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Japan to prevent cryptocurrencies for money laundering

Bobby Yip | Reuters A cryptocurrency mining computer equipped with four cooling fans is seen on display at a computer mall in Hong Kong, January 29, 2018. Japan will urge its G20 counterparts at a meeting next week to beef up efforts to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money …

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profound party and government reforms needed

Lintao Zhang | Pool | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the Great Hall of the People on October 25, 2017 in Beijing, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, Liu He, said on Tuesday that the reform of China’s ruling Communist Party and government institutions will …

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Cramer introduces the ‘cloud kings,’ tech’s hottest new stock group

Since CNBC’s Jim Cramer is in San Francisco this week, he wanted to go over a new stock group in technology space that’s just refusing to quit. “I’m calling them ‘the cloud kings,’ the seven software companies that are transforming the way their customers do business,” the “Mad Money” host …

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Conor Lamb leads Rick Saccone in PA special election: Monmouth poll

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, left, greets an attendee after speaking during a campaign rally with members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Sunday, March 11, …

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Apple buys Texture, a digital magazine subscription service

Apple Apple Senior Vice President Eddie Cue discusses Apple Pay, the company’s new mobile payments solution, at the Apple Special event Apple said on Monday it agreed to buy Texture, an online magazine subscription service owned by publishers Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Rogers Media and investment firm KKR. Apple didn’t …

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Betsy DeVos’s ’60 Minutes’ interview: Key moments

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos prepares to testify during her confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sat down for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that …

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Famed French fashion designer Givenchy dies at 91

Frank Leonardo | New York Post Archives | (c) NYP Holdings, Inc. | Getty Images Hubert de Givenchy. September 13, 1979. French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, who dominated the industry for more than three decades and whose clothes were worn by movie stars Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, has …

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Two taken to hospital after suspect package at British parliament

Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017. Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution, as detectives investigated a suspect package at Britain’s parliament, police said in a statement on Monday. “Specialist officers are in attendance and …

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Schwartz to retire from Goldman, Solomon to serve as sole president

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Solomon, co-president and co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., gives a thumbs-up during a discussion at the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Goldman began actively considering Blankfein’s successor after he was …

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Gov. Rick Scott signs school safety bill drafted in wake of Parkland

C.M. Guerrero | Miami Herald | TNS | Getty Images Florida Gov. Rick Scott talks alongside Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, left, during a news conference at Miami-Dade Police Department in Doral, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Flanked by family members of students who were killed during a …

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