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Lady Gaga Postpones European Tour Dates, Citing Chronic Pain

Photo Lady Gaga performing at the Super Bowl in February. The European leg of her “Joanne” tour was scheduled to start Thursday in Barcelona. Credit Matt Slocum/Associated Press Lady Gaga postponed the European leg of her “Joanne” tour three days before it was scheduled to start, announcing on Monday in …

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Why The Worst of the Bitcoin Pullback Might Be To Come COMMENTARY

Donat Sorokin | TASS | Getty Images The Bitcoin cryptocurrency symbol on a stone sphere monument painted black by unidentified persons in Oktyabrskaya Square in Yekaterinberg, Russia. Cryptocurrencies are the new red state/blue state divide in America. StockTwits said late last week that there were as many messages on its …

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Analyst predicts more than 160 million Netflix subscribers in 3 years as global interest surges

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday, June 27, 2016. Despite Netflix’s huge rally this year, a Wall Street firm says the stock will continue to go higher based on an analysis of Google …

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Central banks may need a ‘digital alternative to cash,’ BIS says

Central banks may one day need to issue their own cryptocurrencies, the Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, said in its latest quarterly review. “Whether or not a central bank should provide a digital alternative to cash is most pressing in countries, such as Sweden, where cash usage is rapidly …

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Rolling Stone, Once a Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale

The sale plans were devised by Mr. Wenner’s 27-year-old son, Gus, who has aggressively pared down the assets of Rolling Stone’s parent company, Wenner Media, in response to financial pressures. The Wenners recently sold the company’s other two magazines, Us Weekly and Men’s Journal. And last year, they sold a …

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Northrop Grumman to buy missile maker Orbital for $7.8 billion

Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The US flag flies near the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber ‘Spirit of Georgia’ at the Northrop Grumman Corp. facility at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on July 17, 2014 U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman said on …

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Stephen Colbert’s Emmys Opening Monologue

[APPLAUSE] They have been working tirelessly following the disasters in Texas and Florida. And we have to thank also the friends who showed up with the food. The neighbors with boats, the nuns with chain saws, the complete strangers who stepped up to help rebuild. And if you haven’t donated …

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Billionaire Taizo Son on Southeast Asia start-ups

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taizo Son, chief executive officer of Mistletoe New businesses in that part of the world boast significant advantages compared to more advanced markets, Son explained, using the example of his home country. “Japan is a developed and sophisticated society, but it’s difficult to …

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Military expert urges against conflict with Kim Jong Un

Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldiers march to their positions prior to a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. Davis retired from the U.S. Army after 21 …

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Global banking bosses eye Brexit contingency plans at Singapore Summit

Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images Postcards showing the British Union flag, also known as Union Jack, sit on display at a souvenir store near to the Elizabeth Tower, also known as ‘Big Ben’, in London, U.K. The logistics are not as simple for non-European banks such as Japan’s …

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