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North Korea shipping chemical weapons to Syria, twice in six months

Ammar Suleiman | AFP | Getty Images Smoke billows following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held parts of Jobar in Damascus, Syria on August 9, 2017. Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons program were intercepted in …

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After-hours buzz: TRNC, NDSN & more

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 6, 2016 in New York City. Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell: Shares of Nordson fell more than 10 percent in after-hours trading. …

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Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did

Following Mr. Benayoun, the enfants terribles of the French New Wave, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, also embraced Mr. Lewis’s work. His early films as a director, such as “The Bellboy,” “The Ladies Man” and “The Errand Boy” — which he also wrote, produced and starred in — …

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Brings Back Rap Realism

“AI YoungBoy,” his latest mixtape, which he released this month, is his best so far. It comes just three months after he was released from prison having pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm, dodging attempted murder charges. Photo YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s latest mixtape is “AI YoungBoy.” As …

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Global funds expanding into massive Chinese investment market

As China’s financial markets mature, major non-Chinese financial firms increasingly want to open funds in the country and tap the multi-trillion-dollar institutional investor market there. This summer, UBS Asset Management received a license for private fund management in mainland China, and BlackRock said it plans to set up its first …

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In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized

I mean that despite a skilled New York cast led by the glossy Aaron Tveit, Barrington’s “Company,” directed by Julianne Boyd, is neither a Broadway tryout nor an attempt to reinvent the wheel. From the ’70s satire inherent in its pungent costumes to the gorgeous singing of the entire cast, …

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Tax cut odds may be going UP with Trump’s troubles

It seems the more turmoil and dysfunction there is in Washington, the higher odds Wall Street gives tax legislation. Last week may have been one of the worst of the Trump presidency with President Donald Trump coming under a firestorm of criticism for his reaction to the deadly protest in …

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Here are SunTrust’s top aerospace and defense picks in the second half

Michael Conroy | AP Photo Chris Book performs maintenance work on the floor in the cargo hold of a Boeing 737 at the AAR Corp. in Indianapolis. SunTrust research narrowed down its favorite aerospace and defense stocks and issued new price targets for each of the top picks. “We provide …

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Ethereum jumps 10% amid worries about bitcoin in a wild day for digital currencies

Digital currency ethereum climbed Monday to a near two-month high amid renewed uncertainty about the future of bitcoin. Ethereum traded about 10 percent higher near $330 Monday afternoon, after earlier rising 15 percent to $347.05, its highest since June 23, according to CoinMarketCap. At its session high, the site’s data …

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Who Is Really Making ‘Chihuly Art’?

But now, at 75, with mental health issues and old physical injuries that have forced a retreat from hands-on work, Mr. Chihuly is facing a hard-edge court battle — and a potential cloud over his life and art — around the question of what those teams do. A former contractor …

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