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North Korea tensions ‘remain contained,’ Nomura analysts say

Tokyo-based Nomura said it expects the North Korea tensions to stay controlled, even after the rogue state on Tuesday fired a missile over Japan. “We see today’s provocation as in line with our base case for the [Korean] peninsula — thattension will remain elevated for some time, but also remain …

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Begins With a Bang

Photo Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” is the first step of an elaborate marketing campaign for her Nov. 10 album, “Reputation.” Credit John Salangsang/Invision, via Associated Press On Friday, Taylor Swift released a new song, “Look What You Made Me Do,” and thus, as the music industry …

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Here are the 10 most important stories for investors Tuesday morning

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiles during a visit to the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 23, 2017. A daily morning look at the financial stories …

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Qatar’s central bank chief strikes defiant tone after Fitch rating downgrade

YASSER AL-ZAYYAT | AFP | Getty Images Qatar’s central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani attends a meeting with other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) central bank chiefs in Kuwait City on March 24, 2010. GCC central bank chiefs are meeting to discuss progress towards regional monetary union. Qatar’s lenders …

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For ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2,’ the Second Time’s Also a Charm

Photo Julie White and Stephen McKinley Henderson are the new lead performers in “A Doll’s House, Part 2.” Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Like most critics, I thought “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” the what-if sequel to Ibsen by Lucas Hnath, was already great when it opened in April. …

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Steel pipe and tube CEOs urge Trump to move forward on import restrictions

The executives are members of the committee on Pipe and Tube Imports (CPTI), a trade association. The CEOs of ArcelorMittal, Bristol Metals, and Boomerang Tube, who signed the letter, said the situation is not sustainable and warned it would only deteriorate further. “Because U.S. pipe and tube industry is the …

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India’s Prime Minister Modi to visit China following end of border stand-off

Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) talks to Chinese President Xi Jingping during the BRICS meeting in Goa, India, on October 16, 2016. India’s prime minister has confirmed he will visit China next week for a summit of the world’s leading emerging market …

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Pop Star Egos Are Pushed Aside at Wacky, Socially Aware MTV V.M.A.s

The show’s second half was full of sharp speeches and formidable songs with urgent subject matter. Pink, who won this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, spoke movingly about her daughter and gender fluidity. Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid performed “1-800-273-8255” — named for the phone number of the National …

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A Man on an Eco-Mission in Mixed Media

Along his right arm is a tattooed wavy line that is actually a graph charting the average temperature of the earth’s surface over the last 136 years; on his left arm, a similar line reflects 400,000 years of carbon dioxide levels in the earth’s atmosphere. It shoots upward at the …

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ProSieben looking for investors in TV production, e-commerce units

CHRISTOF STACHE | AFP | Getty Images The logo of German television group ProSiebenSat1 is seen at the company’s headquarters in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, on March 9, 2016. “The company will enter discussions with interested third parties regarding a potential co-investment in or business combinations with its content …

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