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Tammy Duckworth, Iraq vet, calls Trump ‘cadet bone spurs’

Chip Somodevilla | Reuters Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs when the Blackhawk helicopter she was piloting was shot down by a rocket propelled grenade in Iraq, testifies during a U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., hit back at President Donald Trump after he claimed …

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Toshiba said to be considering IPO for memory chip unit

Toru Yamanaka | AFP | Getty Images People head for the shareholders meeting of Toshiba, to demand answers over $18 billion sale of its memory chip business on October 24, 2017. Toshiba is considering an IPO of its prized memory chip business if an agreed $18 billion sale of the …

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Icahn, Deason reportedly call on Xerox to explore options, including sale

Heidi Gutman | CNBC | Getty Images Carl Icahn at the 6th annual CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference on September 13, 2016. Hedge fund investor Carl Icahn and another major owner of Xerox stock, Darwin Deason, are pushing the digital print technology provider to explore strategic alternatives, including a …

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Netflix, EA could see the biggest swings on earnings

Fourth-quarter earnings season is kicking into high gear, and at least one Wall Street strategist thinks there are a handful of names that could cause waves in the market when they report in the coming weeks. Wall Street is still in the early stages of the quarter’s reporting period with …

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Trends mirror Obamacare repeal efforts

The IUD business is booming in the age of Trump. At least 134,285 women have seen a doctor for an IUD prescription or insertion since Donald Trump was elected president, a 16 percent increase from the year before, according to data from Athenahealth. The number spiked immediately following Trump’s election …

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Amazon Go automated grocery store is poised to launch

Jason Redmond | Reuters Amazon employees are pictured outside the Amazon Go brick-and-mortar grocery store without lines or checkout counters, in Seattle Washington, U.S. December 5, 2016. For customers, it’s simple: Scan your Amazon Go app as you walk into the store, pick up whatever you want, and simply walk …

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Saudi energy minister urges oil producers to extend cooperation beyond 2018

Heinz-Peter Bader | Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih listens during a news conference after an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2017. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister urged global oil producing nations on Sunday to extend their cooperation beyond 2018, but said this might mean a new form …

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Warren Buffett could buy every team in the NFL

Leon Halip | Getty Images Warren Buffett attends the football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on December 14, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. The Lions defeated the Vikings 16-14. However, just because Buffett can afford his pick of sports teams, doesn’t mean he’s buying. …

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Arianna Huffington talks Women’s March, #MeToo and Time’s Up

Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Protesters walk during the WomenÕs March on Washington, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Huffington, who has two daughters in their twenties and oversees many young female employees at her wellness company Thrive …

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IOC says North Korea to have 22 athletes in 5 Olympic sports

Getty Images People walk in front of mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Soohorang (L) and Bandabi (R) on January 5, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says 22 North Korean athletes will compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics next month and both …

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