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When Uber comes to town, fewer people take ambulance rides

RJ Sangosti | The Denver Post | Getty Images Art Brubaker, left, a volunteer EMT for Crowley County Ambulance, and Justin Grafel, a volunteer driver for Crowley County Ambulance, take a resident on November 14, 2017 in Ordway, Colorado. The number of people using ambulances dropped “substantially” in hundreds of …

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The day bitcoin futures dropped was when many traders could begin betting against it

The first week of Cboe’s bitcoin futures trading was relatively stable, except for a sudden drop Wednesday afternoon. It turns out that was the same day one of the largest brokerages trading the futures, Interactive Brokers, began allowing clients to short, or bet against, the futures. “The introduction of short …

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Indicator for stocks just entered death cross, but it might not be bad

A leading indicator for stocks just entered a death cross, but the traditionally ominous signal might not be as scary as it’s cracked up to be. The high-yield corporate bond ETF, the HYG, has fallen 2 percent from its 52-week high, with its short-term 50-day moving average crossing below its …

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