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Ambassadors of London’s Rebooted, Revitalized Jazz Scene Come to New York

These are a few of the myriad groups that have incubated at Jazz Re:freshed’s weekly shows, which have taken place since 2003 at a bar in West London called Mau Mau. The concerts began as the pet project of two broken-beat D.J.’s, Justin McKenzie and Adam Moses, who branched out …

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Infosys founder Narayana Murthy defends role in boardroom feud

Jerome Favre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Tuesday defended his role in a months-long war of words with the company’s board that led to changes at the top, saying his actions were in the interest of shareholders. Speaking to investors …

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Howard Kaminsky, Publisher With a Best-Seller Sense, Dies at 77

Laurence Kirshbaum, who worked at Warner in the 1970s and ′80s, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Kaminsky had been an entrepreneurial, risk-taking executive as the company grew quickly from a mass-market publisher of genre paperbacks to one that also competed heavily to sign major hardcovers. (Warner Books was …

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A Heroine in the Mold of Huck and Scout

Along with its horrors, “My Absolute Darling” is also a book of nostalgic pleasures. Turtle is a staunchly American type, perhaps the American type — tough, taciturn and almost pathologically self-sufficient. She lives on raw eggs, thistles, the rabbits and crabs she catches herself (how alluring she’ll be to critics …

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Cramer’s charts suggest oil prices are about to fall off a cliff

With commodity watchers concerned about the fate of Texas’ oil refineries after Hurricane Harvey, CNBC’s Jim Cramer wanted to nail down the condition of oil itself. So the “Mad Money” host went off the charts with technician Carley Garner, the co-founder of DeCarley Trading and Cramer’s colleague at RealMoney.com with …

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Trump’s North Korea policy has ‘crashed and burned’: Former State Dept official

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) to occupy islands in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on August 25, 2017. He said the United States’ allies do not have the …

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Race, Money and Broadway: How ‘Great Comet’ Burned Out

About two dozen people involved with “Great Comet” — creators, performers, producers and investors, many of whom would speak only anonymously to protect their ability to continue working in an industry with long memories and few jobs — described a bewildering sequence of events. Some blamed the lead producer, Howard …

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Amazon-Whole Foods price cuts: ‘more bark than bite’

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer loads shopping bags into a vehicle outside a Whole Foods Market location in Naperville, Illinois. Amazon made steep discounts — by as much as 43% – at Whole Foods on Monday, sending shockwaves across the grocery retail space. But a closer …

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DoJ investigating whether Uber violated US foreign bribery laws: DJ, citing sources

Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Images Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks at a ceremony at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing on December 17, 2014. Baidu, China’s leading search engine, and ride sharing company Uber announced a strategic investment and cooperation agreement on December 17. The Justice Department is in …

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Amid ‘Gung-Ho Mentality,’ Stunt Deaths Renew a Debate Over Safety

“The regulations cover the majority of hazards I’m aware of,” said Eric Berg, deputy chief of research and standards for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. He said that the standards covering workplace hazards across a wide range of industries are sufficient for the film industry. “It’s by …

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