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ELF, LYV, PLNT & more

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on January 31, 2014 in New York City. Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell: Shares of e.l.f. Beauty initially dropped more than 1 percent after hours …

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Seeso, Comedy Streaming Service, Will Shut Down Later This Year

Photo ­“The UCB Show” was among the original shows created for Seeso. It starred, from left, Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser. Credit Seeso Seeso, NBC’s streaming comedy subscription service, is folding later this year. The service started in January 2016 as a niche alternative to Hulu, …

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Alan Peckolick, Graphic Designer Whose Logos Are Familiar, Dies at 76

A poster featuring blue block lettering and the word “free” in bright red announcing late-night museum openings in New York City, sponsored by Mobil, is in the permanent collection of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany. Photo A poster of Mr. Peckolick’s announcing free late-night museum openings in New York …

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‘Bandstand’ to Close Next Month on Broadway

Photo Andrea Dotto, left, and Ryan Kasprzak in “Bandstand.” Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “Bandstand,” a swing-inspired Broadway musical set after World War II, will end its run on Sept. 17 after 166 performances. The musical was directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, who won a Tony this June …

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Brain tumor affected McCain vote, GOP senator suggests

Getty Images Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) arrives for work on Capitol Hill hours after voting NO on the GOP ‘Skinny Repeal’ health care bill, on July 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has suggested fellow Republican Sen. John McCain’s brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the …

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US sanctions 8 more Venezuelan officials, including Chavez brother

Miraflores Palace via Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with members of the Constituent Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela August 2, 2017. The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight more Venezuelan officials, including the brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, to punish them for their …

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In ‘Step,’ Finding a Language for Hopes, Fears and Dreams

“It was a musical,” she said. “The music is their claps and their stomps, and the lyrics are the words, and the book is who they are. When they can’t speak about who they are in their everyday lives, they step. In a musical, you express your hopes and your …

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Trump reportedly ad-libbed ‘fire and fury’ warning to North Korea

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump (R) speaks about North Korea as he sits beside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price (L) during an opioid-related briefing at Trump’s golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 8, 2017. President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” ultimatum …

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Bruce Springsteen plans a series of Broadway fall concerts

Jamie McCarthy | Getty Images Bruce Springsteen performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 2016 in New York City. The Boss is coming to Broadway—but he’s ditching the E Street Band. Bruce Springsteen said Wednesday on his website that he plans to make his Broadway debut onstage this …

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As North Korean tensions simmer, here’s how stocks reacted to past crises

Stocks are often shocked into a quick decline when a major geopolitical event occurs, but the ability to recover has been very different. With the backdrop of rising tensions between North Korea and the U.S., Strategas Research studied the immediate and longer term impact on the S&P 500 from a …

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