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Mosquitoes are eating plastic. Why that’s a big problem.

Marvin Recinos | AFP | Getty Images An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed in a laboratory of control of epidemiological vectors in San Salvador, on January 27, 2016. Young mosquitoes who eat even small pieces of plastic could be contaminating other insects and mammals, according to new research. Authors of …

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Amazon is expected to show new Alexa devices at a Seattle event

Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Limp, senior vice president of devices at Amazon.com Inc., gestures whilst speaking during the U.K. launch event for the Amazon.com Inc. Echo voice-controlled home assistant speaker in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Amazon is hosting an event at its headquarters …

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JP Morgan lowers GE price target to $10 per share

Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images A GE turbine is transported to a power plant in Belfort, France, on June 29, 2015. J.P. Morgan lowered its price target on General Electric stock to $10 per share from $11 per share on Thursday, calling a recent gas turbine failure in …

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Pilots on Indian flight forget to switch on cabin pressure

Raveendran | AFP | Getty Images An Indian security official looks on as an aircraft of Jet Airways taxies after landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India. Around 30 passengers on a domestic flight in India suffered ear pain and nose bleeding after pilots “forgot” to flick …

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Jamie Dimon isn’t concerned about emerging markets

Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., sits ahead of a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JP Morgan Global China Summit in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Jamie Dimon isn’t worried about emerging markets — …

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Tilray, Red Hat and more

Bebeto Matthews | AP Brendan Kennedy, CEO and founder of British Columbia-based Tilray Inc., a major Canadian marijuana grower, poses outside the Nasdaq on Thursday, July 19, 2018, in New York. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tilray stock fell as much as 16 percent in after-hours …

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Chris Collins, facing insider trading charges, will restart campaign

Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Republican Rep. Chris Collins will restart his congressional campaign as he fights federal insider trading charges, the lawmaker said Wednesday. State Republicans tried …

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Facebook reportedly hasn’t complied with EU consumer rules yet

John Thys | AFP | Getty Images Global activists of Avaaz, set up cardboard cutouts of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, on which is written ‘Fix Fakebook’, in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels, on May 22, 2018. Facebook may face sanctions because it has yet to comply with …

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Amazon is reportedly planning up to 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021

David Ryder / Stringer | Getty Images The Amazon Go grocery store at the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is reportedly planning to open 3,000 of its cashierless stores by 2021, Bloomberg said on Wednesday, planning a major push into retail as it continues to scale its online …

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Rahm Emanuel warns Trump may order military action in Venezuela

Scott Olson | Getty Images Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference where he addressed issues related to the city’s murder rate and the city’s Sanctuary City policy on January 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.  Foreign policy experts in both parties share Emanuel’s skepticism. Military action would pose …

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