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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The pilot of the 747-class Boeing E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post carefully flies the plane is it is refueled in midair by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 April 6, 2011 over the Atlantic Ocean. The E-4B is taking U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates from Washington to Riyadh, …

John Tlumacki | The Boston Globe | Getty Images The patriot missile is manufactured at Raytheon’s Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, Mass. Defense company Raytheon is seeing a growth market in missile defense systems in Europe and the Middle East due to increased “threat dynamics,” the company’s international chief …

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump looks at a sample of the proposed new tax form at the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 2, 2017. Over 400 millionaires and billionaires from the United States plan to send a letter to Congress this week …

Charles Mostoller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Patrick Harker, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. A Federal Reserve official said on Monday he expects to back an interest rate hike next month despite caution over the low-inflation “conundrum,” since the U.S. central bank needs …

High volatility isn’t going away for bitcoin, raising questions about whether the digital currency can be a sustainable investment asset. Late Saturday, the crypto-currency plunged 15 percent from nearly $6,500 to a low of $5,507, before intermittently shooting back up to near $6,400, according to CoinDesk. Bitcoin last traded near …

Ratib Al Safadi | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Saad Hariri, former Prime Minister of Lebanon and the leader of the Future Movement party, attends the ‘2nd General Assembly meeting of Future Movement party’ in Beirut, Lebanon on November 26, 2016. Saad al-Hariri, who announced on Nov. 4 from Saudi …

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Bombardier CS300 C Series aircraft, manufactured by Bombardier Inc., lands after a flying display on day two of the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has claimed that a …

Marwan Naamani | AFP | Getty Images Musicians perform next to the 25th unit of Boeing 787 Dreamliner received by Qatar Airways and dislayed at the Dubai Airshow on November 9, 2015 in the Gulf Emirate. Perhaps the Middle Eastern airline with the biggest set of problems on its current …

Rodrigo Buendia | AFP | Getty Images Protesters hold placards against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during a rally on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima on November 18, 2016. Countries in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal have agreed on the core elements to …

Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro talks to the media during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela October 17, 2017. Venezuela’s Electricidad de Caracas — a state-owned electric company — has defaulted on a $650 million bond payment, Wilmington Trust said Friday. The bonds …