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Snow-covered Britain, Ireland gripped by ‘Beast from the East’

Jack Taylor | Getty Images News | Getty Images People stop and take a picture in a snow-covered Greenwich Park on February 28, 2018 in London, United Kingdom Temperatures fell to minus 12 Celsius (10 degrees Farenheit) in some rural areas while Britain’s weather service warned of up to 40 …

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Italy’s Berlusconi wants the head of European Parliament to become his prime minister

Pier Marco Tacca | Getty Images President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani speaks with the media during the Confcommercio Forum at Villa d’Este Hotel on March 31, 2017 in Como, Italy. Media mogul and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested his pick for the next leader of Italy, …

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Americans’ data privacy in privacy rights case Microsoft and US

Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2018. This case is also being closely watched by other countries wrestling with similar concerns, including members of the European Union. This …

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Trump’s plan to privatize U.S. air traffic control lacks support: Congressman

Cheriss May | NurPhoto | Getty Images Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman, House T&I Committee, holds up strips of paper air traffic controllers currently use, as he speaks at President Donald Trump’s event announcing the Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative in the East Room of the White House, on Monday, …

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Foreign officials want to influence Jared Kushner: Report

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner departs following his appearance before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 24, 2017. Officials in the …

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New Fed chair doesn’t believe ETFs had a part in the market correction

Joshua Roberts | Getty Images Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, November 28, 2017. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said exchange-traded funds were not the main reason behind the market decline …

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Facebook says Trump paid more than Clinton to reach users in 2016

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump arrives to address the National Rifle Association (NRA) Leadership Forum in Atlanta, Georgia on April 28, 2017. A Facebook executive who ran the company’s advertising business during the 2016 U.S. election said Tuesday that President Trump paid more than Hillary …

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Papa John’s will no longer be the official pizza of the NFL

Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer enters a Papa John’s restaurant in Louisville, Ky. Papa John’s has severed ties with the NFL. The pizza chain’s new CEO Steve Ritchie, who took over for founder John Schnatter in December, told investors Tuesday that Papa John’s would be shifting …

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Why March could be a better month for stocks, but there is a warning

Stocks fell hard on those concerns Tuesday, after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, in his first public appearance, said the Fed could see a reason to raise interest rates more than its current forecast. That sent bond yields higher, and stocks tumbled, falling into the market close. Powell testifies on the …

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Baidu’s video unit iQiyi files for US IPO of up to $1.5 billion

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man walks past a sign for Baidu Inc. at the entrance to the Baidu Technology Park in Beijing, China, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Chinese video streaming service provider iQiyi, a unit of Baidu, on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering …

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