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‘Racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication’

Adam Rose | ABC | Getty Images Actors Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and Roseanne Barr on the iconic comedy series Roseanne on ABC. Ambien maker Sanofi isn’t buying Roseanne Barr’s claim that she compared former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to an ape because she was “ambien tweeting.” “While all pharmaceutical …

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US officials plan to limit visas for Chinese tech students

Nicholas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. The Trump administration plans to shorten the length of validity for some visas issued to Chinese citizens, …

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Goldman downgrades AK Steel to sell

Getty Images Roger Newport, chief executive officer of AK Steel Holding Corp., listens during a press conference following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and steel and aluminum executives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Profitability at parts of AK Steel remains …

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Italy’s CDS markets price in super-sized sovereign credit rating cut

Kevin Winter | Getty Images Artisans and merchants gathered in Rome to demand that Parliament the new government in the midst of being formed make an urgent breakthrough in economic policy after the economic crisis shut down more than 372 000 businesses in 2013. Italy’s political turmoil has left Credit …

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Lega’s Salvini call for fresh election takes gloss off Italian recovery

Alessandra Benedetti | Corbis | Getty Images Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella talks to journalists after Italy’s designated Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte returned the mandate to form a new government, on May 27, 2018 in Rome, Italy. The FTSE MIB in Milan see-sawed in Wednesday morning trade and at around 11 …

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Flyers are actually more satisfied with (most) airlines in the US.

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airline passengers at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C. Airlines’ social media mentions are usually full of travelers’ frequent frustrations: a downgrade, a missed connection, a refund. But air travelers are feeling more satisfied with airlines in North America, according to …

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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto responds to Trump

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump meets Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Mexico will “never” pay for a wall that separates its border from the United States, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Tuesday. …

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Chinese state media slam US trade announcement, say Beijing ready to fight

China Foto Press | Getty Images Containers are stacked at a port on March 1, 2016 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China The United States said on Tuesday it still held the threat of imposing tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China and would use it unless Beijing addressed …

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Brad Smith, Microsoft President and chief counsel, at Code 2018

David A. Grogan | CNBC Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft, speaks at the 2017 Cambridge Cyber Summit on October 4, 2017. Tech history repeats itself, and nobody knows that better than Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief counsel. Smith was deeply involved in Microsoft’s antitrust battle against …

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: CRM, HPQ & more

Kimberly White | Getty Images Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, speaks at the GLAAD Gala at Metreon on September 8, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Tuesday: Shares of Salesforce gained more than 4 percent in after hours trading. The cloud …

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