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Sefcovic said that Brussels continued to back the ratification of a new treaty governing the relations with Switzerland and the bloc, which would coved citi...

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European Union court rules that Adidas's three stripes trademark is invalid

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S&P 500 index closes at a record high

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Oil prices jump as downed U.S. drone stokes Middle East tensions

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The Employees Of Facebook Don’t Love Mark Zuckerberg

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Slack Sets IPO Reference Point At $26 Per Share

The San Francisco-based company's shares started trading on the NY stock exchange at $38.50 - well above the $26 guide price - and valued the company at $20bn, ...

World to get half its power from wind, solar by 2050

The declining cost of solar, wind and batteries will lead to a dramatic shift in the global power mix across the next three decades - even as coal use continues...

Apple mulls moving some production from China, Asia News & Top Stories

Foxconn already said in June that it's ready to help Apple shift production, the report notes. The spat, kicked off by President Donald Trump's rigid ideol...

FTC reportedly investigating YouTube over children's privacy

The company might remove all children's content from YouTube and show it exclusively in the YouTube Kids app, a new Wall Street Journal article says. In 2018,...

FBI Investigating Deutsche Bank

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'Society did not develop on rules of jungle': Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei

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Reality TV star is the latest to fall ill in Dominican Republic

A doctor has said that the symptoms reported in the tourists who mysteriously died in the Dominican Republic are "consistent with poisoning". The U.S. "It i...

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World’s fastest commercial supercomputer created by IBM

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Kia Seltos unveiled in India

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Walmart Offering Flat Fee Unlimited Grocery Delivery

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Qantas Is Making Some Big Changes To Frequent Flyer Points

The additional one million rewards seats will concentrate on peak periods such as Easter, Christmas and school holidays, and will feature popular routes such as...

Fed opens door to rate cut amid growing 'uncertainties'

The central bank kept rates unchanged. It is a committee within the Federal Reserve System that is entrusted under United States law with overseeing the nat...

Crude oil prices slip as economic slowdown worries outweigh supply fears

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Harley-Davidson strikes deal to build smaller motorbike in China

The company said the new bike would have an engine displacement of 338 cubic centimeters, one of the smallest-powered engines Harley has ever made, and would be...

GM to bring back the Hummer as an electric vehicle?

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The White House reportedly looked into demoting the Federal Reserve chief

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Halt Libra? US Lawmakers Call for Hearings on Facebook’s Crypto

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Adidas loses EU court battle over 'three stripe' design

It said the company only provided evidence of its "acquired distinctive character " in five out of the EU's 28 member states. The sportswear giant's trademar...

WhatsApp asked by govt to fingerprint every message sent on the platform

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Bitcoin surpasses $9,000 setting another yearly record

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