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Big-screen TVs and other products you buy that may get more expensive because of a possible trade war with China

Prices for big-screen televisions and some household appliances could go up significantly if the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Chinese imports are enacted. “On a $4,000 TV … the tariffs might have a several-hundred-dollar price impact,” said David French, senior vice president for government relations at the National Retail Federation, …

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Chipmakers may have the most to lose in a trade war with China

Jason Lee | Reuters A man visits Qualcomm’s booth at the Global Mobile Internet Conference 2017 in Beijing, China April 28, 2017. Semiconductors may be the sector most affected by rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China. China on Wednesday announced brand-new tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans, …

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China won’t halt US Treasury buying despite tariffs, says minister

Lintao Zhang | Pool | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at The Great Hall of People on March 3, 2018 in Beijing, China. As the trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies escalates and China and the U.S. fire at one another with …

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Spotify chief’s net worth tops $2 billion after NYSE debut

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Daniel Ek, chief executive officer and co-founder of Spotify AB Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is worth over $2 billion following the company’s trading debut on the NYSE. Despite Spotify’s shares coming off their initial highs Tuesday, Ek’s 9 percent stake in the company …

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Women midterm election candidates explain why they ran for Congress

Bill O’Leary | The Washington Post | Getty Images Attendees cheer during the Women’s March on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. More women typically run for Congress on the Democratic side. But opposition to policies on health care, reproductive rights, the environment and taxes …

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Jared, Ivanka offered ‘bribe’ to stop abortions

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Senior Advisor to the President, Jared Kushner (L), walks with his wife Ivanka Trump to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2017. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards wrote in her new memoir that Jared Kushner and …

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Global M&A activity hits record high on mega US health care deals

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across the world has hit a seventeen-year-record high in the first quarter of 2018, according to a report by research firm …

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Boeing shares fall on China trade war threats

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump sits between Boeing Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg (R) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (L) during a round table at Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. March 14, 2018. Shares of U.S. aerospace giant Boeing tumbled in extended-hours trading Wednesday as investors digested …

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Chemical weapons watchdog OPCW meets over ex-Russian spy attack

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. Russia’s foreign intelligence agency chief has said it feels like a return …

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Tech CEOs call for stricter gun control

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer, Twitter. High-profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube’s headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead. The attack at the Google-owned video …

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