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Spencer Platt | Getty Images Gun violence victim and former U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords watches her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, speak as they visits City Hall on her 2016 Vocal Majority Tour on October 17, 2016 in New York City. Mark Kelly, retired NASA astronaut and husband of former …
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May tells UK lawmakers to ‘hold nerve’ as date set for new Brexit vote
PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images Prime Minister Theresa May listens in the House of Commons, London. British Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers that the U.K. Parliament will get another chance to vote on her deal to exit Europe before the end of February. May said if …
Read More »Winter storm grounds hundreds of flights, airlines waive change fees
Andrew Burton | Getty Images Planes are de-iced at La Guardia Airport during a winter storm on February 2, 2015 in the Queens borough of New York City. The snowstorm, which is effecting an area stretching from New York to Chicago, is disrupting travelers both on the road and in …
Read More »Sony names new PlayStation chief as PS5 speculation grows
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kenichiro Yoshida, president and chief executive officer of Sony, speaks at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sony’s gaming division appointed senior executive Jim Ryan as its new president and CEO on Tuesday. Ryan will be appointed to his new role on …
Read More »An agreement in principle to avoid government shutdown
Guillermo Arias | AFP | Getty Images A construction crew works on replacing the US-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 9, 2019. Congressional negotiators said they reached a tentative deal Monday to fund the government and avoid another shutdown. As always, President …
Read More »The stakes are high for Europe in the global race
Zheng Huansong | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Eric Xu, Huawei’s rotating chairman, discusses 5G technology during an event in China. High up in the Swiss Alps in Davos last month it was clear – the big end of town is pessimistic because of trade and the economy, one …
Read More »WisdomTree reportedly explored a sale to JP Morgan last year
Matthew Lloyd I Bloomberg via Getty Images An employee watches a news broadcast on the trading floor at Panmure Gordon & Co. in London, U.K. WisdomTree Investments is said to have explored a sale to J.P. Morgan Chase last year, Bloomberg News reported. The news report, citing people familiar with …
Read More »Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar will reject corporate PAC money in 2020 bid
Eric Miller | Reuters Senator Amy Klobuchar waves to the crowd with her husband John Bessler and daughter Abigail Bessler after announcing her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 10, 2019. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has joined the ranks of other Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls who …
Read More »Imran Khan announces plans to launch online retailer Verishop
Dave Zhong | Getty Images Imran Khan, former chief strategy officer of Snap, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 3 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou. Imran Khan, a former top exec at Snap, has plans to go after Amazon. Though details are still scarce, …
Read More »Tesla’s largest institutional investor T. Rowe Price cut stake in half
John Leyba | The Denver Post | Getty Images Tesla fans standing in long lines to preorder the new Tesla in March, 2016. T. Rowe Price halved its stake in Tesla during the fourth quarter, according to a government filing. The international money manager owned 8.98 million Tesla shares by …
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