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GOP’s Collins and Murkowski are key votes on Trump Supreme Court pick

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski once again have a chance to decide whether President Donald Trump reaches one of his key goals. The senators will be swing votes in a …

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Facebook reportedly buying Bloomsbury AI to help tackle fake news

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. Facebook is buying a British AI firm to help tackle fake news, TechCrunch …

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5 reasons from Citi to buy Apple, including back-to-school demand

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a picture with David Casarez (R) who just purchased the new iPhone X at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Despite Apple’s recent underperformance on Wall Street, one analyst believes there are no less …

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Thyssenkrupp CEO Hiesinger tells EU to protect steel industry from China

Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg An employee beside a blast furnace cast house at ThyssenKrupp AG’s steel plant in Duisburg, Germany. In a bid to remain competitive, Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel signed a deal Saturday to become Europe’s second-largest steel firm. The new formed alliance, called Thyssenkrupp-Tata Steel, will employ …

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Netflix will post ‘solid’ subscriber growth due to ’13 Reasons Why’: Baird

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin | FilmMagic | Getty Images (L-R) Actors Dylan Minnette, Selena Gomez and Katherine Langford arrive at the Premiere of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ at Paramount Pictures on March 30, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.  Netflix will report strong membership growth for its second quarter, according to Baird Equity Research. …

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Trump’s Iran policy may cause pain at the gas pump ahead of elections

Given those obstacles, crude oil prices could rise enough to offset the seasonal decline in gasoline prices that Americans usually enjoy in the autumn, said Andrew Lipow, president in Lipow Oil Associates. If Brent crude rises another $10 to $90 a barrel, the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline …

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EU warns of new tariffs worth $300 billion if Trump targets automakers

Guenter Schiffmann | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker performs the final check of a BMW 3-series automobile on the production line, March 11, 2009. The United States could get a new round of retaliatory tariffs worth as much as $300 billion, if it moves ahead with new duties on …

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Hyundai says US car tariffs would harm security ties over North Korea

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images A South Korean national flag, center, and U.S. national flags fly at the Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Paju, South Korea, on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Hyundai Motor cautioned the U.S. administration that imposing up to 25 percent tariffs on …

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Leftist Lopez Obrador to be next president

Getty Images Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the final event of the 2018 Presidential Campaign at Azteca Stadium on June 27, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.  One exit poll by polling firm Parametria showed Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, winning between 53 percent and 59 …

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What Elon Musk told Tesla after the car maker met its Model 3 goal

Daniel Acker | Getty Images Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, center, participates in the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq Marketsite with his twin boys Griffin, green shirt at center, and Xavier, right in blue shirt, and his fiancee (at the time) Talulah Riley, second …

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