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Trump’s planned visit to the UK thrown into doubt after omission from Queen’s Speech

Getty Images President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Theresa May are pictured ahead of a photo opportunity of leaders as they arrive for a NATO summit meeting on May 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain appears to have been postponed, as the announcement …

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Retailers’ efforts to lure shoppers to stores with experiences still misses

Source: GPShopper “Consumers are increasingly indifferent about the store experience,” Mikailov said. “When you’re indifferent you will just shop for price, and stores need to make you feel.” With a few exceptions, most American retailers today are “incredibly bad” at offering a good in-store experience, GlobalData Retail Managing Director Neil …

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Ejectable, floating ‘black box’ to be installed on long range Airbus planes

Airbus Charles Champion (middle), executive vice president of engineering at Airbus Commercial Aircraft; Martin Munro (L), Canada vice president at DRS technologies; and Kris Ganase (R), ‎president of aviation products and security at L3 Communications show off a new ejectable flight recorder. The European aerospace giant Airbus is to fix …

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After weeks of secrecy, US Senate to unveil health-care bill

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, conduct a news conference after the Senate Policy Luncheons on June 6, 2017. U.S. Senate Republicans plan to unveil …

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Just What Was on Trial in the Bill Cosby Case?

MORRIS Oh, feelings. They obviously had a role to play in this case and yet aren’t the usual basis for a legal strategy. So little of this trial was concrete. Mr. Cosby didn’t take the stand in his defense, which meant the case, in some sense, came down to Ms. …

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Here’s what global marketers are doing to tackle sexism in advertising

Ilya S. Savenok | Getty Images AT&T’s chief brand officer Fiona Carter, at an event in New York City on April 18, 2017 Unilever undertook research in 2016 that looked at ads from a variety of businesses. It found that only 3 percent of advertising showed women in leadership roles, …

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Why investing in real estate mezzanine debt in Asia makes sense

The reality on the ground today, however, is that the situation is more nuanced and much improved. Particularly in Beijing and Shanghai, occupational markets in the commercial market are buoyant and investment liquidity is high. According to CBRE, 2016 saw commercial real estate transaction volumes in China surge by 85 …

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Pentagon admonishes Russia for ‘unsafe’ intercept of US spy plane over Baltic Sea

Greg Davis | U.S. Air Force | Getty Images This undated U.S. Air Force handout image shows a RC-135 Reconnaissance plane used to gather ‘imagery intelligence (IMINT), telemetry intelligence (TELINT), and signals intelligence (SIGINT).’ A Russian fighter jet flew within five feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane in …

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Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Want to See Sean Spicer Go

Photo Stephen Colbert reacted to reports that Sean Spicer is searching for his own replacement. Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? …

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UK PM pledges ‘humility and resolve’ ahead of Queen’s speech

Jack Hill – WPA Pool | Getty Images Prime Minister Theresa May attends the London Conference on Somalia at Lancaster House on May 11, 2017 in London, England. While formal Brexit negotiations kicked off on Monday, the government is expected to reveal the laws needed to leave the EU – …

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