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Fed minutes: Another rate hike likely 'soon'

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Union charges that Elon Musk violated labor law with tweet

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Consumer Groups Ask Feds to Launch Probe into Tesla's Autopilot

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USA defense chief suggests Trump-Kim summit could be back on

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Banned From Amazon: The Shoppers Who Make Too Many Returns

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Brent Crude Oil Price Falters at $80, Downside Back In Focus

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Deutsche Bank is axing 7,000 investment banking jobs

The details on the bank's strategy come ahead of the bank's annual general meeting on Thursday. He added that the current job losses present "a hard situation...

Uber self-driving car saw pedestrian but did not brake before crash

It says: "All aspects of the self-driving system were operating normally at the time of the crash, and there were no faults or diagnostic messages". The unmanne...

Elon Musk Suggests Big Oil Is Behind Critical Media Coverage of Tesla

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Russia Provides Evidence That Ukrainian BUK Launchers Downed MH17 - Russian MoD

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North Korea Says Trump Wasn't 'Confident' Enough to Meet Kim Jong Un

But on Friday, Mr Trump was asked whether the talks could still go ahead and said that negotiations with North Korea were already under way. "When I heard b...

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Donald Trump pardons black boxing champion Jack Johnson

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England opt to bat against Pakistan in Lord's Test

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Trump Initiates Trade Inquiry That Could Lead to Tariffs on Foreign Cars

The Trump administration launched an investigation into whether tariffs are needed on the imports of automobiles into the United States, moving swiftly as t...