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China is reviewing an antitrust complaint against Apple

Getty Images Attendees wait for the start of the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California. The lawyers accused Apple of removing apps from its App Store without fair or legal reasons. They also alleged that Apple …

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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Mysteries of the Abandoned’

Photo A scene from “BoJack Horseman.” Credit Netflix Catch up on “BoJack Horseman” before Season 4 begins. And explore the Chernobyl explosion site in a new season of “Mysteries of the Abandoned.” What’s Streaming BOJACK HORSEMAN on Netflix. Season 3 of this cheeky animated series ended with new beginnings for …

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India could blow past us at innovation by 2025

Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin,(L), China’s President Xi Jingping (R) and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for the concluding session of the BRICS summit. Despite holding deep historical and cultural ties, a brief border war in 1962 prompted turbulent relations, and earlier this …

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GOP eyeing narl $1 billion disaster funds cut to help wall

Getty Images People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was flooded from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are …

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Hurricane Harvey flooding affects at least $23 billion of properties in Galveston, Harris counties

Getty Images Robert Grant and Rocky from the Texas Task Force 2 search and rescue team work through a destroyed apartment complex trying to find anyone that still may be in the apartment complex after Hurricane Harvey passed through on August 27, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. At least $23 billion …

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It’s time to ‘really start negotiating,’ says European Parliament chief for Brexit

Dursun Aydemir | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Chief negotiator for the European Union, Michel Barnier (R) and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis (L) hold a joint press conference during the second round of the Brexit negotiations in Brussels, Belgium on July 20, 2017. U.K. …

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Modern Love Podcast: Kyra Sedgwick Reads ‘Our Joy Knows No Bounds, or Lanes’

On this week’s podcast, the actress Kyra Sedgwick reads Ellen Graf’s essay “Our Joy Knows No Bounds, or Lanes,” about a love that transcends language and bad driving. Photo Credit David Chelsea Ms. Graf is a writer and sculptor who lives in upstate New York. Stay tuned after the reading …

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Hurricane Harvey could cause a price surge for used cars

Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images A car lies submerged after Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi, Texas on August 26, 2017. Wolf said that he doesn’t foresee the same effect occurring with new cars, however. “I think new cars are going to maintain because of the additional incentives that …

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What Europe’s ‘Night Mayors’ Can Teach New York

The bill is intended to help the city’s struggling music venues, in particular its smaller ones, 20 percent of which have closed in the last 15 years because of rising real estate prices, zoning pressures, noise complaints and licensing problems, according to a recent report by the Mayor’s Office of …

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Buy Dave & Buster’s because it has the ‘most insulated’ business from Amazon: Analyst

Timothy Fadek | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers play skee ball at a Dave & Buster’s Entertainment location in Pelham, New York. If there’s one thing Dave & Buster’s has going for it, it’s not competing directly with Amazon, says BMO Capital Markets, which reiterated its outperform rating on shares …

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