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Boeing says Bombardier CSeries jets may face hefty duties despite Airbus deal

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Bombardier CS300 C Series aircraft, manufactured by Bombardier Inc., lands after a flying display on day two of the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Boeing said that the announced deal has no effect on …

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Can’t Get Enough of FIAC? Go Outside

Sure, the works are sponsored by galleries, Mr. Leribault said, “But you’re at the Petit Palais, and not in the Gagosian booth.” Thirty-five works in all are located in the Petit Palais and its gardens, and placed outside along the street. “There’s no theme, as we were trying to show …

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A Graphic Novelist’s Passionate Anatomy of New York

She unearths so many strange, wondrous facts that my exclamation marks in the margin resemble elaborate Morse code. Continue reading the main story “You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now,” Colson Whitehead wrote in his ode to …

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Hillary Clinton says US threats of war with North Korea are ‘dangerous, short-sighted’

Matthew Horwood | Getty Images Hillary Clinton at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 15, 2017 in Cheltenham, England. Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula are “dangerous and short-sighted”, urging the United States to get all parties …

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‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 4: There’s the Rub

John Conte (Raphael Sbarge), another in a long line of experts brought in to analyze the boys, has a term for that: “idealizing his abuser.” A new narrative begins to develop, and the motive begins to sharpen: Both boys tell their respective shrinks and social workers that they were afraid …

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5 Artists on How ‘M. Butterfly’ Changed Their Lives

“I’d worked with BD — his real name is Brad — on a TV thing, and he’d played my son. So after we saw the play, we went backstage, and Brad greeted me with, ‘Well, Pop, how’d I do?’ I said, ‘You make a father proud, son.’ “A lot of …

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at Communist Party Congress

Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party’s five-yearly Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18, 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Wednesday at the beginning of the Communist …

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George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’

By awarding the prize to Mr. Saunders, the judges will likely face a renewed backlash from critics who have complained that the prize has become Americanized. Last year, Paul Beatty became the first American to win when he received the prize for “The Sellout,” a dark satire about race and …

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Wall Street believes GE, Nike and Disney will carry the Dow to 24,000

The Dow Jones industrial average broke above 23,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday, nearly 53 trading days since the index first closed above 22,000. As investors celebrate the latest in a string of new records, many are wondering which stocks will lead the Dow to 24,000. CNBC compiled …

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US SEC charges Rio Tinto, former top executives with fraud

Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Rio Tinto is displayed atop the company’s offices in the central business district of Perth, Australia, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged mining company Rio Tinto and two of its former top executives …

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