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China takes fight to Boeing and Airbus with successful passenger jet test

VCG | Getty Images A C919 passenger jet takes off from Pudong International Airport for its maiden flight, on May 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China. China’s domestically developed passenger jet has completed its first long-distance flight. The C919 took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Friday and flew for …

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Charts show Apple’s market cap could pass $1 trillion by year-end: Technician

Apple could soon surpass a major milestone, according to TradingAnalysis.com founder Todd Gordon. Looking at a chart of the tech giant, Gordon points out what he describes as a “very strong” uptrend going back to the summer of 2016. Drawing a parallel channel line leads the technician to conclude that …

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Boeing Bombardier spat to overshadow Dubai Airshow

Jasper Juinen I Bloomberg via Getty Images A member of the flight crew sits in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operated by Qatar Airways, on the opening day of the 14th Dubai Air Show Boeing will be wooing potential customers with its latest version of the Dreamliner, the …

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EU gives the UK a 2-week deadline for the next stage of Brexit talks

Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis (L) and European Union Chief Negotiator in charge of Brexit negotiations with Britain Michel Barnier address media representatives at the European Union Commission in Brussels on October 12, 2017. The …

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Russia is having its best-ever relationship with China: RDIF CEO

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund at the APEC CEO forum in Beijing, China, on Nov. 10, 2014. Over the past year, both Russia and China have been subjects of reproach by President Donald Trump for various reasons, including not …

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Trump believes Roy Moore will ‘step aside’ if teen sex allegations are true, White House says

Kiyoshi Ota | Pool | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, not pictured, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, November 6, 2017. The White House on Friday responded to allegations that Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore once pursued a sexual relationship …

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Philippines’ Duterte offers to host ‘world summit’ on human rights

Vadim Savitsky | TASS | Getty Images Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a ceremony in the port of Manila on Oct. 25, 2017. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is facing international criticism for his bloody war on drugs, said his country was willing to …

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It’s not just the US — emerging markets are having a record year

Equity markets in the U.S. have notched record after record in 2017, but emerging markets are on pace for a record year of their own. One popular emerging markets-tracking exchange-traded fund, the iShares MSCI emerging markets ETF (EEM), has rallied 32 percent this year, on pace for its best annual …

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Japan says TPP trade deal talks “agree in principle”

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, November 6, 2017. Japan said ministers of countries remaining in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal had agreed in principle on Thursday on a …

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US sanctions Venezuelan officials, alleging election fraud

Jose Issac Bula Urrutia | Reuters People check the information on a polling station during a nationwide election for new governors in Maracaibo, Venezuela, October 15, 2017. The Trump administration sanctioned 10 current and former Venezuelan government officials on Thursday, alleging connections to various government corruption charges in the wake …

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