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These two major indices are poised for a pullback as the Dow nears the 22,000 mark

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average approaching the 22,000 mark, both the Dow and Dow Transports are due for a pullback. “This would be a natural place for a pullback for both of the major indices, and I say that in part for the Dow Industrials,” Katie Stockton, chief technical …

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How Rupert Murdoch Became the King of England

As for that story that “Ink” promises to unfold, it’s about the overhaul nearly five decades ago of a London newspaper called The Sun from a drowsy nonentity into a tabloid sensation. A newspaper? How very anachronistic. Yet Mr. Graham’s account has tentacles that reach into the deepest recesses of …

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CEO Tim Cook hints at self-driving car project

Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook is shown with TV personality James Corden and musician Pharrell during a taped comedy bit in this image shot from a projection screen during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 7, 2016. Apple CEO Tim Cook has …

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Jessica Biel Goes Dark in ‘The Sinner,’ a Knot of Memory and Motive

The partnering of Ms. Biel with a character capable of savage violence seems felicitous as she strives to stretch professionally. Ms. Biel, now 35 and the mother of a 2-year-old, Silas, said she had been “desperately looking for something that would push me creatively to places that I have never …

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Cramer’s charts reveal the ultra-low fear index could be on the rise

With the Dow Jones average inching towards 22,000, even Jim Cramer found cause to wonder whether the stock market’s continuous rally is truly sustainable. “We always need to ask ourselves if we’ve gotten too complacent. That’s just a necessity. You do that as part of being a disciplined investor,” the …

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Senate votes to confirm Christopher Wray as FBI director

Getty Images FBI director nominee Christopher Wray prespares to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee July 12, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The vote …

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Bitcoin falls, futures for new ‘bitcoin cash’ swing as ‘miners’ officially split currency

Bitcoin traded slightly lower Tuesday as digital currency miners completed a split of the digital currency and worked to create more of the new, split-off coin called bitcoin cash. “A Bitcoin block was just mined that’s invalid for Bitcoin Cash nodes! [That] means the chain has now forked. Bitcoin Cash …

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Tillerson concedes Russia ties are sour, but holds out hope

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says neither he nor President Donald Trump is “very happy” about new sanctions on Russia that Congress has …

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Wall Street sees signs of inflation at long last

At long last, signs of inflation are “lurking beneath the surface” in commodities, as multiple Wall Street analysts focus on what they expect will be price gains in copper and oil. “Commodity prices are rising at the fastest pace in five years,” wrote Larry McDonald, author of The Bear Traps …

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What’s So Hard About Casting Indian Actors in Indian Roles?

“I wasn’t going to sit here and tell a story about very real issues,” namely sexual violence against women in Indian Country, “and cast people to portray characters in that world suffering those burdens and not have some connection,” Mr. Sheridan, who is not Native American, told me. He hired, …

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