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Trump approves plan to boost military cyber operations

Carlos Barria | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump looks on following a swearing-in ceremony for Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017 President Donald Trump elevated the Pentagon’s U.S. Cyber Command on Friday in a move aimed at emphasizing the development of cyber weapons …

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Several people stabbed in Finnish city of Turku: Police

Linda Manner | Lehtikuva | Reuters Finnish police patrol the streets, after stabbings in Turku, in Central Helsinki, Finland August 18, 2017. Several people were stabbed in the Finnish city of Turku, police said on Friday, adding they had shot at and arrested one person. People should stay away from …

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A Pianist With Modern Flair Takes Over the Salzburg Festival

The premiere of Verdi’s “Aida” two nights earlier, starring Anna Netrebko singing the title role for the first time and Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, had gone smoothly. The new production of Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtensk,” starring Nina Stemme and conducted by Mariss Jansons, had proved such a …

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Alphabet unseats Facebook as favorite stock among hedge funds

Getty Images / David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Google CEO Larry Page Google parent Alphabet recaptured its place as hedge-fund darling in the second quarter this year, breaking a recent tie with Facebook. In a rating of hedge funds’ top 10 …

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Foot Locker shares plunge after second-quarter sales fall way short

“We believe these industry dynamics will persist through 2017, and we expect comparable sales to be down three to four percent over the remainder of the year,” Johnson added. In response to Foot Locker’s disappointing results and outlook, shares of Nike and Under Armour dropped 3.5 and 2.3 percent, respectively, …

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Late-Night Summer Offerings Include ‘Firestarter’ and ‘Crash’

Photo Drew Barrymore in “Firestarter.” Credit Universal Pictures Concerts in the park? Check. Days at the beach? Absolutely. But any must-do list of summer-in-the-city activities should also include a midnight movie or two, with the late-screening crowd spilling out onto the steamy streets afterward. Happily, several theaters offer films into …

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Blue Apron’s problems still ‘several quarters’ away from being fixed: Analyst

Lucas Jackson | Reuters Traders work on the floor of the Exchange ahead of the Blue Apron IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in New York, June 29, 2017 A turnaround for Blue Apron from its disastrous initial public offering is nowhere in sight, according to one Wall Street …

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Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy may be about to make a comeback

An investment strategy made popular by Warren Buffett could be back in vogue soon, according to Strategas Research Partners. In a note to clients Thursday, Strategas pointed out that returns stemming from growth investment strategies have reached a point where they could start to underperfom. This opens the door for …

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Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week

KAKI KING at the Iridium (Aug. 19, 8 p.m.). The virtuosic guitarist Kaki King has done session work with mainstream acts from Foo Fighters to Timbaland, all while cultivating a dedicated audience for her own solo compositions. Ms. King is currently preparing a live album of orchestral reinterpretations of that …

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