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CNBC Screengrab of a video taken of a fire at the Arkema plant in Crosby, Texas, September 1, 2017. Seven police, fire and emergency medical technicians sued Arkema in Harris County District Court for at least $1 million, alleging negligence by the company and executives led flammable organic peroxides stored …

Brazil Photo Press | CON | Getty Images Former Presidents of Brazil Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff talk during the 6th National Congress of the Labour Party at Sede Nacional do PT on June 01, 2017 in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil’s top prosecutor on Tuesday charged former Presidents Luis Inacio …

Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., gestures as he speaks at SoftBank World 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Alibaba, a pioneer of Chinese e-commerce, is reportedly embarking on its first brick-and-mortar mall. The five-floor center, to be called “More Mall,” is being …

Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K. David Ramsden joined the Bank of England (BOE) Monday as deputy governor for markets, with analysts expecting the economist to stick to a dovish line for the bank and …

Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to journalists following a live nationwide broadcast call-in in Moscow, Russia June 15, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world. Putin, speaking Friday at …

Jerritt Clark | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Kanye West performs at the Rn. 1st Annual Roc City Classic Starring Kevin Durant x Kanye West on February 12, 2015 in New York City Without going into details, Lloyd’s also noted that its policies exclude any losses caused directly or …

Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Employees working on a car assembly line of France’s Renault and China’s Dongfeng factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on on February 1, 2016. Nissan Motor and its alliance partner Renault SA said on Tuesday they are setting up a new joint venture …

VCG | VCG | Getty Images Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin at a dialogue with TCL chairman Li Dongsheng at Sofitel Wanda on March 11, 2015 in Beijing, China. Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said in a statement to Reuters on Monday that areport claiming its billionaire chairman, Wang Jianlin, …

Kevin Winter | WireImage | Getty Images Taylor Swift performs during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles. Spotify says Taylor Swift has set a new global first day streaming record. The music delivery site said Saturday it had logged more than 8 …

Sears Holdings is closing 28 more stores, all under the Kmart nameplate. This comes in addition to the 180 stores that the company has already closed this year, and the 150 stores slated to be closed by the end of 2017. The department store chain on Thursday released a list …