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Delta’s CEO calls U.S. tariff ruling on Bombardier jets ‘absurd’

Robert Alexander | Getty Images Delta Airlines passenger planes at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. The nearly 220 percent tariff the U.S. Commerce Department called for on jets made by Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier would make them unaffordable, the aircrafts’ buyer, Delta Air Lines, said …

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China will eventually be Tesla’s biggest market, analyst predicts

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers look at a Tesla Motors Inc. Model X electric vehicle on display at the company’s showroom in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Tesla investors should get excited over the company’s potential in the world’s largest auto market, according to one …

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Google says it will treat comparison shopping rivals equally

Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Alphabet unit Google will treat its shopping service the same as rivals when they bid for ads at the top of a search page, the company said on Wednesday, as it seeks to comply with an …

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Getty will ban Photoshopped pictures that make models look thinner

Victor Boyko | Getty Images Models, wide shot, walk the runway during the finale of the Lanvin show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2018 on September 27, 2017 in Paris, France. On October 1st, Getty Images will amend its photo submission requirements to ban images that …

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How your spending compares to the average American and US government

How does your spending compare to that of the typical American? To help you find out, the data visualization site HowMuch.net put together a graphic using 2016 Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers. It illustrates the priorities of an average family, which makes just over $74,000 a year and shells out …

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Review: Robert Redford and Jane Fonda Are Neighbors With Benefits in ‘Our Souls at Night’

Photo Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in “Our Souls at Night,” directed by Ritesh Batra. Credit Kerry Brown/Netflix As gentle as a moth’s wing, as soft and sweet as the flesh of a marshmallow, “Our Souls at Night” chronicles the blossoming of a December-December romance between two neighbors in the …

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DirecTV offering refunds to customers over NFL anthem protests

Getty Images Buffalo Bills players kneel during the American National anthem before an NFL game against the Denver Broncos on September 24, 2017 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. NFL players taking a knee to raise awareness for social injustice has turned into a controversy that might …

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Trump says Republicans have the votes to pass health care later

Joshua Roberts | Reuters President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2017. Republicans have enough support to pass their health care overhaul but not this week, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, one day after Senate Republicans admitted defeat over their …

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German finance minister Schaeuble to become parliament president: Source

Francois Lenoir | Reuters German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble arrives at a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, August 14, 2015. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will become President of the German parliament, a position that would require him to quit as minister, a conservative party source told …

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Ayad Akhtar and Lucas Hnath Win Steinberg Awards

Photo Lucas Hnath, left, and Ayad Akhtar. Credit From left: Richard Perry/The New York Times; Vincent Tullo for The New York Times Ayad Akhtar and Lucas Hnath, two highly decorated playwrights, can each add another feather to their caps: They have been named winners of the 2017 Steinberg Playwright Awards, …

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