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Boris Johnson wants to build a bridge to France

Peter Nicholls | WPA Pool | Getty Images British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attends an official dinner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is reportedly entertaining the proposition of building a bridge from Britain to France. Johnson said a 22-mile crossing to connect …

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New Zealand leader Jacinda Arden pregnant

Getty Images | Hagen Hopkins Prime Minister-designate Jacinda Ardern and NZ First leader Winston Peters shake hands during a coalition agreement signing. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she is pregnant. The Labour leader, who was elected in October after she formed a center-left coalition, revealed Friday …

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this is the secret to Berlusconi’s popularity

Stefano Montesi | Corbis | Corbis | Getty Images Silvio Berlusconi appears as a guest on the talk show ”L’aria che tira’ television channel La7 on January 18, 2018 in Rome, Italy. Silvio Berlusconi has been prime minister of Italy three times. Despite a series of sex scandals and tax …

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China says sunken Iranian tanker may be leaking bunker fuel

Xinhua via Getty Images Rescuers spray foam to extinguish flames on the stricken oil tanker Sanchi on Jan. 12, 2018. The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration said there was a large fire on the Panama-registered oil tanker. It is likely to explode and sink, the administration said. In a statement issued …

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South Korean consumer group sues Apple CEO over iPhone slowdown

Jung Yeon-Je | AFP | Getty Images A woman looks at the Apple iPhone 7 at a shop in Seoul on October 21, 2016. A South Korean consumer group has filed a criminal complaint against Apple CEO Tim Cook over slower iPhone devices, after probes in Europe into allegations the …

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The bond market is about to do something that could spell trouble for stocks

Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Traders work in the S&P 500 pit on the floor of the CME Group’s Chicago Board of Trade following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The bond market is in the process of …

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Bitcoin is here to stay, analyst says

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spencer Bogart, managing director and head of research at Blockchain Capital LLC. Despite its recent price whipsaw, bitcoin has gained legitimacy with investors and is here to stay, according to Spencer Bogart, a partner and head of research at Blockchain Capital. Bitcoin has …

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Market getting it wrong on Fed rate hikes, warns private equity giant KKR

Lucas Jackson | Reuters A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as a television screen displays coverage of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen shortly after the announcement that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in New York, December 14, 2016. The central …

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CEO Templeton is stepping down after 14 years

Namas Bhojani | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rich Templeton, President and CEO of Texas Instruments Inc. Texas Instruments is about to have a new CEO for the first time in 14 years. Rich Templeton, who took the helm of the semiconductor company in 2004 and became chairman four years later, …

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IBM earnings Q4 2017

David A. Grogan | CNBC Ginni Rometty, Chairwoman, President and CEO of IBM, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. IBM will release earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017 after the bell on Thursday. The company will hold a conference call with analysts at 5 …

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