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Buybacks specifically have been on a torrid pace and are helping provide a floor to a market that for much of 2018 had looked tired and volatile after a 20 percent S&P 500 gain the year before. Repurchases are up 83 percent year to date, far ahead of the 9 …

Getty Images Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his third shot to the seventh hole during the final round of the 96th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on August 10, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky. Discovery, the owner of Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, will invest more than $2 …

Both contracts peaked on May 22 before selling off sharply due in part to OPEC production decisions and technical selling. While Brent has recovered back into the middle of this range, WTI remains relatively muted — rising domestic shale production and the inability to move this crude through the pipeline …

Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images IATA CEO Alexandre De Juniac on December 8, 2014. Following the release, IATA’s director general and CEO, Alexandre de Juniac, told reporters in Sydney that rising labor costs and trade tensions could also negatively affect airlines. De Juniac said airlines could be hit …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Facebook struck dozens of data-sharing deals with smartphone and tablet …

Photo by Mark Runnacles | Getty Images The Doha Skyline at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on November 17, 2016 in Doha, Qatar. A year into an economic and transport blockade led by its neighbors, Qatar has emerged “stronger than ever,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs …

Minasse Wondimu Hailu | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Security measures are taken as the Oromo people protest against government during the Irreecha holiday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2016. Ethiopia’s cabinet has approved a draft law aiming to lift the country’s state of emergency that was imposed …

Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Song Young-moo (R) as director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) John Chipman looks on during the second plenary session of the 17th Asian Security …

Alice Chiche | AFP | Getty Images Flags fly over the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelie hotel, the location for the G7 summit, in La Malbaie, Quebec on June 1, 2018. The United States’ closest allies attacked the Trump administration on Friday for imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and …

Getty Images | Artur Widak | NurPhoto Simon Coveney, the new Irish deputy prime minister, arrives at the Mansion House in Dublin. Britain must submit written proposals on how it plans to keep a frictionless border on the island of Ireland after Brexit in the next two weeks or face …