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Growth stocks like tech are still cheap, history suggests

Technology shares are under pressure this month on concerns that valuations are out of control, but a new report suggests growth stocks like the tech group can still post strong long term returns from these levels. Even at a price-earnings ratio near 20 for growth stocks, history shows returns 10 …

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Review: In ‘Rough Night,’ It’s Women Behaving Badly (Yawn)

Photo From left, Zoë Kravitz, Jillian Bell, Scarlett Johansson, Illana Glazer and Kate McKinnon in “Rough Night,” in which a boozy bachelorette weekend goes very, very wrong. Credit Macall Polley/Sony Pictures How low can she go? That’s the question in the soft vanilla comedy “Rough Night,” about five women who …

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France should be a ‘country of unicorns’

Martin Bureau | Pool | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for a selfie as he arrives at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to start-ups development, innovation and digital technology in Paris, France, June 15, 2017. France launched a technology visa on Thursday which aims to attract international talent, …

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Senate jabs Trump in unanimous vote on NATO

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, talk during a Senate Armed Services Committee in Dirksen Building on the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2018 and the Future Years Defense Program on June 13, 2017. The Republican-led Senate …

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Euro zone finance ministers agree on 8.5 billion euro loan to Greece, official says

Francois Lenoir | Reuters Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2017. Greece’s European creditors agreed to give the cash-strapped country the next batch of money due from its bailout and outlined a series of debt relief measures they hope will …

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Rooftop Terrace at Brooklyn Children’s Museum Is Set to Open

Photo The outdoor space at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights is to officially open the first weekend in August. Credit Max Cohen/Future Green Studio It’s taken nearly a decade, but the rooftop space at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights is finally ready for the small visitors …

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Jeff Bezos request for philanthropic ideas

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, Chairman and founder of Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos needs new ideas. Bezos posted an open call for new philanthropic projects to Twitter on Thursday afternoon. He said that views some of his initiatives, such as Blue Origin, as being very beneficial in …

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Drug stocks drop on report Trump will issue executive order on pricing

Drug stocks fell suddenly on Thursday on the back of a report that President Donald Trump was ready to issue an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) hit session lows and traded 1.1 percent lower after Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the …

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Chinese internet giant Tencent’s social apps are growing faster than Facebook

ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images ‘Pony’ Ma Huateng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent Holdings Ltd. One number stood out in internet services company Tencent’s latest earnings report, which posted overnight in China. The company, known for its messenger app WeChat, revealed that its social media platforms are growing faster …

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How a Love of French Art Helped Shape the American Republic

“America Collects” tells a largely by-the-book story of the French 18th century across eight stylishly hung bays. In the early 1700s, the Baroque gave way to the more sentimental Rococo style, typified by soft pinks and blues, light curves and amorous gods and maidens. Eight paintings by Boucher in this …

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