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Martin Luther King Jr. gave ‘one of the most inspiring speeches I’ve ever heard’

Robert Hodierne | Courtesy of Grinnell College Martin Luther King, Jr. taken at Grinnell College in 1967. “With that great voice of his, he just rumbled that out, and then went on and used that as a theme,” Buffett commented in “The Snowball.” After King’s speech at Grinnell, Buffett felt …

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China increasing Africa debt is false, foreign minister Wang Yi says

Eric Lafforgue | Art in All of Us | Corbis via Getty Images A souvenir seller near a Chinese construction site in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 7, 2016. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hit back against claims that China is increasing the debt burden of African countries. Wang …

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Lego partners with Tencent in China to make games, social network for children

Europa Press | Getty Images Toys at ‘Batman Lego’ photocall at Los Duques hotel on February 1, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. Lego has teamed up with Chinese internet giant Tencent to create branded video games and potentially a new social network aimed at children, the two companies announced Monday. Tencent …

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Economists would not have got Russian sanctions wrong if they’d read Anna Karenina, academics say

Bloomberg | Daniel Acker | Contributor | Getty Images Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Together, the professors want economists to realize the importance of culture in making economic predictions or decisions. “Economists have had this idea …

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South Korea to decide what to do about crypto exchanges after talks

Seung-il Ryu | NurPhoto | Getty Images Seoul, South Korea-A Screen shows the prices of bitcoin at a virtual currency exchange store in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean is studying ways to regulate speculative trading in crypto currencies as the latest surge in prices stokes a craze over bitcoins. South …

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Germany needs new political blood

Steffi Loos | Getty Images German Chancellor and head of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel during statements following all-night preliminary coalition talks on January 12, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. “I think no matter what the outcome of the coalition agreement is, or even if there is no coalition …

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Apple iPhone 7 Plus was the second-best selling phone in China in 2017

Li Sanxian | VCG | Getty Images A man looks at iPhone 7 series product at an Apple store on September 16, 2016 in Beijing, China. Apple was the only foreign brand to have a smartphone model in the top 10 best-selling handsets in China in 2017. The iPhone 7 …

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Indonesia Stock Exchange floor collapses, injuring at least a dozen

AMAILIA PUTRI HASNIAWATI | AFP | Getty Images This photo received from Amailia Putri Hasniawati via WhatsApp shows people running for cover at the entrance of Indonesia’s stock exchange in Jakarta after an internal balcony collapsed on January 15, 2018. A mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesia …

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Britain’s Carillion collapses as banks refuse to lend it any more money

DANIEL SORABJI | AFP | Getty Images A construction crane showing the branding of British construction company Carillion is photographed on a building site in central London on January 14, 2018, with the skyline of the British capital in the background including the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament. …

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