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• Global stocks mostly rise after solid US data, earnings

  16-05-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks mostly rose on Thursday on more benign statements from the United States about trade and a batch of solid economic data and corporate earnings.
  
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• Buttigieg blasts Trump Iran escalation: 'This is not a game. This is not a show.'

  16-05-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates took aim at President Donald Trump Thursday, suggesting the president and his national security team are recklessly escalating tensions with Iran.
  
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• Brexit or Death

  16-05-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  There is a lesson in British politics for the rest of the world: A democratic revolt of the people against the establishment cannot be resisted forever.The immediate result of the Brexit vote in 2016 and Parliament’s decision to accede to the will of the electorate and turn in its Article 50 notice to the EU was a strengthening of the two oldest mainstream parties, Tory and Labour, against the ultra-Remain party, the Liberal Democrats, and the ultra-Brexit party, UKIP. The Tory and Labour
  
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• Trump proposes immigration overhaul to favor skilled, English-speakers

  16-05-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump called Thursday for radical immigration reform to favor skilled, English-speaking workers over the poorly educated and shut the door on "frivolous" asylum claimants."Currently 66 percent of legal immigrants come here based on random chance," Trump said.There is little chance that the business-minded Republican president's ideas will get anywhere in Congress, where immigration is seen as a politically toxic subject, particularly ahead of 2020 legislative and presidential el
  
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• Boeing finishes software update for grounded airliner

  16-05-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing says it has finished with its updates to the flight-control software implicated in two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max, moving a step closer to getting the plane back in the sky.
  
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• Trump immigration plan sidesteps immigrants here illegally, draws wide criticism from both sides

  16-05-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's immigration proposal began drawing fire from all sides of the political spectrum Thursday, including from allies on the issue.
  
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• China’s lunar rover is helping to unravel a Moon mystery

  16-05-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Chinese space program started 2019 with a major milestone when the Chang'e 4 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the Moon. It was the first time any country had completed such a feat, the landing itself was just the first of many objectives China had for the mission.In the days that followed, the lander deployed a rover, snapped photos, and even grew some plants. Its rover had some work of its own to do as well, and a new research paper published in Nature reveals that
  
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• Boeing seeks regulators' OK, says 737 MAX software update complete

  16-05-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing said Thursday that it completed its software update on the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft.The proposed fix, which addresses a problem with a flight handling system thought to be a factor in both crashes, must now win approval from US and international regulators before the planes can return to service.US airlines have targeted August as the date they expect to resume flying on the 737 MAX.
  
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• Is There a 5G Cellular Network Near You?

  16-05-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The age of 5G network service is finally here. As of today, you can officially buy the 5G version of the Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone, which starts at $1,300. Right now, it's exclusive to Verizo...
  
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• My kind of mix-up: $5,760 bottle of wine served by mistake

  16-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A British restaurant has given some customers an unexpected treat, accidentally serving them a 4,500-pound ($5,760) bottle of red wine.
  
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• Baidu forecasts quarterly revenue below estimates, shares fall

  16-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Chinese search engine operator Baidu Inc on Thursday reported lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings and forecast quarterly revenue below estimates, sending its shares down 8% in extended trading. Revenue from its online marketing services business, a major contributor to overall sales, rose nearly 3% to 17.66 billion yuan ($2.57 billion), but missed estimates of $2.66 billion, according to research firm FactSet. ...
  
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• My kind of mix-up: $5,760 bottle of wine served accidently

  16-05-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A British restaurant has given some customers an unexpected treat, accidently serving them a 4,500-pound ($5,760) bottle of red wine.
  
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• China's US Treasury holdings lowest since 2017

  16-05-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  China's US Treasury holdings fell in March to their lowest level in two years, with Beijing trimming its lending to the United States amid a protracted trade war, government data shows.In March, China's Treasury holdings fell by $10.4 billion to $1.12 trillion, the lowest level since May 2017, according to Treasury Department data released Wednesday.
  
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• Missing Pilsen woman strangled on SW Side, baby taken from womb in grave condition, authorities say

  16-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A baby remains in grave condition at Christ Hospital after Chicago police said it was taken from the womb of a 19-year-old woman after she was killed on the Southwest Side.
  
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• Father of slain pregnant teen Marlen Ochoa-Lopez blames 'these anti-immigrant laws' for delay in investigation

  16-05-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The father of a pregnant teenager found dead with her baby cut from her womb on Wednesday spoke out during a press conference.
  
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• Office of Government Ethics releases President Trump's annual financial disclosure report

  16-05-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of President Trump's income came from his properties, making $247 million from his golf and other resort clubs; Fox Business Network's Edward Lawrence reports from Washington.
  
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• Just Say Nyet: Russia Wants to Become a Stealth Fighter Superpower

  16-05-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian president Vladimir Putin made a big show on May 14, 2019 of visiting the 929th Chkalov State Flight-Test Center in Russia's Astrakhan region.Six Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighters -- fully half of the Su-57s that Sukhoi has built since the type first flew in 2010 -- escorted Putin’s Il-96 VIP plane on the trip from Moscow to Astrakhan.Speaking on May 15, 2019, Putin said the Kremlin would buy scores of Su-57s over the next eight years. If Putin is serious and the Russian defense ministr
  
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• Democrats read Mueller report aloud in U.S. Capitol hearing room

  16-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The reading began at noon EDT (1700 GMT) and was expected to take 12 to 14 hours.For those who could not make it to the Capitol hearing room to listen, it was being broadcast on C-SPAN and lawmakers plan to release a podcast version.Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, one of the top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, started the reading and nearly two dozen of her colleagues were to take part."There [are] a lot of average people who have not seen the Mueller report," Representative Sylvia
  
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• Boeing says 737 MAX software update is complete

  16-05-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing said Thursday that it completed its software update on the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft.The proposed fix, which addresses a problem with a flight handling system thought to be a factor in both crashes, must now win approval from US and international regulators before the planes can return to service."With safety as our clear priority, we have completed all of the engineering test flights for the software update and are preparing for the f
  
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• Alabama Democratic Sen. Doug Jones calls state's new restrictive abortion law 'shameful'

  16-05-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, who is up for re-election, slammed his state's new restrictive abortion law, calling it "shameful and callous.''
  
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• The Many Downsides of War with Iran

  16-05-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The news from the Middle East is grim. Last week, national-security adviser John Bolton announced that the United States was sending a carrier group and a bomber force to the Persian Gulf region in response to a “number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” from Iran. Over the weekend, four tankers were sabotaged in an Emirati port. U.S. officials blamed Iran or Iranian allies. Yesterday, the State Department ordered all “non-emergency” personnel from Iraq
  
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• Cardi B has a message for moms: 'Stop leaving your kids with ya boyfriends! PERIOD.'

  16-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A few people on social media connected her message with the Maleah Davis case where a 4-year-old went missing.
  
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• Trump Hotels, Golf Clubs and Resorts Saw a $35 Million Income Drop in 2018

  16-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  AFP/GettyPresident Donald Trump’s income from his hotels, resorts, and golf clubs declined substantially last year, according to newly filed financial disclosure forms.Trump brought in about $352 million last year from 30 companies that own or manage those properties, down from nearly $387 million in 2017. That included seven-figure drops in income at some iconic Trump resorts. His Mar-a-Lago club brought in about $2.5 million less than it did in 2017. Income from the Trump National Golf C
  
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• Trump releases financial disclosure statements, revealing he made $479 million in 2018

  16-05-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump reportedly made at least $479m in 2018, according to financial disclosure documents. The president broke presidential precedent by refusing to divest from his business interests while in office and on the campaign trail. While Mr Trump serves as president, his two sons, Donald Jr and Eric, run the Trump Organisation. Mr Trump remains the head of the group. While Mr Trump releases the mandated financial disclosure forms to the Office of Government Ethics annually, he has already brok
  
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• The Latest: Trump vows to pass merit-based immigration plan

  16-05-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's immigration plan (all times local):
  
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• Missouri 8-week abortion ban one step from going to governor

  16-05-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A wide-ranging Missouri bill banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy was just one step away from going to a supportive Republican governor after the state Senate passed the measure Thursday.
  
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• Trump's Immigration Plan Faces Cold Reception Even Within GOP

  16-05-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Details of the proposal -- and particularly the decision by presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner to sidestep what to do about those in the country illegally -– have already doomed its legislative prospects among Democrats.Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who oversees immigration legislation, said Kushner’s bill isn’t going to become law.
  
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• Texas Rangers to take over deadly Baytown officer-involved shooting investigation

  16-05-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The Texas Rangers will take over the investigation into an officer-involved shooting that killed a woman in Baytown.
  
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• Bomb-laden drones of Yemen rebels threaten Arabian Peninsula

  16-05-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Yemen rebel drone strike this week on a critical Saudi oil pipeline shows that the otherwise-peaceful sandy reaches of the Arabian Peninsula now are at risk of similar assault, including an under-construction nuclear power plant and Dubai International Airport, among the world's busiest.
  
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• Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks

  16-05-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Missouri’s Republican-led Senate passed a bill that would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.
  
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• Wall St. advances as earnings, economic data beat expectations

  16-05-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  All three major U.S. stock indexes were up about 1%, bringing the bellwether S&P 500 to within 2% of an all-time high reached on April 30.A mostly upbeat first-quarter earnings season is beginning to wind down, with 457 S&P 500 companies having reported.
  
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• Huawei ban clouds U.S.-China trade talks, tech sector

  16-05-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. bid to block China's Huawei Technologies from buying vital American technology threw into question sales from some of the largest tech companies and drew a sharp rebuke on Thursday from Beijing, which warned it could hurt trade talks.Shares of Huawei's U.S. suppliers fell on fears the Chinese firm would be forced to stop buying American chips, software and other components after the Trump administration banned it from buying U.S. technology without special a
  
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• FAA chief defends grounding Boeing 737 Max later than other nations, worries problem took a year to discover

  16-05-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing 737 Max had a cockpit warning light problem that took a year for FAA to learn, acting administrator Daniel Elwell told a US House committee.
  
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• Susan Collins has faith Kavanaugh won't uphold Alabama abortion law

  16-05-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The senator from Maine stands by her belief that Kavanaugh will be compelled by court precedent when it comes to abortion rights.
  
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• Bill de Blasio, New York mayor, announces White House run

  16-05-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York, has joined the increasingly crowded race for the Democrat presidential nomination in 2020. Mr de Blasio, the 23rd candidate to declare, presented himself as the person with the most ability to "take on" Donald Trump. The 6ft 5in mayor, known as "Big Bird," said: "I'm a New Yorker, I've known Trump's a bully for a long time, this is not news to me or anyone else here, and I know how to take him on. Donald Trump must be stopped. "He's trying to convince
  
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• US warnings to Iran driven by photos of missiles in Persian Gulf, report says

  16-05-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. officials told The New York Times they escalated their warnings to Iran because of intelligence showing photographs of missiles loaded onto small boats in the Persian Gulf.
  
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• Alabama Senate approves near-total ban on abortion; sends bill to the governor

  16-05-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The measure includes the most sweeping restrictions on abortion in the United States, almost certainly guaranteeing a legal challenge.
  
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• Correction: Texas-Police Shooting story

  16-05-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — In a story May 15 about the shooting of a Houston-area woman by a police officer, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Pamela Turner was shot in the parking lot of an east Houston department store and a rally was held there Wednesday. The demonstration was held in the parking lot of the Baytown apartment complex where Turner was shot.
  
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• Former METRO police officer sentenced in assault on man at train station

  16-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Surveillance video showed the officer hitting a man with a baton while he was sleeping at the Burnett METRO station.
  
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• You Could Be Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Neighbor for $1.4 Million

  16-05-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A house went up for sale that’s just a 20-minute walk from Frogmore Cottage
  
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• Processed Foods Are Bad for Weight Loss, Study Shows

  16-05-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  You've probably heard the message that fresh, whole foods are healthier for you than processed, packaged ones. But some processed foods are worse for you than others. Studies have linked diets th...
  
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• Man arrested for beating elderly woman to death with electric scooter

  16-05-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A California man was arrested and charged in the murder of an elderly womanafter he allegedly beat her to death with an electric scooter, according toKTLA
  
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• Billy Chemirmir: Healthcare worker accused of murdering 12 elderly women could be linked to over 1,000 deaths

  16-05-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A healthcare worker has been charged with the murder of 12 elderly women by smothering, and is being investigated for any potential links to 1,000 more unexplained deaths.Billy Chemirmir, 45, of Texas is accused of murdering multiple elderly women who lived in Dallas and Collins counties with a pillow, and subsequently robbing them. In March of 2018, Mr Chemirmir was charged with capital murder in the death of an 81-year-old woman, Lu Thi Harris, leading to his arrest. Mr Chemirmir has also been
  
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• Iranian missiles on small boats spotted in Persian Gulf: US official

  16-05-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A US official said Thursday that Iranian missiles loaded on small boats in the Persian Gulf were among the "threats" that have triggered a beefed-up military deployment in the region.The person was confirming reports in The New York Times saying that Washington reacted to aerial photos from US intelligence agencies showing traditional boats carrying Iranian missiles in the Gulf, one of the world's most strategic waterways.The fully-assembled missiles were loaded on the boats by Iran's Revolution
  
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• Kamala Harris campaign reportedly 'infuriated' by Biden running mate talk

  16-05-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris' 2020 campaign is reportedly 'infuriated' by growing talk that she should be Joe Biden's VP pick instead of the Democrat nominee.
  
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• Could This Be The Most Immaculate Mercedes-Benz 280SE Coupe?

  16-05-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  An utterly regal example of Mercedes-Benz luxurious coupe, its condition is mighty impressive.The Mercedes-Benz W108 generation is highly regarded among collectors as one of the greatest engineered cars of its era.The luxurious model was regal in design, plentiful in performance, and opulent to travel in.
  
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• Iran top diplomat to visit China on Friday: state media

  16-05-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to visit China on Friday for talks on "regional and international issues", state news agency IRNA reported.Coming amid soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, the visit would be an opportunity to discuss the 2015 nuclear deal from which the United States unilaterally withdrew a year ago, IRNA said.
  
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• How to Securely Blend Your IoT Data with Business Data

  16-05-2019 19:21
  Opportunities Created by the Integration of IoT Data With the Rest of Your Business Environment Are Vast
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• Top US lawmakers to be briefed on escalating Iran tensions

  16-05-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  US congressional leaders will receive a classified briefing from intelligence officials Thursday on apparent military threats from Iran amid rapidly escalating tensions between Washington and the Islamic republic."We're hoping that for sure that before the break we will have a classified briefing on the Middle East, on Iran before the full House of Representatives," Pelosi told reporters.
  
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• Huawei to challenge U.S. export sanction which it says will harm America

  16-05-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision by the Commerce Department to add the company and 70 affiliates to its so-called Entity List bans them from buying parts and components from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval.
  
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