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New York City fire kills 12, sends residents scrambling

Vural Elibol | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Fire Department of New York City members operate on scene of a blaze at an apartment building in Bronx borough of New York City, USA on December 28, 2017. About 170 firefighters worked in bone-chilling cold, just 15 degrees, to rescue about …

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‘Faceless’ 100-peso notes found through Facebook

It took a social media post for the Philippine central bank to realize its mistake of circulating a bunch of defective, “faceless” banknotes. The 100-Philippine peso notes ($2) were missing the portrait of former president Manuel Roxas. Two words were also omitted from the country’s official name, according to a …

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Brexit worries drove a jump in UK domestic mergers in 2017

Neil Hall | Reuters DATE IMPORTED:June 19, 2016Participants holding a British Union flag and an EU flag kiss during a pro-EU referendum event at Parliament Square in London, Britain June 19, 2016. The volume of U.K. domestic deals this year surged to $68 billion from $34.3 billion in 2016 as …

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