Sporting Goods delivers record earnings, sales as coronavirus fuels home-fitness boom  Fox BusinessDick's Sporting Goods crushes Wall Street estimates as online sales surge 194%, shares soar  CNBCSalesforce, Dick's Sporting Goods Rise Premarket; Nordstrom Falls  Invest
  
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• Hillary Clinton says Biden should not concede the election 'under any circumstances' - NBC News

  26-08-2020 13:44
  Hillary Clinton says Biden should not concede the election 'under any circumstances'  NBC NewsPress: Democratic National Convention might have been the best ever! | TheHill  The HillSix Of The Biggest Falsehoods Of The Second Night Of The Republican Convention  ForbesAmerica's got talent, just not political talent  Al Jazeera EnglishRemember the Trump Economy?  The Wall Street JournalView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Ant Group's Chinese IPO could be among the biggest in history

  26-08-2020 13:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Chinese billionaire Jack Ma could be about to pull off a record-breaking IPO for the second time.
  
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• Missing Fort Hood soldier Elder Fernandes' body found in Texas, police say - USA TODAY

  26-08-2020 13:26
  Missing Fort Hood soldier Elder Fernandes' body found in Texas, police say  USA TODAYBody of missing Fort Hood soldier believed to have been found 'hanged' near railroad tracks  Daily MailBrockton soldier missing from Fort Hood found dead, family says  The Boston GlobeAttorney: Missing Fort Hood soldier's body found in Texas  AOLMissing Fort Hood soldier found dead, lawyer says, in growing toll of deaths there  The Washington PostView Full Covera
  
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• Melania Trump was praised for acknowledging racism. But she has also spread false ‘birther’ claims about Obama. - The Washington Post

  26-08-2020 13:18
  Melania Trump was praised for acknowledging racism. But she has also spread false ‘birther’ claims about Obama.  The Washington PostHits and misses from Night 2 of the Republican National Convention  CNN'The Five' react to RNC speakers unleashing attacks on Biden  Fox NewsThe Epic Shamelessness of the Republican Convention  The New York TimesJennifer Pickens: Melania Trump makes strong case for president in Republican Convention speech &nb
  
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• Vast Stone Monuments Discovered in Saudi Arabia Were Constructed in 7,000 Years Ago

  26-08-2020 13:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New archaeological research in Saudi Arabia documents hundreds of stone structures interpreted as monumental sites where early pastoralists carried out rituals. The last decade has...
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• Fed's Esther George sees risks building of double-dip recession - CNBC

  26-08-2020 13:04
  Fed's Esther George sees risks building of double-dip recession  CNBCDouble-dip recession is an important risk to outlook, says Kansas City Fed President Esther George  CNBC TelevisionUS economy in recession but seeing 'signs of life': Fed's Esther George  Fox BusinessKC Fed's George: US economy well-positioned 'to recover at some point'  Yahoo FinanceFed's George Says 2% Inflation Target 'Not a Ceiling'  Bloomberg Markets and FinanceView Full Co
  
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• Microsoft Flight Simulator: 5 things I learned playing the new ultrarealistic flight sim - CNET

  26-08-2020 13:00
  Microsoft Flight Simulator: 5 things I learned playing the new ultrarealistic flight sim  CNETAirplane Mode is Microsoft Flight Simulator for the rest of us  PolygonAnother intimidating obelisk has been found in Microsoft Flight Simulator  PC GamerThe joy of joysticks  Financial TimesBuckle up for a six-hour real-time commercial flight in Airplane Mode passenger simulator  TechSpotView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Two people are dead and a third injured after an overnight shooting in Kenosha, police say - CNN

  26-08-2020 12:38
  Two people are dead and a third injured after an overnight shooting in Kenosha, police say  CNNKenosha violence: 3 shot, including 2 fatally in another night of unrest  Fox NewsFirst Take on LeBron James' response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin  ESPNUpdate: 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting during night 3 of Kenosha unrest  WDJT'They keep pushing it downstream': Father of man killed by Kenosha police in 2004 reveals anger at Jacob Blake shooti
  
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• Afghanistan flooding: Dozens dead, hundreds of homes destroyed - Al Jazeera English

  26-08-2020 12:27
  Afghanistan flooding: Dozens dead, hundreds of homes destroyed  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump's WeChat ban could prevent US companies from doing business in China

  26-08-2020 12:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's threat to ban WeChat has already upset millions of users in America who depend on the app as a lifeline to family and friends in China. But it could also become a major headache for US companies operating in the world's second largest economy.
  
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• Tim Benz and Joe Bartnick: Differing views on Penguins' trade for Kasperi Kapanen - TribLIVE

  26-08-2020 12:01
  
  Tim Benz and Joe Bartnick: Differing views on Penguins' trade for Kasperi Kapanen  TribLIVEFerraro: Still lots of moves to come after Kapanen trade  TSNPenguins acquire Kasperi Kapanen, 24, in multiplayer trade with Maple Leafs  ESPNToronto Maple Leafs Trade Kasperi Kapanen To Pittsburgh Penguins | Instant Analysis  SPORTSNETOutlet Pass: Kapanen traded, Lightning and Canucks win  Die By The BladeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Obesity Linked With Higher Risk for Coronavirus Complications – May Spell Problems for COVID-19 Vaccine

  26-08-2020 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  UNC-Chapel Hill study raises concern that COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective for those with obesity. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection...
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• Hurricane Laura is now forecast to intensify to a catastrophic Category 4 as it nears U.S. Gulf Coast - CNBC

  26-08-2020 11:33
  Hurricane Laura is now forecast to intensify to a catastrophic Category 4 as it nears U.S. Gulf Coast  CNBCHurricane Laura could make landfall on Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm  CBS Evening News5 am Wednesday Laura Update  WBRZHurricane Laura Begins Rapidly Intensifying; Expected to Strike Upper Texas, Louisiana Coasts as Category 3  The Weather ChannelScott Padgett's Weather Forecast And Latest On Hurricane Laura  CBSDFWView Full Coverage on G
  
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• Thailand vows to step up action vs 'illegal' online sites

  26-08-2020 11:22
  
  A top official in Thailand says his country will step up action against online content that breaks its laws, two days after forcing Facebook to block a group that was posting material critical of the monarchy
  
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• Elon Musk promises demo of a working Neuralink device on Friday - The Verge

  26-08-2020 11:06
  Elon Musk promises demo of a working Neuralink device on Friday  The VergeElon Musk’s Neuralink to unveil V2 brain implant machine in Aug 28 event  TeslaratiAhead of Neuralink event, ex-employees detail research timeline clashes  STATNeuralink Update: People May Finally See Elon Musk's Brain-Computer Interface At Work  Tech TimesElon Musk announces Neuralink live tech demo of 'working device' - Business Insider  Business InsiderView Full Co
  
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• Christchurch shooting: Grief and defiance as victims confront gunman - BBC News

  26-08-2020 10:48
  
  Christchurch shooting: Grief and defiance as victims confront gunman  BBC News'From hero to martyr': widow of 51st Christchurch shooting victim addresses gunman in court  Guardian NewsSurvivors, grieving families reject NZ mosque shooter's 'white supremacist' world view  Reuters"Not Human, Not Even An Animal": New Zealand Mosque Killer Told In Court  NDTVNZ mosque shooter likely to get life in prison  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• Colbert taunts Pompeo's unprecedented RNC move - CNN

  26-08-2020 09:59
  Colbert taunts Pompeo's unprecedented RNC move  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt - The Daily Beast

  26-08-2020 09:51
  Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt  The Daily BeastHillary Clinton says Joe Biden should not concede on election night 'under any circumstances'  Fox NewsSen. Tom Cotton: As president, Biden would pander to China – just look at his lifelong record  Fox NewsAmerica's got talent, just not political talent  Al Jazeera EnglishWebb: A time for choosing  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• FOREX-Dollar, euro trade cautiously ahead of key Fed speech - Reuters

  26-08-2020 09:43
  FOREX-Dollar, euro trade cautiously ahead of key Fed speech  ReutersCountdown to Jerome Powell's 'Jackson Hole' speech  CNBC TelevisionFramework review complete, Fed's Powell starts hard sell for higher inflation  ReutersHere’s What Could Go Wrong With Yield-Curve Control  BloombergPandemics Upend Classic Measures of Inflation  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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