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UK financial watchdog investigates Equifax hacking

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Equifax trading information and the company logo are displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Britain’s markets watchdog said it has opened an investigation into the hacking of U.S. credit reporting agency …

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Sophia Amoruso shares her best career advice in new ‘Girlboss’ book

Over three years after publishing her best-selling memoir “#Girlboss,” multimillionaire entrepreneur and Girlboss Media CEO Sophia Amoruso today released her third book titled, “The Girlboss Workbook: An Interactive Journal for Winning at Life.” Following a few years of “some very public stumbles” combined with “hard-won wins,” Amoruso tells CNBC Make …

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Saudis $500 billion plan to NEOM business city

Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L) on April 19, 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday a $500 billion plan to build a business and industrial zone that links with Jordan and Egypt, the biggest effort yet to free the kingdom …

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Trevor Noah Defends Florida Congresswoman Attacked by John Kelly

Photo Trevor Noah said Representative Frederica Wilson was owed an apology. Credit Comedy Central Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? Let us know: …

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Trump blames Sen. Bob Corker for ‘fighting’ tax cuts

Getty Images Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks to reporters in the Senate subway underneath the US Capitol, on October 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threw another barb in his feud with Sen. Bob Corker, complicating a crucial time in the GOP’s push to overhaul the …

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Love, Ecstasy, Infinity: Mark Morris’s ‘Layla and Majnun’

Hajibeyli’s opera, the basis of Mr. Morris’s staging, is considered the first opera of the Middle Eastern world, and is a product of the internationalism of its time. “Hajibeyli had this mega-project in mind, to integrate his nation into the rest of the world while keeping its heritage,” Aida Huseynova, …

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Apple will reportedly produce half iPhone Xs it expected this year

Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Lightbox advertisement of IPhone X at a bus station. iPhone X will be on sale in China on Nov. 8th, 2017. Apple will drastically miss its iPhone X production goals this year, according to a Nikkei report Tuesday. “Initial shipments of Apple’s highly …

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Here are the 10 most important stories for investors Tuesday morning

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Caterpillar excavator sits outside the Altorfer Cat dealership in East Peoria, Illinois. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are solidly higher after strong earnings reports from Caterpillar, 3M, GM, …

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Mastercard boss just said ‘data is the new oil’

Drew Angerer | Bloomberg | Getty Images MasterCard President and CEO Ajay Banga speaks at the US-Africa Business Forum in Washington, Aug. 5, 2014. The head of payment processing firm Mastercard has told an audience in Saudi Arabia that data could be as effective as oil as a means of …

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Fiat Chrysler earnings q3 2017

Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan Fiat Chrysler reported a better-than-expected increase in net profit when the company reported its third-quarter earnings before the bell Friday. Shares of the Italian-American carmaker rose more than 3 percent in premarket trading after the report. The …

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