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Steve Cohen buys Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Masterpiece’ for $165 million

Getty Images A visitor stands in front of a painting entitled ‘Masterpiece,’ during a press preview of ‘Lichtenstein, a Retrospective’ at the Tate Modern on February 18, 2013 in London. Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is back — and he’s spending bigger than ever. An avid art collector, Cohen paid …

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China Eastern Airbus A330 returns to airport with hole in engine

William West | AFP | Getty Images A man inspects the damaged engine cowling of a China Eastern Airbus A330 passenger aircraft parked on the tarmac at Sydney Airport on June 12, 2017. A passenger jet was forced to turn back after an in-flight problem left a gaping hole in …

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Puerto Rico votes to ask US congress to make it the 51st state

Alvin Baez | Reuters A person carries a Puerto Rican national flag during a protest against the government’s austerity measures as Puerto Rico faces a deadline on Monday to restructure its $70 billion debt load or open itself up to lawsuits from creditors, in San Juan, Puerto Rico May 1, …

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Uber business chief Emil Michael may leave company

Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Emil Michael, senior vice president of business development at Uber. Uber Technologies’ chief business officer, Emil Michael, may leave the company within days, NBC News reported, citing a source. Michael, who joined the ride-hailing company in 2013, may leave Uber permanently or take …

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Trump interactions were ‘weird and peculiar,’ former US attorney Preet Bharara says

Getty Images Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara attends the Senate Intelligence Committee where FBI Director James Comey is sent to testify in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. The New York City federal prosecutor …

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Donald Trump calls James Comey’s actions ‘cowardly’ in tweet

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump is predicting that former FBI Director James Comey’s “leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone …

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DOJ defends Trump hotels getting foreign business

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Trump International Hotel Washington DC stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday called for the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump violated the constitution by accepting foreign payments at his hotels. The lawsuit, filed in January, said Trump …

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Saudi’s Falih says no immediate need to adjust oil pact

Leonhard Foeger | Reuters OPEC President, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, and OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo talk to journalists before the beginning of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, May 25, 2017. There is no evidence a pact by global …

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This wake up call has made me skeptical about the rally, analyst says

The market’s reversal on Friday has one technician warning of a possible “wake up call” for bulls. In an interview last week with CNBC’s “Futures Now,” T3 Live chief technical strategist Scott Redler presented one chart that suggested a move up to 2,470 for the S&P 500 Index before the …

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French elect parliament as polls forecast Macron landslide

Philippe Wojazer | Reuters French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards ! casts his ballot at a polling station during the the second round of 2017 French presidential election, in Le Touquet, France, May 7, 2017. Polls official opened in France …

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