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Second US judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA program

Monica Almeida | Reuters A DACA recipient who was brought to the U.S. when she was 4-years-old, speaks during a rally in support of a permanent legislative solution for immigrants in Los Angeles, California, February 3, 2018. A second U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to end …

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‘Dozens’ of Russian mercenaries killed in US airstrike in Syria

Stringer | AFP | Getty Images Syrian pro-government members hold a position as they stand on the back of an armoured vehicle in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, on October 31, 2017, during an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. The Pentagon on Tuesday defended an airstrike on …

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Walmart, P&G are the Dow’s safest stocks when markets get wild

Volatility has come back with a vengeance, but there are some of the stocks that won’t turn your stomach while the rest of Wall Street is on a roller coaster. CNBC ran a study using analytics tool Kensho to find Dow Jones industrial average stocks that held up the best …

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US economy is an ‘accident waiting to happen,’ says Yale economist Stephen Roach

Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Stephen Roach of Yale University speaks on a panel during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 3, 2016. PresidentDonald Trump signed a $320 billion spending deal Friday, and his administration released a budget plan Monday that would …

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Snapchat’s new interface is already pushing some users to Instagram

Snap rolled out its recent redesign to many users this weekend, and the reaction has been so negative that its pushing many users to Instagram instead. Almost 80 percent of all tweets about Snapchat are currently negative, with the spike in negative mentions occurring right as the new interface started …

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Top US intelligence chiefs caution Americans away

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images FBI Director Christopher Wray (L) and CIA Director Mike Pompeo (2nd L) testify on worldwide threats during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 13, 2018. Six top U.S. intelligence chiefs told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday …

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I need to agree with sponsors

Tim Clayton | Corbis | Getty Images Gold medalist Chloe Kim of the United States celebrates her gold medal win during the Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe competition at Phoenix Snow Park on February 13, 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea. Kim, the only athlete in X Games history to earn three …

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US security chief calls national debt ‘a dire threat’

Lucas Jackson | Reuters Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) stops to speak to the media after a meeting at Trump Tower with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York, U.S., November 30, 2016. Among the myriad threats to national security — North Korea, Russia and Iran among them — is one …

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US oil drillers are spoiling OPEC’s plans for the second time in 3 years

Now, IEA warns that history might be repeating itself. The U.S. shale oil revolution — fueled by new technology that allows drillers to squeeze oil and gas from shale rock — was a major contributor to the 2014 oil price collapse. OPEC, led by top exporter Saudi Arabia, initially responded …

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The media’s most ignored stock: Sony COMMENTARY

Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Sony president and CEO Kazuo Hirai (L) shakes hands with executive deputy president and CFO, Kenichiro Yoshida (R), during a press briefing at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on February 2, 2018. Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai, who led a major and successful …

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