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Japan slaps additional sanctions on North Korea, freezes assets of 6 entities and 2 individuals

Chung Sung-Jun | Getty Images People watch a television broadcast reporting the North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on March 26, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Japan will impose additional sanctions against North Korea following the reclusive country’srepeated missile launches and unresolved abduction issue, its top government …

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Infosys names former chief Nilekani as chairman, defusing feud with founders

Ramesh Pathania | Mint | Getty Images Nandan Nilekani, current chairman and former CEO of Infosys. The move is likely to reassure employees and clients, and quell shareholder concerns after the shock resignation of its Chief Executive Vishal Sikka last week spooked investors and wiped billions of dollars from the …

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Review: A Prince’s Broadway Kingdom is Scattered to the Winds

Now you might expect that the target audiences for the long-aborning “Prince of Broadway,” previously seen in Japan, could fill in many blanks for themselves. But there was a moment toward the end of the first act that made me wonder. We were being treated to selections from “Cabaret,” the …

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The discounts at Whole Foods could help solve Amazon Prime’s biggest headache

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers shop as tablets display prepared foods selections on the opening day of the 365 by Whole Foods Market store in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Despite its massive success, Amazon Prime hasn’t been able to solve one nagging …

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How Cambridge University Press, Apple have reacted

David Goddard | Getty Images An aerial view of King’s College, University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the university. “I … think that CUP probably overreacted to some request from an official,” Smith added. Some China watchers have linked the tightening in regulations to the …

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Comedy in NYC This Week

Photo The comedian Sasheer Zamata will perform at the next installment of the Juice, a variety show at Union Pool in Brooklyn, on Wednesday night. See listing below. Credit Al Pereira/Getty Images Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows. BROOKLYN COMEDY FESTIVAL’S CLOSING NIGHT SURPRISE PARTY COMEDY SHOW! at …

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Apple 4k TV, Watch, iPhone 8 launch in September

Beck Diefenbach | Reuters The new Apple TV is displayed during an Apple media event in San Francisco, September 9, 2015. Apple will unveil an updated version of its Apple TV with support for 4K content in September, Bloomberg said on Thursday. The new 4K Apple TV will reportedly be …

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White House won’t rule out Mexico funding wall, even after Trump shutdown threat

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images A view of the US-Mexican border fence at Playas de Tijuana on January 27, 2017 in Tijuana, Mexico. The White House still won’t rule out Mexico paying for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, even as the president threatens to shut …

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Republican strategist ‘optimistically cautious’ tax reform will get done in September

Getty Images House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a town hall with Boeing employees at the company’s plant on August 24, 2017 in Everett, Washington. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told CNBC on Thursday that Congress can get tax reform done this year, despite also having to tackle government …

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Here are the 28 stores that Sears is closing next

Sears Holdings is closing 28 more stores, all under the Kmart nameplate. This comes in addition to the 180 stores that the company has already closed this year, and the 150 stores slated to be closed by the end of 2017. The department store chain on Thursday released a list …

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