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With Walking Dead Behind Him, Comics Creator to Debut Fire Power

After the surprise conclusion of The Walking Dead comic book in July, many fans of Robert Kirkman, the creator and writer of the zombie series, wondered what he would do next. The answer is coming in May with Fire Power, a martial-arts-inspired series about Owen Johnson, who was adopted as …

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These taxpayers can cash in their investments with 0% taxes

Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images If you want to cash out a winning investment and pocket the proceeds without paying Uncle Sam, here’s how to do it. Harvesting your capital gains in a taxable account is a strategy whereby taxpayers below a certain income threshold sell off …

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An Amazon executive’s career move explains future of law enforcement

Fullerton Police officer wears his Axon body camera on his chest while on patrol in Fullerton, California, on February 16, 2017. A proposed bill in the California legislature would ban law enforcement in the state from using facial recognition software and biometric scanners in body cameras. Axon body cameras do …

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Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger

Cabello clearly has an ear on her pop competition. “Bad Kind of Butterflies,” with a breathy vocal that tiptoes above furtive keyboards and deep bass abysses, is well aware of Billie Eilish. But there are no hard feelings; Eilish’s brother and producer, Finneas O’Connell, worked on two of Cabello’s new …

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60% of big US corporations say head count reduction is coming in 2020

Thomas Barwick | Getty Images The November jobs report was a blowout number, and the U.S. labor market remains strong, but behind the scenes at some of the largest U.S.-based corporations, expectations about the number of job openings and pace of hiring in 2020 have come down. Sixty percent of …

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Crude oil prices and energy stocks are diverging in 2019

An unusual divergence is occurring in the energy space. Crude oil prices and energy stocks, often in lockstep, have split apart this year. As crude prices have risen nearly 30% in 2019, the XOP oil & gas exploration and production ETF has fallen 20%. Mark Newton, president of Newton Advisors, …

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‘Survivor’ Removes Player Accused of Inappropriate Touching

A “Survivor” contestant who had been warned about his unwanted physical contact was removed from the CBS reality competition on Wednesday night’s episode, with producers doing little to explain what happened. The revelation that Dan Spilo, a Hollywood talent manager, was involved in what the show termed “another incident” ignited …

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Dow stock Home Depot is down in the past month, and it could get worse

Home Depot is the worst-performing stock in the Dow in the past month, and Newton Advisor’s Mark Newton says there’s an even bigger breakdown coming for the home improvement retailer’s stock. Despite still being up 23 percent this year, shares of Home Depot have actually broken below a one-year uptrend …

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Delta predicts 2020 profit growth; CEO says more people turning to air travel

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) sees another annual rise in profit and revenue in 2020 driven by what Chief Executive Ed Bastian called a growing interest in air travel by consumers across the generational spectrum. FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines planes are shown parked at their gates …

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Dixons Carphone 1H profit plunges, maintains forecast as mobile turnaround on track

LONDON (Reuters) – British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone (DC.L) stuck to its forecast for annual profit and said a plan to cope with the challenging mobile phone market was working, but it wasn’t counting on any post-election boost. FILE PHOTO: A sign displays the logo of Dixons Carphone at the …

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