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Video game maker EA cancels Madden qualifiers

Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images A sign that reads, ‘Spread Love Not Hate!!,’ calling for an end to gun violence as the gaming community deals with the aftermath of a shooting during a Madden 19 video game tournament which killed 3 people including the gunman on …

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Judge blocks online plans for printing untraceable 3D guns

Source: Kamenev | Wikipedia Commons 3D printed gun, “The Liberator”. A U.S. judge in Seattle has blocked the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had sought an injunction to stop a settlement that …

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Advanced Micro is up more than 145% in 2018 and may rally even higher

Advanced Micro Devices is the hottest stock of the year. It’s the best performer on the S&P 500 for 2018 by a mile. Its 146 percent surge since January is far better than the second-best S&P 500 performer, Abiomed, which has increased 105 percent. One technician sees the possibility of …

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AMD stock is still climbing, up for the third straight day

Shares of chip maker AMD rose more than 6 percent in morning trading Monday, extending last week’s momentum and posting strong returns for the third straight day of trading. The stock jumped more than 7 percent to a new 52-week high around 11 a.m. ET. Shares closed up 7.6 percent …

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JetBlue to charge $30 for first checked bag

Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Jet Blue aircraft takes off from Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, CA. JetBlue Airways is raising baggage fees, becoming the first major airline to charge $30 for the first checked bag. Beginning with tickets purchased Monday, Aug. 27, the airline will …

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Trump approval rating remains stable

Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, August 21, 2018 Felony convictions and guilty pleas by two close associates had little initial effect on President Donald Trump’s political standing, and Republicans remain in an …

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Why Apple should invest in Tesla now that Tesla will remain public

David McNew | AFP | Getty Images Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils large utility scale home batteries at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, April 30, 2015.  Wall Street is making the case for an Apple-Tesla investment, and the automaker’s decision to stay public might force Tesla to …

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North Korea: US now ‘worse off’ than before Trump-Kim summit

ANTHONY WALLACE | AFP | Getty Images North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks out with US President Donald Trump (R) to face the media after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in …

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Netflix just clawed out of a bear market. New highs could be next.

Investors are back in love with Netflix. After weeks of the post-earnings blues, shares of the streaming giant rallied 12 percent last week in its best performance since January. The comes after the stock fell more than 20 percent from its June high to August low. The charts suggest its …

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Mass shooting reported at Madden NFL 19 video game tournament in Jacksonville Florida

Brian Bahr | Getty Images Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Florida The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in Florida on Sunday reported a mass shooting with multiple fatalities at a video game tournament, urging people to stay far away. Shots were fired during a live stream of “Madden NFL 19” tournament at a …

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