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What’s on TV Saturday: The Last Season of ‘Orphan Black’ Debuts

Photo Tatiana Maslany in “Orphan Black.” Credit Ken Woroner/BBC America Tatiana Maslany and her clone sisterhood fight one last battle in the final season of “Orphan Black.” And Ben Affleck plays a mathematics savant with a wicked skill set in “The Accountant.” What’s on TV ORPHAN BLACK 10 p.m. on …

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Former FBI Director Comey told senators about potential third meeting between AG Sessions and Russians: Source

Getty Images Sen. Jeff Sessions is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the U.S. attorney general January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Former FBI Director James Comey told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday about a possible third interaction between Attorney General …

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Traders disappointed after so-called ‘fear’ VIX index drops

Heading into Thursday’s session, Wall Street readied for potential market-moving announcements from the European Central Bank and its president, Mario Draghi; Comey’s testimony; and the U.K. general election. “Any hedges that were still on are coming off today,” said Peter Tchir, head of macro strategy at Brean Capital. “Certainly a …

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I will form a government to provide certainty

Jonathan Brady/PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images Prime Minister Theresa May, accompanied by her husband Philip, making a statement in Downing Street after she traveled to Buckingham Palace for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II following the General Election results. May claimed that this partnership would be the …

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Theresa May ‘may or may not be prime minister’

Eddie Keogh | Reuters Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May returns to 10 Downing Street with her husband Philip after traveling to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen’s permission to form a minority government, in London, June 9, 2017. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May “botched” her party’s chances of a clear …

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Apple’s new software is a game changer for augmented reality, experts say

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An attendee demonstrates the ARKit, augmented reality tool, on an Apple Inc. iPad Pro during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 5, 2017. Virtual and augmented reality product company Marxent has been developing AR …

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Broadcom seen as preferred buyer

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Satoshi Tsunakawa, president of Toshiba Broadcom is seen as the preferred buyer for Toshiba’s flash business, sources told CNBC on Friday. But the Japanese government is trying to put together a group that will keep the business under a Japanese owner, and is …

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at MIT commencement

Brian Snyder | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Commencement Exercises at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 9, 2017. He warned graduates that though the internet has empowered many, sometimes the “basic rules of decency are suspended” and pettiness thrives. “I’m optimistic because I believe …

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Saudi’s Falih says no immediate need to adjust oil pact

Leonhard Foeger | Reuters OPEC President, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, and OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo talk to journalists before the beginning of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, May 25, 2017. There is no evidence a pact by global …

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